Chocolate Drop Cookies

Ingredients:

   4 cups sugar

   1 cup of milk

   1/2 cup of cocoa

   1 tbsp of vanilla

   1 cup of peanut butter

   5 cups of quick cook oats

   1/2 stick of butter

Mix milk, butter, sugar and cocoa in a large sauce pan.  Bring to a boil for 2-1/2 minutes.

Mix oats, peanut butter and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl during cook time.  Cut sheets of wax paper and lay on flat surface.

Remove boiled mixture from heat and mix in oat mixture.  Stir thoroughly.  Drop cookies onto wax paper with large spoon.

Let cool for 15 to 20 minutes.

NOTE:  If they do not get hard after 15 minutes you can spoon them back up and put them in the cooker  and bring to a boil for about 2 minutes and spoon them back out and they will then get hard.

   

Fancy Fudge ( Microwavable)

Ingredients:
    
      3 cups sugar
      (1) 7 oz jar marshmallow creme
      3/4 cup margarine
      (1) cup chopped nuts (optional)
      (1) 5 oz can evaportated milk
      (1) tsp. vanilla
      (1) 12 oz package chocolate chips ( see optional peanut butter below)


Microwave:  Melt margarine in a 4 quart bowl for 1 minute
on high setting.  Mix in milk and sugar until thoroughly mixed.
TIP:  Do not allow too much cooling in between cooking times. 
May cause grainy texture in fudge.

Microwave as follows:

•   3 minutes on high and then removed and stir thoroughly.

           Be sure to scrap the sides.

•   3 minutes on high and then remove and stir thoroughly. 

           Be sure to scrap the sides

• 3 minutes on high then removed and stir thoroughly.

           Be sure to scrap the sides

• 3 minutes on high and then removed

           Add remaining ingredients

Stir in chocolate chips, marshmallow creme and vanilla until thoroughly mixed.

Pour into 13" x 9" pan that has been lightly coated with butter on sides and bottom.
Smaller pan may be used for thicker fudge, cooling time will be extended.

Makes approximately 3 lbs.

Peanut butter fudge:  substitute (1) cup of peanut butter for chocolate chips.

TIP:  When your done with the 3 minutes if your going to make peanut butter you will need to cook it an extra 3 minutes for it to come out real good.

Reshonda's Kitchen

Hello my name is Reshonda, I like to cook especially on holidays when you can cook all kinds of goodies.  I will share a few of them with you.  These are a few of my favorite recipes that
 I use during the holidays. You can try them if you would like, I will be sharing them with you.
This recipe is great for gifts at Christmas, put in a jar and the top of the jar decorate it with some sort of design.


Hard Candy
   
      Ingredients:
         2/3 cup corn syrup
         2 cups sugar
         1 Cup water

Stir mixture thoroughly

Boil to 290 degrees without stirring.
Remove from heat and add flavoring of choice.

Pour into lightly buttered pan.  As mixture begins to cool,
cut out into squares and place pieces into bowl of powered sugar.

Use Popsicle sticks and place into candy prior to hardening for suckers.
Place into powered sugar.

NOTE:  I always use the non-stick aluminum foil instead of the butter it works
 just as well.  I don't cut mine into squares I let it get a little hard and use
a butter knife and hit it with the end of it and it just breaks into a lot of pieces
then I just dump it into the powered sugar.