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*** A WORD FROM THE KITCHEN ***
The best of Christmas treats of course are the sweets!
And you can never have too much of a good thing. I love
to have everyone bring a sweet for Christmas at my place
so we end up with plenty to send them home with too. These
CARAMEL FROSTED TURTLE BROWNIES are just to-die for too...
with or even without the frosting. Look below in the Corner
for a super HONEY ROASTED SNACK MIX too.
ENJOY!
Marzee
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RECIPE: BACON WRAPPED CHESTNUTS
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4 squares BAKER'S Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) Butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup flour
1 pkg. ( 14 oz.) caramels, unwrapped
1/3 cup heavy cream
2 cups pecans or walnut halves, divided
1 pkg. (12 oz.) BAKER'S Real Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
DIRECTIONS:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. grease foil-lined 13x9-inch baking
pan. Microwave chocolate squares and butter in microwavable
bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until
chocolate is completely melted. Stir sugar into chocolate
until well blended. Mix in eggs. Stir in flour. Spread 1/2
of batter in prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes, or until batter
is firm to the touch. Meanwhile, microwave caramels and cream
in microwavable bowl on HIGH 3 minutes or until caramels begin
to melt. Whisk until smooth. Stir in 1 cup of nuts. Gently
spread caramel mixture over brownie batter in pan. Sprinkle
with chocolate chips, if desired. Pour remaining unbaked brownie
batter evenly over caramel mixture, sprinkle with remaining nuts.
(it's OK for some caramel mixture to peek through.) Bake
an additional 30 minutes. Cool in pan. Run knife around the
edge of pan to loosen brownies from sides. Lift from pan using
foil as handles. Cut into 24 fudgy brownies or add frosting
below.
CARAMEL FROSTING INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 cups powered sugar
Heat margarine in 2-quart saucepan until melted. Stir in brown
sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir over
low heat 2 minutes; stir in milk. Heat to boiling; remove from
heat. Cool to lukewarm. Gradually stir in powdered sugar. Place
pan of frosting in bowl of cold water; beat until smooth and
spreading consistency. If frosting becomes too stiff, stir in
additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Frosts a 13x9-inch cake
or fills and frosts two 8- or 9- inch cake layers.
Yield: 24 Servings
Category: Desserts, Treats, Snacks
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RECIPE FOR HONEY ROASTED HOLIDAY MIX
Ingredients:
6 c. popcorn
1 (5 oz.) can wide chow mein noodles
1 c. honey roasted peanuts
5 tbsp. butter
3 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Directions:
In large roasting pan, mix popcorn and chow mein noodles.
Melt butter and sugar together, stir in vanilla and cinnamon.
Pour over popcorn, toss to coat. Bake at 250 degrees for 1
hour, stirring every 20 minutes. Add nuts, spread on paper
towels to cool. Store airtight.
Makes 11 cups