MOLDED CRANBERRY FRUIT SALAD

MOLDED CRANBERRY FRUIT SALAD

• 1 8-ounce can Crushed Pineapple, drained, reserving juice
• 1/2 cup Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail
• 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
• 1 3-ounce package Cherry-flavored Jello
• 1 16-ounce can Ocean Spray® Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
• 1/2 cup chopped Walnuts or Pecans

Combine reserved pineapple juice, cranberry juice cocktail and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add gelatin, stirring until it is completely dissolved. Break up cranberry sauce with a fork. Stir into gelatin mixture. Refrigerate until mixture begins to set. Stir in pineapple and nuts. Pour into a 4-cup mold. Chill until firm. Makes 8 servings.

Cooks notes: This recipe can easily be doubled for a larger crowd. Unfortunately, this isn't my original recipe I normally use...after looking for it for over two hours I've decided "it" has somehow fallen off the face of my kitchen - go figure.

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.

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!