A family favorite!
- 48 Ritz crackers
- 3/4 c. creamy peanut butter
- 8 oz. chocolate almond bark
- 8 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
- sea salt flakes, optional
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Cookies
Category: Dessert – Yum!
Cranberry Jello Salad
The only acceptable “jello” + “salad”!
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple (do not drain the juice)
1 can whole cranberry sauce (a little less than 2 cups homemade cranberry sauce)
1 cup chopped pecans, divided
3/4 cup cranberry or apple juice
TOPPING
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup sour cream
Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
Perfect to set out for Santa!
2 large egg whites
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup chocolate chips + extra to press on top of the cookies prior to baking
1/4 cup red white and green holiday sprinkles
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Better than basic!
Dough
- 1 cup soft butter (softened)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons soft butter
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- Milk to desired consistency
Chocolate Coins
Lux look – but easy to make. Package them up for the perfect gift!
- 10 oz dark, white or semi-sweet chocolate; like Ghirardelli melting wafers
- Toppings of your choice, I used:
- Orange Rind
- Dried cranberries
- Golden raisins
- Dried apricots, cut into pieces
- Dried Papaya, cut into pieces
- Crystalized pineapple, cut into pieces
- Dried mango, cut into pieces
- Dried blueberries
- Kumquats, sliced
- Pistachio nuts, peeled and chopped
- Almonds, chopped
- Raw cashews, chopped
- Caramelized cashews, chopped
- Sliced almonds
- Sesame seeds
- Sea salt
- Sprinkles
