Here is mine that I make a lot! 1- 18 OZ jar of Peanut Butter 1 stick margarine-or 1/2 cup margarine 1 ts vanilla 3 to 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar-almost 1 LB Place PB and margarine in microwavable bowl, and warm it, watching and stirring it, so it will not scorch around the edges. Add vanilla, and 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar and mix well with beater. Continue to add powdered sugar, until it seems that no more will mix into the mixture. It will be a crumbly mixture. Pour into 8X8 baking dish (or similar) and use a large spoon or a glass with a smooth rounded bottom to press out flat. Walla---Perfect every time...the secret is to not add too much powdered sugar too quickly, or it will not all mix in. You can also make it with crunchy peanut butter, but it will take considerably less powdered sugar. Sue

I did. I left here at 8:10 for Walmart's. Got home at 9:10. took Georgy for a walk at 9:20, cut it short and got home at 10:30. It was misting when I left, glad I cut the walk short because a block away from home it started raining a bit more. Got in, threw a cup of water in the microwave, took the wet clothes off, put my robe on, put wet clothes in washing machine, had a cup of hot chocolate, bowl of fruit and some Activia, made the crunch showered and got ready for bridge. Glad I made the crunch early because when I got home from bridge, I tasted it. Thought it a little too sweet, so I picked out the candy corn and added some more nuts. I put a few handfuls in clear cellophane bags and tied with pink curly ribbon. When I was in Walmart, I found some Valentine stickers and put one on each bag. I will bring them to lunch with me tomorrow. On the other half of the batch, I poured some melted semi-sweet chocolate pieces over and mixed it in. It made it less sweet but didn't look as pretty. Unfortunately, I don't care how it looks and have been eating it. LOL

Ingrdients: 1 c raisins 1 c chopped walnuts Try Diamond of California Nuts 1 bag(s) semi sweet chocolate chips 3 Tbsp shaved canning wax like para fan ( not needed) cookie sheet,and wax paper Chocolate Raisin walnut clusters 1 Pour chocolate chips in to microwavable bowl with wax. Heat on high stopping every 30 seconds to stir. When it is all melted nicely. Add your nuts and raisins,and stir well. Chocolate Raisin walnut clusters direction step 2 2 Take a table spoon and drop spoon fulls of mixture on to wax paper lined,or parchment paper lined baking sheet. Chocolate Raisin walnut clusters direction step 3 3 refrigerate until solid. I keep mine in the fridge in a plastic container. eat and enjoy. Here is a link that might be useful: Wedding Caterers London

Holiday cookies? My favorites are: -The iced sugar cookies that my sleezeball cousin makes, but since we don't associate anymore, that's history. -The "snowballs". The ones I make are Franco Palumbo's recipe and are great. -Blondies with and without cashews on top. -Rosettes & Krumkake. I'm Scandinavian. Lefse's not a cookie but it goes with the season! So here's a few favorite recipes, though not necessarily "holiday" treats: Graham Cracker Chewies These are amazingly good and simple to make. They are a nice alternative to brownies. Recipe from the Nantucket Open House Cookbook. Crust 1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature 2 tablespoons all purpose flour Topping 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 1/2 cup chopped pecans 1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs beaten . Preheat oven to 350° Prepare the crust: Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter and flour in a mixing bowl until moist and crumbly. Press the mixture firmly and evenly in the bottom of a 9 inch square baking pan. Bake until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Prepare topping: Stir all the ingredients together until blended. Spread the topping over the baked crust and bake for 20 minutes. Let cool completely, then cut into 16 squares. Note: Double the recipe and use a 13 x 9" pan. You won't regret it. Haven't tried these yet but they get rave reviews: SILLY TOFFEE SQUARES 1/2 cup flour 3/4 cup Rice Krispies cereal 1/4 tsp. baking soda Pinch of salt 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/3 cup butter melted 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk (NOT Evaporated Milk!) 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1-1/4 cups Rice Krispies cereal Combine first 6 ingredients and press into 8-inch square pan and bake at 350° F. for 10 minutes. In heavy nonstick saucepan combine condensed milk, 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Bring to a low boil and cook 5 minutes, stirring continuously. Be careful not to burn. Remove from heat and pour over baked crust. Melt chocolate chips over low heat. Stir in remaining cereal until well coated. Using two forks spread over caramel layer. Chill and cut into squares. And a longtime favorite: EZ BARS AKA 7-layer bars are the epitome of easy (hence their alias, EZ bars). If you follow the traditional recipe, you don't even need a bowl. You melt butter straight in the baking pan in a preheated oven, then sprinkle on the other layers. On top of the butter goes a layer of graham cracker crumbs (not mixed in, just sprinkled on), chopped nuts, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, and finally sweetened condensed milk is poured over the whole shebang. It's baked until just starting to brown on the top, all bubbly and delicious, which takes about 25 minutes. Nothing could be easier to bake. Very flexible too. I omit the coconut. You can use cookie crumbs like vanilla wafers or even crumbled sandwich cookies I imagine. Various nuts, combination of nuts, one kind of chips or combined kinds of chips. Doesn't really matter, they're greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!