Candied Walnuts

Candied Walnuts Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups raw walnut halves
• 1/8 teaspoon coarse salt

Method

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Use middle rack in oven. Lay walnuts out on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 5 minutes. Test for doneness. If not quite toasted enough, toast for 1 or 2 more minutes. Be careful not to burn. Remove from oven and let cool in pan on a rack.

2 Pour sugar into a medium saucepan with a thick bottom. Have walnuts nearby, ready to quickly add to the pan at the right time. Cook sugar on medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon as soon as the sugar begins to melt. Keep stirring until all the sugar has melted and the color is a medium amber. As soon as sugar is melted and the color is a medium amber, add the walnuts to the pan, quickly stirring and coating each piece with the sugar mixture.

3 As soon as the walnuts are coated with the sugar mixture, spread them out on a rimmed baking sheet, lined either with a Silpat non-stick mat, or parchment paper. Use two forks to separate the walnuts from each other, working very quickly. Sprinkle the nuts with the salt. Let cool completely.

Makes 1 1/2 cups.

Chocolate Brownies

Time 40 minutes
Serves 28

Ingredients

3/4 c. of cocoa powder
4 large eggs
3/4 c.of shortening
2 1/4 c. of sugar
1 c. of chopped walnuts or pecans
1 tsp. of vanilla
1 1/4 c. of flour
1 tsp. of baking powder
1 tsp. of salt

How to make it

First you want to preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Next you need to butter a 9x13" pan.
Then ,elt shortening in a large pan over low flame, then stir in cocoa.
Now remove from heat.
Take sugar and vanilla mix in then mix in eggs one at a time.
Take remaining ingredients stirring in then stir in nuts.
Let this bake for 30 minutes.
Cool. Cut squares

Rocky Road Cookies

Ingredients

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup toasted walnut bits
1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
1 cup chocolate chips

How to make it

Preheat oven to 375.
With an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Add in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Now add the walnuts, marshmallows, and chocolate chips.
Roll dough into 1 or 2 inch balls and place on paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 9 minutes, or until the top of the cookies start to look slightly dry.
Allow to cool (if you can) and pour yourself a nice big glass of milk. :)