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Peanut Butter (Kiss) Cookies TNT

Looking for an easy and delicious peanut butter cookie recipe? Look no further. These are my favorite and sooooo quick and easy you won’t believe it. Make them with the Kisses or without – they’re just as scrumptious!
* Exported from MasterCook *

                       Peanut Butter (Kiss) Cookies TNT

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Categories    : Candy                           Cookies

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient — Preparation Method
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  1                Can  Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk — 14 oz.
     3/4           Cup  Peanut Butter
  2               Cups  Bisquick® Baking Mix
  1           Teaspoon  Vanilla Extract
                        Granulated Sugar
                        Hershey Kisses — optional

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In large mixer bowl, beat Eagle Brand Condensed Milk and peanut butter until smooth. Add biscuit mix and vanilla; mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls. Roll in sugar. Place two inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Cross flatten balls with fork. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned (do not overbake). Cool. Store tightly covered at room temperature.

Variation: for kiss cookies, do not flatten – bake in ball shape. When you remove the cookies from the oven, immediately press one unwrapped Hershey’s kiss in each cookie; cool.

*TNT = “tried ‘n true”

February 4, 2008 Posted by Jen M. | recipes | , , | No Comments Yet

Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars (tried ‘n true)

I made these for the family last week. They turned out terrific. The flavor combinations are just perfect. And so easy – I think they may be a nice addition to next season’s Christmas cookie list. Brown sugar, butter and oatmeal, combined with chocolate chips and cranberries, all fused together with a cream cheese filling. YUM!!!

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                   Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cheese Bars

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  Amount  Measure       Ingredient — Preparation Method
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  1                cup  Butter — 2 Sticks/softened
  1                cup  firmly packed brown sugar
  2                cup  all-purpose flour
  1 1/2            cup  quick or old-fashioned oats
  2           teaspoon  grated orange peel
  2                cup  Nestlé® Toll House® Semi-Sweet Morsels -
  1                cup  Ocean Spray® Craisins®
  1            package  Cream Cheese — 8 Oz. Softened
  1                can  Sweetened Condensed Milk — 14 Oz

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.

Beat butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in flour, oats and orange peel until crumbly. Stir in morsels and cranberries; reserve 2 cups mixture. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan.

Bake for 15 minutes. Beat cream cheese in small mixer bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk. Pour over hot crust; sprinkle with reserved flour mixture. Bake for additional 25 to 30 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 36 bars.

January 23, 2008 Posted by Jen M. | recipes | , , | No Comments Yet