Cookie exchange day 5-peanut brittle

My grandma's favorite holiday treat! Every year she looks forward to my home made peanut brittle. She starts talking about it in late September.

Original Recipe Yield 1 pound

Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup water
1 cup peanuts
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions
Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter or margarine and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.

Cookie exchange day 4- cookies in a jar (great gift idea)

Great gifts. Share your love of baking with others. I love this idea. Make a basket (for the basket use an air tight container so they can store the cookies after they bake) with the cookie in a jar, wooden spoon, cookie sheet and recipe card!

Prep Time:25 Min
Ready In:25 Min

Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients
1 1/3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions
Layer the ingredients in a 1 quart jar in the order given. Press each layer firmly in place before adding the next layer.
Include a card with the following instructions: Cowboy Cookie Mix in a Jar 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. 2. In a medium bowl, mix together 1/2 cup melted butter or margarine, 1 egg, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Stir in the entire contents of the jar. You may need to use your hands to finish mixing. Shape into walnut sized balls. Place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. 3. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven. Transfer from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

Cookie exchange Day 3- sugar cookie

I LOVE sugar cookies!! You can do so much with them. Shapes, use as a base for fillings, decorate whatever your heart desires!!

Recipe Yield 4 dozen

Ingredients
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

Cookie exchange day 2- PB cups

Another bit size cookie that I love. peanut butter and chocolate are made for each other!!

Recipe Yield 40 cookies

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside.
Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture; mix well.
Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball. Cool and carefully remove from pan.

Cookie exchange day 1- pecan tassie

Pecan tassies are my favorite bite size cookie. It's a mini pecan pie that you can pop in your mouth.

PECAN TASSIES
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Pastry:
3 oz. cream cheese1/4 c. butter1 c. sifted flour
Soften cheese and butter. Add flour. Mixture will be very stiff. Form into ball and store covered in refrigerator for 1 hour. Shape into 24 one-inch (walnut size) balls. Place in tiny ungreased muffin tins. Press against bottom and sides of cup to form small pastry cups.
Filling:
3/4 c. brown sugar1 egg, beaten1 tbsp. butter1 tsp. vanilla3/4 c. pecans, broken updash salt
Beat together egg, sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until smooth. Add pecans. Fill pastries.
Bake at 325°F for 25 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Remove from pan by inverting on rack and thumping on bottom of pan. These freeze well.

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