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Holiday Cookies & Candy Recipes....Happy Holidays from our house to yours....St Joseph MO

Happy Holidays from Our House to Yours!  If your looking for some Holiday Cookies and Candy, here are a few of our favorites,  their easy to make and you just can't fail.

This recipe was handed down from my grandmother.

Date-Fig Christmas Cookies:

cream the following 2 ingredients together

1/2 # butter

1 1/2 cup sugar

add 3 eggs and beat well

Dissolve 1 teaspoon baking  in 1/3 cup boiling water and add to sugar mixture.

Mix the following ingredients into the above a little at a time to the sugar mixture,

3 cups flour  -   1 teaspoon Cloves  -  2 teaspoon Cinnamon- 1/2 teaspoon Salt

add

1 # chopped Figs  -  1 # Walnuts - 1 # Chopped Dates

Mix well, it will be very stiff when mixing

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees till browned

 

another favorite is

Mike Hendricks-St Joseph MO, won the National Cookie Contest with his recipe

Cranberry Pistachio-Coconut Triangle

 

Alexis Bremer-St Joseph MO, recipe was lst place winner in the St Joseph News Press contest with her

Cherry-Topped Cookies

Easy and delicious Peanut Cluster candy from my friend Bob Darrah

Mix the following ingredients in a double boiler until melted

1 package White Almond Bark (16 ounce)

1 package semi-sweet chocolate morsels (16 ounce)

when melted

add 2-3 cups Salted Spanish Peanuts

mix well, let this mixture cool a little and drop by teaspoon on wax paper

Enjoy!  Happiest of Holiday Season from our house to yours!

Feel free to add your favorite recipe in the comment section for others to enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6 commentsDona Reynolds, ST JOSEPH MO • December 06 2009 12:04AM