Christmas Goodies Recipe

Peanut Butter Cookies In a large mixing bowl beat butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda and baking powder.Beat until combined, scraping sides of the bowl occasionally.Beat in the eggs one at a time and vanilla until combined.Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer.Stir in any remaining flour.If necessary, cover and chill dough until easy to handle.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls.Roll in additional granulated sugar to coat.Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.Flatten by making crisscross marks with the tines of a fork.Bake in a 375 degree oven for 7 to 9 minutes or until bottoms are lighten brown. Transfer to a wire wrack and let cool.

What I noarmly do is to refrigerate the dough over night till the next day.

This Is The Way I Make These Delicious Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Malt the unsweetened chocolate with the vegetable oil.That way that the chocolate won't stick to the pan.Pour it over the dry ingredients and add one egg at a time.Chill it for 2 hours or over night (I always found it best to chill it over night).

When shaping the dough into balls and rolling them into the powdered sugar.I tend to go ahead and bake them right off the bat stead of letting them sit over night with the powdered sugar on them.

Holiday Fudge Coat a 9 inch pie plate nonestick cooking spray.

In a large microwave safe bowl, combine the peanut butter and butter.Microwave at 80% power for 1 to 2 minutes Remove from the microwave and add the remaining ingredients; mix well and press into the pie plate.Microwave at 80% power for additional 1 minute.

Place in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours, or until firm.Remove and cut into eight pie shaped pieces, wrap and decorate.

Banana Bread Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of an 8x4x2 inch loaf pan;set aside.In a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.Make a well in the center of dry mixture.Set aside.

In another bowl comebine the eggs, bananas, sugar and cooking oil.Stir just till moisted.Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well.

Spoon batter into the prepared pans.Bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes or a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.Remove loaf from the pan; let the breads cool on the wire rack.Wrap and store overnight before slicking.Makes 3 loafs.