This week Susan shares her recipe for Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies which are a family favorite that are delicious and easy to make as well as some other Holiday favorites.
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Ingredients
1/2 c butter flavored shortening
1/2 c peanut butter
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c white sugar
1 3/4 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
chocolate star candies or Hershey’s Kisses (wrappers removed)
Directions
- Cream together the shortening, peanut butter and sugars
- Add the egg and vanilla
- Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture
- Shape dough into balls the size of a walnut (or use tbsp cookie scoop)
- Roll each dough ball in sugar
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes
- Remove from oven
- Top each cookie with chocolate candy. Press firmly into center of cookie.
- Cookie will crack slightly
Hint: If the bottoms of your cookies begin to turn too brown, you may want to stack cookie sheets
(stacking two together to bake on). This will prevent bottoms from burning.
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Here are some more of our favorite Holiday recipes. Whether you are entertaining for a large crowd or a small group of those closest to you, these recipes are sure to become some of your favorites as well.
Ingredients
1 lb Velveeta Cheese
1 can Green Chilies
1 small jar Chunky Salsa
Directions
- Use a small dip crock pot to heat and serve.
- Cut up cheese in small chunks.
- Pour in salsa & chilies – mix.
- Stir while melting – cook on low
- Serve with chips – great for parties.
Hint: if in a hurry – melt cheese in microwave add salsa
& chilies ~ pour in mini-crock and heat throughout.
Ingredients
1 loaf party rye bread
1 lb. Velveeta Cheese
1 lb. Pork Sausage – HOT
Dash of Oregano
1 Tbsp. Catsup
Dab of Worcestershire Sauce
Dash of Garlic Salt
Directions
- Melt cheese.
- Cook sausage.
- Add to cheese and other ingredients.
- Spread on bread.
- Completely cool before storing.
- Store in plastic bag in refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze until needed.
- Heat in oven at 350° oven until bubbly and starting to turn brown on top – don’t over cook.
Ingredients
1 tbsp. Olive Oil
4 cups chopped, cooked chicken breasts
(you can use canned chicken)
2 medium chopped onions
6 cups chicken broth
2 cans (4oz cans) green chilies
3 (16oz) cans of Great Northern White Beans
2 green onions – sliced
3 cups Monterey Jack Cheese (12oz)
Spices
4 garlic cloves – minced
2 tsp. ground cumin
1 1/2 tsp. dried oregano -crumbled
1 1/2 tsp. ground red pepper – cayenne pepper
Sour cream for garnish
Directions
- Place chicken in heavy large saucepan.
- Add water to cover & bring to simmer.
- Cook until tender – about 15 minutes.
- Drain and cool.
- Remove skin and cube chicken.
- Heat oil in same pan – medium heat.
- Add onions and sauté until translucent – about 10 minutes.
- Stir in garlic, chilies, cumin, oregano and pepper – sauté for 2 minutes.
- Add undrained beans & broth – bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and add chicken and cheese – stir until cheese melts.
- Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
- Ladle chili into bowls.
- Garnish with sour cream if desired.
Ingredients
Crust
1 lb frozen hash brown potatoes (can use ones with red & green peppers)
1 egg
1/2 cup butter
1 tbsp flour
Directions
- Mix together – put in a round casserole dish (smooth, cover bottom & sides)
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.
1 lb Pork sausage – cook and drain
1 lb Bacon – cut up (small pieces) and cook
Center
10 Eggs – beaten
2 cups Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup Milk
- Mix well and add cooked sausage
- Pour into potato crust
- Bake at 325°for 40 minutes
- TEST to see if egg is set, if not return to oven.
- Add 1 cup cheese & cooked bacon to top
- Cook for 5 minutes or until melted.
Garnish with salsa & sour cream.
Ingredients
2 tubes Crescent Rolls
2 (8oz) Cream Cheese
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
Cinnamon & Sugar
Directions
- In 8 x10 pan lay 1 tube of crescent rolls, pinch seams.
- Mix cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla together.
- Put on top of crescent rolls.
- Lay the other tube of crescent rolls on top.
- Pinch seams.
- Beat eggs whites until frothy not stiff.
- Brush on top of crescent rolls.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Bake at 350° oven for 30 minutes.
Variation for individual rolls:
For Individual Rolls ~use same ingredients vary assembly.
- Mix cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla together.
- Open crescent rolls – fill with mixture pinch seams.
- Beat eggs whites till frothy not stiff. Brush on top of crescent roll.
- Continue to all rolls are completed.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Bake at 350° oven for 10-13 minutes.
Ingredients
3 Cans Refrigerated Biscuits cut each biscuit into quarters
1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Tsp. Ground Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans
Topping
1 1/2 Sticks Margarine – Melted
3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
Directions
In a plastic bag, add 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Shake biscuit quarters in sugar mixture until pieces are coated well.
Place half of the biscuit quarters in bundt or tube pan.
Mix Topping Mixture – pour half of it over the top of the biscuits in the pan.
Sprinkle with half of the nuts.
Repeat with remaining biscuits, topping, and nuts.
Bake in 350° oven for 45-50 minutes.
Let cool a few minutes and invert onto serving platter.
Let sit until bread loosens and drops onto platter.
Remove pan and serve.
Published on 2023-12-21 17:52:04