So here are the Recipes of the treats I made. See Holiday Treats Time
Peanut Butter Balls
2 1/2 C Graham cracker crumbs
1 bx powdered sugar
2 sticks butter, melted
12 oz jar crunchy peanut butter
Mix all ingredients. Roll into balls
Dip balls into melted Almond Bark Chocolate (or any candy making chocolate)
Set on parchment paper and let chocolate harden.
Cracker Toffee (Hampstead Ward '05 p. 142)
1 sleeve Saltine crackers
1 C butter
1 C brown sugar
2 C semi-sweet Chocolate chips
Preheat oven 400 degrees
Line crackers on a foil lined cookie sheet
In a sauce pan bring butter and sugar just to a boil. Pour over crackers.
Bake for 5-6 min
Sprinkle chocolate chips immediately over crackers and let sit. The chips will soften and you can them spread the chocolate over the top
Options - Add sprinkles or nuts
When hard, break into pieces
Homemade Oreo's (Bodell Bistro p.262 or Hampstead Ward '05 p.142)
1 bx Devil's Food cake mix
2 eggs
3/4 C shortening
1 t vanilla
Mix all ingredients. Roll into balls.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 8-10 min. (balls will flatten into perfect circle cookies while they cook)
Let cool on cookie sheet. When cool spread frosting between 2 cooled cookies.
I just used a container of Cream cheese frosting for the filling. I guess you could make your own if you want. I added green food coloring to the frosting to make them festive. Next year Chuck wants me to try to make the frosting mint flavored.
Have fun!
I wrote the PB balls recipe right in my Bodell Bistro Cookbook. As for the mint oreos, that should be pretty easy by just mixing a tiny bit of mint extract to your frosting. But I was thinking it would be fun to press the cookies into crushed candy cane too. It would give them a bit of color and add some peppermint flavor. could frost the sides and roll the sides in the candy canes too.
ReplyDeletethe PB balls turned out GREAT!! thanks so much for posting the recipe. Good luck with the ward party and have a very Merry Christmas in CA!
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