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Cherry Squares

September 19, 2009 by Tiffany King 10 Comments

My favorite birthday treat is Cherry Squares. I don’t get them every year, but often my mom will bake a batch for me. Even though I did see her just 10 days before my birthday, she didn’t make me any. Can you believe that? I know. It’s a sad life I lead.

So, I decided to make a pan for myself. This is the first time I’ve ever made them. The recipe makes a large jelly roll pan, but I cut the recipe in half to make a 9×13 pan. Food blogging can start to go to a person’s hips. I did not need to chow down on a full recipe of these sweet cherry treats.

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Peanut Butter Balls

December 20, 2008 by Tiffany King 39 Comments

If you’re from Ohio I know it’s bothering you that I fully dunked the peanut butter balls in chocolate instead of making them look like buckeyes. I have a problem with all you Ohio people leaving little naked places on your candy. That’s just not right.

These are my must-have Christmas treat. I remember playing Barbies with my sister and we would break to go get a snack of peanut butter balls. Yum!

Gather up your ingredients:

2 sticks butter, softened
2½ cups graham crackers
1 cup peanut butter
1 lb. powdered sugar
2 tsp. vanilla

12 oz. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
⅓ bar paraffin wax

Cream the butter and peanut butter together in a mixer bowl. Mix in the remaining ingredients until it’s all well blended. Roll into balls about the size of a walnut.

Melt a bag of semisweet chocolate chips with the paraffin wax in a double boiler. The wax thins the chocolate to help it coat better and also gives a glossy shine. Dip the balls into the melted chocolate and put on wax paper to set up. Store in the fridge.

If you have leftover chocolate, throw in some pretzels.

Amish Oatmeal Cookies

December 16, 2008 by Tiffany King 33 Comments

My sister-in-law shared this recipe with me. She got it from a bed and breakfast she stayed in. These cookies are soft and chewy, a little butterscotchy with sweet powdered sugar gathered in the crinkles. Yum!

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Amish Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups flour
3 cups quick cooking oats
1/2 tsp. salt

Instructions

Cream the sugar and butter.
Add beaten eggs and vanilla and beat till combined.
Stir together the dry ingredients and then mix with the wet ingredients.
Chill the dough.
Form into balls and roll them in powdered sugar.
Place on cookie sheet and press the balls down a bit.
Bake at 375 degrees for 8 min or so. Don’t over bake them.

Chocolate Chip Cheeseball

December 11, 2008 by Tiffany King 25 Comments

Like chocolate chip cheesecake, only easier.

Gather up your ingredients:

Santa begged me to be in the picture. He’s old. He has no beard because my sister and I used to rub the soft little beard when we were little and now the beard is just gone. He was part of a salt and pepper set that belonged to my Grandma.

8 oz cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 tsp. vanilla

3/4 cup powdered sugar

2 Tbs. brown sugar

3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips (plus some for the outside)

Graham crackers

Cream the cream cheese and butter together with the vanilla. Gradually, add the sugars and mix until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Place the mixture onto a piece of plastic wrap, shape into a ball and refrigerate. Roll in more chocolate chips (or chopped pecans, if you like).

I make 2 small cheeseballs, but you could make just one big one.

Enjoy!