250 DOLLAR COOKIE RECIPE

250 DOLLAR COOKIE RECIPE

• 1/2 Lb Margarine
• 2 Cup Sugar
• 2 Cup Brown Sugar
• 4 Large Eggs
• 8 Oz Hershey's Chocolate Bar, broken
• 5 Cup Oatmeal dry
• 4 Cup All Purpose Flour
• 1 Tsp Salt
• 1 Tsp Baking Powder
• 2 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 Cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
• 2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
• 3 Cup Walnuts

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, slowly add flour, oatmeal (blend oatmeal in blender to a fine powder first), salt, baking powder and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and walnuts, roll into 1 1/2" balls and place 2" apart on cookie sheet, bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

Cooks notes: Okay here's how the story goes - There was a lady in Dallas that had lunch at Neiman Marcus cafe. She ordered these cookies (above recipe) for dessert and liked them so much she asked the waiter if she could have the recipe. The waiter said it would be "two fifty", OK put it on the bill. Well, lunch was around $20 and the recipe was a shocking $250.00 - DANG! (That's not what I would've said...but I'm keepin' this a family show here). They refused to take the recipe back as she had seen it, so she decided to share it with the world - please pass it on if you like.

CHOCOLATY MINT ICE CREAM PIE

CHOCOLATY MINT ICE CREAM PIE

• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3 tbsp butter
• 2 cups crisped rice cereal
• 4 cups mint-chocolate-chip ice cream, softened until spreadable
• 3 oz plain chocolate bar, an extra thick Hershey bar works great!

Line a 9in pie tin with foil, then add a second lining of non-stick baking paper. Melt the chocolate squares or chocolate chips with the butter in a heatproof bowl over barely simmering water. Remove from the heat and stir in the cereal, a little at a time. Cool for about 5 minutes. Press the chocolate-coated cereal mixture evenly over the bottom and sides of the prepared tin, and make a pie shell with a small rim around the edge. Chill in the freezer until the cereal mixture has set completely. Lift out the pie shell, then carefully peel away the paper and foil and return the shell to the tin. Spread the ice cream evenly into the pie shell, then freeze for about 1 hour, until firm. Soften the chocolate slightly then shave off short, wide curls with a swivel-bladed vegetable peeler or sharp knife. Top the ice cream pie with chocolate shavings just before serving.

Cooks notes: You can soften chocolate before shaving by holding it in your hands for about 1 minute. Also, I just heard about this one from one of my aunts and haven't actually tried it out as I'm saving my calories for Thanksgiving right now...soooo, I may have to have it for dessert on Turkey Day!!! Yeah baby!

PEGGY'S FUDGE WREATH

PEGGY'S FUDGE WREATH

• 1 - 12 OZ Package Milk Chocolate Chips
• 1 Cup Butterscotch Chips
• 1 Can Eagle Brand Milk
• 1 Cup Raisins
• 1 Cup Nuts - Chopped Coarsely

Melt first 3 ingredients in a sauce pan over low heat stirring constantly - be very careful not to let it stick. Remove from heat and add the raisins and nuts. You can then roughly mold this into a "wreath" or whatever you'd like onto a decorative plate or platter. Great for gift giving or holidays!

Cooks notes: Lemme tell you another secret...Peggy's not really family, no, but she's like family and isn't that what really counts? Plus, Peg's one of the best "cookers" 'round!