Candies and Cookies

Jello cookies

• Yield: 2 dozen
• Prep: 20 mins
• Cook: 10 mins
• Ready In: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3.5 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1.5 cups salted butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 (3 oz) pkg jello You can use any flavors you want

Instructions

1. Beat butter in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Blend in egg and vanilla. Mix flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
2. Divide dough into 4 sections. Sprinkle 2 Tb of jello onto each section. Knead together with dough. You may want to add a few drops of food coloring to make the dough more vibrant.
3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in the extra jello from the packets. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of bowl.
4. Bake 8 to 10 min at 350 on lined baking sheets. Cool on baking sheets 2 min. Remove to wire racks and cool completely.

Coated Pecans

Mix together:
1 egg white (slightly beaten)
1 Tbs. water.

Then, mix:
1c. sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt

Mix egg mixture and spice mixture together and gently fold in 4 cups of pecans. 

Bake in a shallow pan at 295 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 mins.


Molded Mints

1/3 c. white Karo syrup
1/2 stick butter
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 tsp. mint flavoring or 1/2 tsp.if using oil
Food color as needed

Mix and knead together until mixed.  Then, mold into shapes using rubber or plastic molds.



Halloween Cut-out sugar cookies

Orange dough recipe

4 sticks of butter, softened
4 cups sugar
4 eggs, room temperature
4 tsp. orange extract
4 tsp orange coloring (if desired)
8 1/2 cups plain flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

Cream butter, then add sugar and cream mixture together. Next add eggs, extract and coloring.  Add baking powder and salt and mix well.  Add flour about 1/2 cup at a time until the dough is the correct consistency.  You may need more or less flour than called for.

Divide the dough into 8ths, wrap and refrigerate.

To roll dough, let the dough soften slightly.  Roll out to about 1/4 inch thickness.  Cut the cookies.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes or until the edges are just browned.  If they are double layer cookies, bake around 20 minutes.

Chocolate dough recipe

4 sticks butter, softened
1 cup cocoa
4 cups sugar
8 cups flour
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
4 tsp orange or vanilla extract

Follow instructions for regular cookie dough.