Our Family Christmas Cookie and Candy Recipes

We hope you enjoyed the cookies and candies we made as much as we enjoyed making them.  All of the treats were family recipes from one childhoods.  We've posted the recipes here for you to enjoy with your family.  Happy Holidays!

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1977 Taylor County Fair, Abilene, TX 1st Place Fair Peanut Brittle

Recipe by Mrs W.A. McKee
1st Place, Peanut Brittle

1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp water
1/2 cup white karo
2 cup peanuts
1 tsp soda

Boil first 4 ingredients until light brown (about 8 to 10 minutes). Stir in soda. Pour onto greased cookie sheet to cool.

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Opal's Peanut Butter Drop Cookies

1/2 peanut butter
1 egg

1/2 c shortening

1/2 c white sugar

1/4 t salt

1 1/2 c flour

1/2 c brown sugar

1 t soda

1 t vanilla

Cream shortening and sugar.  Add egg, vanilla and peanut butter. Beat well.  Mix in sifted flour, soda and salt. Shape into small balls and flatten.  Bake on cookie sheet, 10 minutes in moderate oven (375 degrees).  Makes 44 small cookies.

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