Comforting Recipes and Tips

For Sweet Lovers

These are easy recipes anyone can make.

Peanut Butter Fudge

Use a 2 quart sauce pan for this recipe. Prepare a 9 x 9 square baking pan (or dish) by lightly buttering for easy removal after fudge cools so that you may cut into squares.

Mix:
2 cups of white cane sugar
2/3 cup of milk (can use 2%)

Boil sugar and milk until it forms a soft ball when a little is dropped in 1/2 cup of cold water. Once this reaches soft ball stage, remove from heat and add the following:

1 cup of peanut butter
1 cup of marshmallow cream
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Stir together just until it starts to thicken. Pour into the 9 x 9 square pan and cool. Cut into squares and serve.


Maple Creme Fudge (No Cooking)

Use a 9 x 9 baking pan or dish. No need to butter or coat the pan.

Mix together the following:

2 (3 oz.) packages of Philadelphia cream cheese
5 cups of powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon of maple flavoring
1 cup of chopped walnuts (optional)

Stir cream cheese until smooth. Add maple flavoring and blend in the powdered sugar. Press into the 9 x 9 inch pan. Cut into squares and serve. You may want to keep this refrigerated.


(Date) Snowballs

1 cup chopped dates
2 1/2 cups of Rice Krispies
3/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of chopped walnuts (optional)
1 beaten egg
1 tablespoon flour
1 stick of margerine (your favorite)
1 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring
1 cup of coconut (optional)

Combine dates, flour, sugar, margarine and egg in a 2 quart sauce pan, bring to a boil, cook for 10 minutes stirring occasionally so it won't burn. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Add nuts, Rice Krispies, vanilla and mix. Make into small balls and roll in coconut. Store in air tight container.

Mississippi Mud Cake

You will need ato prepare a 9 x 12 baking pan or dish (buttered) at set aside.

Mix together the following in a medium to large mixing bowl.

1 cup margarine (melted)
1/3 cup of cocoa
1 cup shredded coconut (optional)
1 cup of pecans or walnuts broken (optional)
4 beaten eggs
1 1/2 cup of flour
2 cups of sugar

Mix together the margarine, cocoa, sugar and the remaining ingredients. Spread mixture into your baking pan and bake at 350˚(or 325˚depending on your oven) for 30 to 45 minutes. You can test doneness by inserting a fork between the middle and the edge of the cake. If the fork comes out clean, it is done baking. Remove from oven and take one 7 1/2oz. jar of marshmallow cream and empty on top. Before you start spreading the marshmallow cream slide back into the oven to warm it for easier spreading. Remove from oven and spread the marshmallow cream over the top of the cake and immediately put into the refrigerator (on racks) and wait until cool to top with chocolate frosting. To make the chocolate frosting you will need the following:

Chocolate Frosting (Also good for any cake)

1 stick or 1/2 cup of margarine (melted)
1/3 cup of cocoa
1 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring
1/4 cup of milk
1 box or approximately 2/3 bag of powdered sugar

After your cake is cool, spread frosting and sprinkle some broken pecans or walnuts (optional) on the top. Cut into squares and serve. The cake will remain moist inside because it was immediately refrigerated.