February.... the Month of Love, the Month of St. Valentine's
Day. Well, we here at CulinaryClassics are going to help you cook up
an "exta-special" meal for the love of your life. This month's recipes
all feature one of two well-known aphrodisiacs: garlic and chocolate....
So sit back, and get ready for some romance.... Enjoy!!!
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Amish Chocolate Gobs
Recipe By : Down Home Cookin' -- Abe & edna Miller
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
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---Cookies---
2 cups white sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs -- beaten
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup hot water -- with---
2 teaspoons baking soda -- dissolved in it
---Icing---
2 egg whites
4 teaspoons milk
4 teaspoons flour
4 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 cups shortening
For cookies: creamsugar and shortening. Add eggs. Sift flour, cocoa
and salt. Alternately add flour mixture to creamed mixture with 1 cup
buttermilk. After buttermilk is used up, add soda dissolved in hot water.
Drop cookies onto baking sheets. Bake at 350F for 10 minutes or until done.
When cool, frost with the icing.
For icing: beat together first 4 ingredients and half of the powdered
sugar. Then add rest of powdered sugar and the shortening and blend until
smooth. Spread between two cookies. These cookies freeze well.
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Chocolate Delights
Recipe By : A Taste of the Past -- Phyllis Connor
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
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1/4 pound baking chocolate
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lard
2 tablespoons butter
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Melt fats and chocolate together slowly, then set aside. Beat eggs,
then add sugar to eggs. Stir in the melted fats mixture. Add flour
which has been sifted together with the baking powder and spices.
Drop by teaspoons on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 or 9 minutes at
350F. Do not overbake. These cookies can be kept fresh in a can with
a tight-fitting lid with 3 or 4 slices of apple placed on waxed paper
over the cookies.
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Chocolate Muddies
Recipe By : Betty Crocker's New Cookbook
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
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3 ounces cream cheese -- softened
3/4 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar -- firmly packed
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
2 large eggs
2/3 cup chocolate fudge ice cream topping
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vanilla milk chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup bittersweet chocolate -- coarsely chopped
Heat oven to 350F. Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil or cooking
parchment paper; if using foil, grease with shortening. Beat cream
cheese and margarine in large bowl with electric mixer on medium
speed about 2 minutes or until fluffy. Add sugars, vanilla, almond
extract, eggs and ice cream topping. Beat about 3 minutes or until
fluffy. Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Stir into margarine
mixture until evenly mixed. Stir in remaining ingredients. Drop dough
by heaping teaspoonfuls about 2" apart onto cookie sheet. Bake 13 to
15 minutes or until edges are set (center will be very soft). Cool 5
minutes; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.
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Sweetheart Cookies
Recipe By : Virginia-Carolina PEANUT Promotions Brochure
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
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1 cup butter -- softened
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
1 1/3 cups light brown sugar -- firmly packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
1 1/2 cups roasted peanuts -- chopped
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375F. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl; add eggs
and vanilla. Beat until fluffy. Mix flour with soda in large bowl, add
oats and toss to coat with flour mixture. Add to first mixture a cup at
a time until completely mixed. Stir in peanuts and chocolate chips --
batter will be stiff. Drop from a teaspoon onto a cookie sheet. Bake for
10-12 minutes. Yields 6 dozen cookies.
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