Cooking recipes

When it comes to give homemade food as holiday gifts, I think we will all agree that candy is at the top of the list. All three of these recipe-s are easy to prepare and takes less than 15 minutes to make (not including set up time).

You can the sweets and package you then in cellophane food-safe bags, metal cookie/candy tins or decorative holiday plastic containers.

You can secure these recipe-s make up to 1 week before you plan by you you as a gift.

Holiday marble bark

Crochet 6 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate

White crochet 6 squares premium baking chocolate

1 Cup crushed peppermint candy

With 2 of different microwave safe container, melt you the semi-sweet and white chocolate in separate bowls. Use the high power setting, move the chocolates at intervals of 30 seconds, until you are melted. I find that with a nonstick silicone spatula for this task works best.

1/2 Cup stir in Peppermint sweets in each container. Alternately melted spoon chocolates on wax paper of lined cookie sheet. Swirl chocolate with the spatula to give it one Tubenose effect. Refrigerate for 1 1/2 hours or until firm. Break into bite-sized pieces.

Double peanut clusters

2 Cups peanut butter morsels

1 Tablespoon of vegetable shortening

2 Cups salted peanuts

Melting you hot peanut butter bites and shortening in the top of a double boiler, not boiling water. Carefully stir in peanuts until you are well covered by mixing. Line a baking sheet with waxed or greaseproof paper. Delete mixture by the teaspoon on the baking sheet. Cool until firm.

Pecan Pralines

1 kg bag brown sugar

2 Tablespoons butter

1 Cup whipping cream

1 Teaspoon vanilla extract

1 Cup whole pecan halves

Combine with a medium saucepan, brown sugar with the cream. This mixture over low 10 minutes you simmer, stirring with a nonstick silicone spatula. Remove from heat and stir the butter, vanilla extract and pecan halves. Beat this mix by hand for 3 minutes. Line a baking sheet with waxed or drop vellum, paper and the mixture on the arc rounded tablespoon. Cool until firm.

Shelly Hill works since 1989 home and is a Manager with Tupperware. Shelly loves cooking and baking for your family and friends and new recipes to try. Visit Shelly online at http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com or at http://wahmshelly. for additional free recipes and cooking tips.