Third Day Cookies/Candy Marathon
- Ready In:
- 6hrs
- Ingredients:
- 38
- Serves:
-
15
ingredients
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Nutty Oatmeal Cookies
- 3⁄4 cup shortening
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups regular oatmeal (not quick cooking)
- 1 1⁄4 cups chopped walnuts
- 1 cup coconut (optional)
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Easy Macaroons
- 1 (14 ounce) bag coconut
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- maraschino cherry, halves
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Lemon-Butter Snowbars I double this recipe and bake it in two pans
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
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Filling
- 2 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons fresh squeeqed lemon juice
- powdered sugar
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Orange-Honey Bars
- 3⁄4 cup honey
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon fresh orange zest
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped pecans
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Icing
- 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh orange zest
directions
- Nutty Oatmeal Cookies: Cream shortening with sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs.
- Combine dry ingredients; set aside.
- Combine milk and soda; set aside.
- Add dry ingredients alternately to creamed mixture with milk. Stir in oatmeal and nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes until brown.
- Easy Macaroons: Combine all ingredients. Drop by teaspoonful onto a greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Place a maraschino cherry half on each cookie.
- Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes. Remove from baking sheet at once using a moistened spatula.
- Lemon-Butter Snowbars: Mix together butter, flour and 1/4 cup sugar. Press into an ungreased 8-inch square pan.
- Bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes until light brown around the edges.
- Filling: Mix together eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 T flour, baking powder and lemon juice. Pour filling over crust.
- Bake 20 minutes at 350°F or until set. Sprinkle with powdered sugar once bars are cool and cut into squares.
- Orange Honey Bars: Beat together honey, brown sugar, oil and eggs until smooth. Add vanilla and orange peel.
- Mix dry ingredients together then stir into honey mixture. Add nuts and mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch baking pan.
- Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes or until done.
- Icing: Mix powdered sugar with orange juice and orange peel. Frost cooled bars then cut.
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I just love to cook, that's about it. I like trying new recipes for the same thing until I find the ultimate, absolutely best recipe there is for it. Fortunately, I have lots of friends and co-workers who are more than happy to sample for me.