Darlene Michaud

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INGREDIENTS:
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1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookies
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup baking morsels, flavor or color of your choice
chopped nuts or candy sprinkes of your choice
(see my tips below)

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DIRECTIONS:

1: Heat oven to 350°F. Line a 13×9-inch pan with foil, extending foil over edges.

2: Crumble cookie dough in medium bowl. Stir or knead in nutmeg until well mixed. Press evenly in bottom of foil-lined pan.

3: Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

4: Use foil to lift from pan. Trim crust edges from bar then cut into bars.

5: In small microwavable bowl, microwave baking morsels uncovered on High 1 minute, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.

4:  Dip 2 opposite corners of each square into melted chips, letting excess drip off. Place on cookie sheet and sprinkle corners with chopped nuts. Refrigerate about 10 minutes or until set. Store covered in refrigerator.

Darlene’s Tips: Use Confetti morsels for flecks of color! You can do this without the nutmeg if you prefer, or you could use any spice you like (extract would work too). This can also be done with any flavor of cookie dough (chocolate chip cookie dipped in melted peanut butter morsels sounds awesome!). Instead of the nuts or sprinkles, you could crumble up the leftover cookie crust and sprinkle that on the squares (or just eat the crusts… yum!!!). Want colorful cookies? Add a few drops of food coloring and knead that into the dough. You could even separate the dough to make several different colors in one batch. Have fun experimenting! Want an even easier treat? Use store bought cookies and dip those suckers into melted morsels! Quick and easy yet looks special!!!

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INGREDIENTS:
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1 package (16 ounces) almond bark, broken into pieces, or any white morsels
24 hard peppermint candies
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DIRECTIONS:

1: Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place candy coating in 8-cup microwavable measure or 2-quart microwavable casserole. Microwave uncovered on High 2 to 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until almost melted. Stir until smooth.

2: Place peppermint candies in heavy plastic bag and crush with rolling pin or bottom of small heavy saucepan. Pour crushed candies into wire strainer. Shake strainer over melted coating until all of the tiniest candy pieces fall into the coating. Reserve the larger candy pieces. Stir coating to mix evenly.

3: Spread coating evenly on cookie sheet. Sprinkle evenly with remaining candy pieces. Let stand about 1 hour or until cool and hardened. Break into pieces.

Darlene’s Tips: Use Confetti morsels for extra flecks of color! You can add a drop of peppermint extract if you want extra peppermint flavor.  You can make chocolate peppermint bark the same way using chocolate morsels.  Don’t get caught up in exact measurements! You are basically melting your morsels or bark and mixing it with candy. Make as much or as little as you want! You can experiment with other hard candies too. I think cinnamon would be awesome!

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INGREDIENTS:
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1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix
Butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch
1/2 cup green and red M&M’s candy-coated milk chocolate candies
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
1/3 cup coarsely crushed mini pretzel twists
1/4 cup chopped peanuts
2 tablespoons green, red and white candy sprinkles
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DIRECTIONS:

1:  Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.

2:  In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in remaining ingredients.

3:  Drop dough by rounded 2 tablespoonfuls on cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Flatten a bit with the back of a spoon.

4:  Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light brown. Cool 2 minutes then remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. Store covered in airtight container.

Darlene’s Tips: Want to change the ingredients?  You can!  Use any flavor cookie mix and add up to 1½ cups total of candies or crunchies of your choice. Create the wildest mix ever!

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INGREDIENTS:
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2 cups Cinnamon Chex cereal
2 cups Wheat Chex cereal
3 cups Vanilla Chex cereal
1 cup pecans
1 cup mini graham crackers
1 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (not in the shell)
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
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DIRECTIONS:

1:  Stir together the 3 cereals, pecans, graham crackers, dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds in a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker.

2:  In small bowl, mix together melted butter, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Stir until well combined. Pour over cereal mixture and stir until evenly coated.

3:  Cook uncovered on High heat setting 2 hours, stirring every 15 to 20 minutes.

4:  Spread cereal mixture on ungreased cookie sheet or waxed paper. Cool 3 to 5 minutes before serving.

Darlene’s Tips: You can change this recipe any way you want.  If you don’t want to buy 3 different kinds of chex cereal, buy just one kind and use a total of 7 cups. If you can’t find cinnamon chex just use plain chex and add cinnamon to the mix. Instead of pumpkin pie spice you can use apple pie spice or just use a mix of cinnamon and nutmeg or you can skip the spice.  Once the snack mix is cooled you could toss in some butterscotch or chocolate (or both) morsels and something chewy like raisins. If you can’t find mini graham crackers at your local store, simply use broken full-size graham crackers.

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