Peanut Butter Cups

Nov 18th, 2008 Posted in Candy and Sweets | Comments Off

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg.Peanut Butter cookie dough (or your favorite recipe)
  • 1 pkg. miniature chocolate peanut butter cups



Directions

Slice dough into 1″ slices, then cut into quarters. Put quarters into muffin tins. Bake at 375º for 8 to 9 minutes. Remove from oven; gently press 1 peanut butter cup into each cookie. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool on rack.

Peanut Butter Fudge

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Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 c. sugar
  • 1/2 c. milk
  • 1/4 c. butter
  • 1/4 tsp.salt
  • 2 c. minniature marshmallows
  • 2/3 c. plain or chrunchy peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp.vanilla



Directions

Combine sugar,milk,butter and salt.Cook till mixture reaches soft ball stage (when a small amount dropped in cold water forms a soft ball)
Stirring often. Remove from heat.Stir in marshmallows,peanut butter and vanilla.Mix until all is well combined.Pour into buttered 8 inch square pan.Cool until firm enough to cut.
Do not over cook.

Pecan Pralines

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbls. butter
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup granulated white sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup pecans



Directions

1. Combine sugars and cream in saucepan over medium heat, stirring until mixture comes to a boil. Add butter, vanilla and pecans.

2. Boil until mixture reaches 238 degrees — the “soft ball” stage. Remove from the heat and beat until the mixture begins to thicken.

3. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a well-greased (buttered) marble or waxed-paper surface. Cool for 5 minutes before disturbing.

Makes about 20

Pecan Tarts

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup red or white corn syrup
  • 1/8 lb margarine
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped



Directions

Mix sugar, syrup and margarine and heat on low heat until sugar is dissolved. Gradually add warm mixture to beaten eggs and vanilla. For tarts, put a few chopped pecans in unbaked tart shells and pour mixture over them until 2/3 full. Bake at 350F for about 25 minutes. For a pie, add pecans last and pour into pastry shell. Bake as usual. Freezes well.

Pralines (as made by my Aunt Di)

Nov 18th, 2008 Posted in Candy and Sweets | Comments Off

Ingredients

  • **1 cup chopped pecans ( use later in the recipe)
  • **1 tsp vanilla (use later in the recipe)
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 T. white karo
  • 3/4 cup (1 small can) evaporated milk
  • **3 T. margarine (use later in the recipe)



Directions

Cook this mix until it forms a ball when dropped in cold water. Remove from heat and **add 3 T margarine, 1 tsp vanilla; beat if needed. Add 1 cup chopped pecans.** Drop by spoonfulls onto wax paper. Allow to cool.
Makes about 35.