Buckeyes - Easy Peasy Recipe!!!

Buckeyes - Easy Peasy Recipe!!!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 - 4 cups powdered sugar
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons All-Vegetable Shortening

COMBINE peanut butter, butter, vanilla and salt in large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on LOW until blended. Add 2 cups powdered sugar, beating until blended. Beat in additional powdered sugar until mixture, when shaped into a ball, will stay on a toothpick. Shape into 1-inch balls. Refrigerate.

PLACE chocolate chips and shortening in microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM for 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat until mixture is smooth. Reheat as needed while coating peanut butter balls.

INSERT toothpick in peanut butter ball. Dip 3/4 of ball into chocolate, leaving top uncovered to resemble a buckeye. Remove excess. Place on wax paper-lined tray. Remove toothpick. Smooth over holes. Refrigerate until firm.

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Sweet Potato Bundt Cake with Maple Icing

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Sweet Potato Bundt Cake with Maple Icing

Ingredients

2½ cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

1½ cups canned sweet potato or about two cooked sweet potatoes

3 eggs

¾ cup warm milk

1 cup white sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

½ cup butter, softened

1 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the glaze

4 tablespoons butter, cold

¼ cup maple syrup

2 tablespoons milk

1 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F.

2. Lightly grease a 10-cup bundt pan.

3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set the mixture aside.

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4. In a separate large bowl, mash the sweet potato, leaving only a slightly "meaty" texture.

5. Whisk together the sweet potato and the eggs.

6. Whisk in the warm milk, then both sugars, then the butter and oil, and finally, the vailla extract.

7. Stir in the dry ingredients (that bowl of flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt).

8. Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan.

9. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 60 minutes.

10. Allow cake to cool 15 minutes before inverting and removing from the bundt pan.

11. Meanwhile, make the icing. Melt butter in a saucepan with maple syrup and milk. Remove from heat and whisk in the confectioners' sugar until smooth. Allow glaze to set for 15 minutes before drizzling over the cooled cake. Wait 15 more minutes before slicing and serving.

Heavenly Divinity

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Servings:  40

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup cherries (optional)

Directions:

1   In a 2 quart saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt.
2   Cook to hardball stage, (260 degrees), stirring only until sugar dissolves.
3   Meanwhile, as temperature of syrup reaches 250 degrees, beat egg white till stiff peaks form.
4   When syrup reaches 260 degrees, very gradually add the syrup to egg whites, beating at high speed with electric mixer.
5   Add vanilla and beat until candy holds its shape, 4-5 minutes.
6   Stir in the chopped nuts or cherries, if desired.
7   Quickly drop candy from a teaspoon onto waxed paper, swirling the top of each piece.
8   Let cool.

Enjoy