Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Found this recipe on Baked by Rachel. They are pretty good.

Gingerbread House

 I bought a gingerbread house kit from Walmart.

I put royal icing down in the tray and frosting around the edges and stack my house together, then hold the roof eaves on for a minute on each side, and let dry for 15 minutes before I could decorate.

While I was waiting for the frosting to dry on the house, I decorated the cookies.  

I put Peppermint candies on the top with lots of  icing, icing around the windows, pearl candies to the snowflake, and cut the jelly trees in half to add flower boxes to the windows.

I added snowflake candies to both sides of the roof. 

I cut dot candies in half and added it to the roof eaves.  I put pearl candies on the edges of the roof.  I put icing on trees and attached them to the house.

I put icing under the cookies and attached them to the tray and put snowflakes all around them and the house.

Finished product:

Slow Roasted Turkey

We cook our turkey overnight to have a moist slow roasted turkey.

Thaw out your bird in the sink full of cold/warm  water for a couple of days,

We also put bacon and poultry seasoning on top to have a nice flavor.

Cook it on 450 degrees for an hour, then reduce temperature to 200.  Cook for at least 10 hours, and you can keep it in the oven on warm until you're ready to serve.

String Up Butter Cookies

This is my aunt Sharol's recipe:

3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. In a separate bowl, cream butter and vanilla together until softened. Add sugar to butter mixture until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time to butter mixture, stirring after each one. Add a fourth of the dry ingredients to the butter mix at a time, stirring after each fourth. Cover bowl and chill in refrigerate over night. Remove dough from fridge and shape into ball 1/4 inch thick. Use cookie cutters to make shapes and lay cookies on a greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.  Let cool on wax paper before moving the cookies to the container.  

Frost.  I also added green sprinkles.  

Chocolate Raspberry Pie

1 carton of cool whip
1 bag frozen raspberries, thawed
1 chocolate cookie crumb pie crust
1 can sweetened condensed milk


In a bowl, combine cool whip, raspberries and juice, and condensed milk.  Mix well.  Pour into chocolate pie crust.  Refrigerate for three hours or overnight.  

Magic Cookie Bars

1 1/2 cup Corn Flake Crumbs
1/2 cup Margarine, melted
1 1/2 cup flaked Coconut
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
3 tbsp Sugar
1 package Milk Chocolate Chips
1 cup Chopped Walnuts

Place corn flake crumbs, butter, and sugar in 9 by 13 pan and press down with the back of a spoon. Scatter evenly chips, coconut, and walnuts. Pour milk over all and bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

Cherry Frog Eye Salad

1 bag of Anice de Pepe
1 pkg of whip cream
2 cups of coconut
2 jars of Maraschino cherries
1 (15 oz) can of Pineapple chunks
1/2 bag of Colored Marshmallows
4 tbsp of cherry juice
5 tbsp of lemon juice

Cook the pasta and drain, rinsing with cold water.  Add coconut, Add cool whip and stir till all noodles are covered.  Drain and Stem the cherries and add to mixture, saving 4 tbsp of cherry juice to put on noodles.  Drain the pineapple chunks and add to mixture.  Add 5 tbsp of lemon juice.  Add half of the Marshmallows.  Stir until well mixed.

Millionaire Pie

I found this recipe on Pinterest and made it for Christmas Day.  I forgot to buy Pecans, so I omitted them.   

Deviled Eggs

10 eggs

2 tbsp Miracle Whip

A dash of salt

A dash of pepper

A dash of Paprika

Hard boil the eggs and let cool. Peel the eggs and then cut them in half, removing the yolks. Crumble all the yolks in a bowl, whisking with the miracle whip. Add salt and pepper to taste. Scoop yolk mixture with two teaspoons back into egg whites. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika. Then serve. Makes 20 deviled eggs.

Corn Chex Treats

1 small box Corn Chex
1 1/2 cup Sugar
1 1/4 cup Light Karo Syrup
1 1/2 cup Margarine
1/2 tsp Vanilla
7 oz Sliced Almonds
1 small package Coconut

Bring to a boil sugar, karo syrup, and margarine, and boil 3 minutes, stirring all the time. Take from stove and add vanilla. Add corn chex, almond, and coconut. Put mixture on wax paper until cooled.

Peanut Blossoms

This is my aunt Sharol's recipe:

1 cup Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Butter or Margarine
1 cup Peanut Butter
2 Eggs
1/4 cup Milk
2 tsp Vanilla
3 1/2 cups Flour
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
2 (6.5 oz) packages of Hershey Kisses

Unwrap Hershey Kisses and set aside. Cream sugar, brown sugar, butter, and peanut butter. Beat in eggs, milk, and vanilla. Stir flour, baking soda, and salt into egg mixture. Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. After baking, place a kiss into each cookie. Makes 4 dozen.

Frog Eye Salad

1 can pineapple chunks
1 can mandarin oranges
1 carton whipped cream
1 box acini de pepe noodles
1 bag of marshmallows

Cook noodles according to the box. Let cool. Drain juices of oranges and pineapple and add fruit to noodles, stirring. Add whipped cream and mix. Add marshmallows and mix. Refrigerate before and after serving.

Gingerbread Cookies

This is the Peacocks's recipe:

1 cup shortening
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cloves
1 cup sugar
1 cup molasses
1 tbsp ginger
5 cups flour
2 tbsp vinegar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon

Cream shortening, sugar, molasses, vinegar, and egg. Mix all dry ingredients together and beat into cream mixture. Chill for 3 hours. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 6 minutes.

Gingerbread Man

1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup molasses
1 cup boiling water
1 tbsp ginger
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking soda
2 beaten eggs

Cream sugar, shortening, molasses, water, ginger, and salt. Bring to a boil and remove from stove. Then add soda and let cool. Add eggs and beat. Flour enough for a soft dough. Roll out and cut using gingerbread cookie cutter. Bake at 350 degrees 10-12 minutes, or until crispy.

Cheese Ball

2 cups Grated Cheddar cheese
8 oz. Cream Cheese
1 tbsp Grated, fresh Onion
1 tbsp Grated Green Pepper
1 tbsp Chopped Pimiento
2 tsp Worcestershire
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Dash of Cayenne pepper
Finely Chopped Walnuts

Mix ingredients and shape into a ball. Refrigerate before and after serving with Ritz crackers.

Snow Balls

This is Cleone's recipe:

Vanilla Wafers
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Butter
2 eggs
1 cup Crushed Pineapple, well drained.
1 cup Walnuts, chopped.
1 bottle Maraschino Cherries
1 pint Whipped Cream

Cream sugar, butter, and yolks. Fold all ingredients into the egg whites. Place layers between wafers and cover with whipped cream. Place a cherry on top.

Glazed Yams

4 medium sized Yams
Juice of 2 medium Oranges
1/4 cup Margarine
2/3 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Sugar

Cook yams until tender. Cut yams, length wise, and place in casserole pan. Cover with orange juice, margarine, brown sugar, and sugar. Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees.

Independence Day Pie

This is Darlene Collier's recipe:

1 pie shell baked
1 (21 oz) can blueberry pie filling
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
1 (12 oz) cool whip
1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling

Spread blueberry pie filling on the bottom of pie shell. Beat cream cheese until fluffy, gradually adding powdered sugar until smooth. Thaw cool whip and fold into cream cheese mixture. Spread on pie filling. Chill until set, about 30 minutes. Spread cherry pie filling on top. Chill at least 4 hours.

Pumpkin Rolls

4 Eggs
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Flour
2 tsp Cinnamon
2 cups Pumpkin
1 cup Vegetable Oil
2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt

Beat eggs and sugar until fluffy. Add oil, pumpkin, and then dry ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes; layers 40 to 45 minutes.

Icing:

8 oz. Cream Cheese
1 box Powdered Sugar
1 cup Pecans
1 cube Margarine
1 tsp Vanilla

Soften margarine and cream cheese, beating until light. Add remaining ingredients. Make half the recipe for oblong cake.

Clam Dip

Clam Dip for Potato Chips:

1 can Clams
8 oz Cream Cheese
2 tbsp Miracle Whip
2 tsp Lemon Juice
a pinch of garlic salt

Mix together and refrigerate. Serve with potato chips.