Everything Cookies

Or, as my husband calls them, Monster Cookies.

Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp white vinegar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, tightly packed
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup Nutella
2 1/4 cups AP flour
3/4 cup quick oats
1/4 cup dark chocolate cocoa powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup mini-semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup dark chocolate M&Ms
1 tbsp AP flour

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350* F.
2. Mix butter, egg, vanilla, vinegar, granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, and Nutella. I use an electric or standing mixer for this.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, oats, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. About 1/2 cup at a time, add dry mixture to wet mixture, stirring to combine with each addition.
4. Toss walnuts, chocolate chips, and M&Ms together with 1 tbsp AP flour.
5. Mix walnuts and chocolate into cookie dough. It may be easier to do this with a spoon, rather than with the mixer.
6. Put cookie mixture into the fridge for 15-20 minutes. Once it is chilled, scoop out spoonfuls onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. You can do this with two teaspoons or by rolling the dough into balls by hand. The balls of dough should be about 1 inch in diameter.
7. Bake for approximately 10 minutes at 350* F. The cookies don't spread out much at all, so you can put them closer together to bake (about a 1/2 inch apart). They won't spread out and it is hard to tell if they've browned as they bake, but they will start to crack on top.
8. Let cool on a wire cooling wrack. Store in an airtight container.

Dorm Fudge

An "ancient" Wahlig family recipe.
Also known as Amish Proposal Fudge.

Ingredients

1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 bag (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tbsp vanilla

Directions

1. Line a square pan with wax paper. Line it. Seriously. Line it.
2. Mix milk and vanilla together. Microwave 2-4 minutes, until bubbly.
3. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted.
4. Flatten the mixture into the LINED pan. Cool. Remove from pan to cut.

Tips

Optional add-ins include up to one cup of walnuts or pecans.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles

Ingredients

1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup Cool Whip, thawed
1/2 cup peanuts or crushed or powdered sugar

Directions

1. Melt chocolate chips in microwave on high for 2 minutes, stirring halfway through. Stir at end until all chips are melted.
2. Mix in peanut butter and let cool.
3. Add Cool Whip.
4. Spread mixture into a baking dish. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Using a teaspoon, scoop out portions of the mix and role into balls.
6. Coat in nuts or sugar.
7. Store in fridge.

Ginger Nutmeg Candy Almonds

Ingredients

1 pound raw almonds
2 egg whites
1 tbsp water
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250ºF.
2. Using a hand mixer, mix egg whites and water until the mixture is foamy.
3. Stir in spices.
4. Stir in almonds.
5. Spread the mix onto a greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake for 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours, stirring every 15-20 minutes to evenly dry the coated nuts.
7. Allow mix to cool.

Garam Masala Candy Almonds

Ingredients

1 pound raw almonds
2 egg whites
1 tbsp water
2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp chili powder

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250ºF.
2. Using a hand mixer, mix egg whites and water until the mixture is foamy.
3. Stir in spices.
4. Stir in almonds.
5. Spread the mix onto a greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake for 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours, stirring every 15-20 minutes to evenly dry the coated nuts.
7. Allow mix to cool.

Cinnamon Cayenne Candy Almonds

Ingredients

1 pound raw almonds
2 egg whites
1 tbsp water
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp paprika

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250ºF.
2. Using a hand mixer, mix egg whites and water until the mixture is foamy.
3. Stir in spices.
4. Stir in almonds.
5. Spread the mix onto a greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake for 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours, stirring every 15-20 minutes to evenly dry the coated nuts.
7. Allow mix to cool.

Honey Cinnamon Walnuts

Ingredients

1/2 cup honey
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups walnut halves

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Melt honey in the microwave until it looks thin and pours like water, about 1-2 minutes.
3. Stir in cinnamon and salt.
4. Coat walnuts with mixture.
5. Spread onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
6. Let cool and break into pieces.

Tips

This will probably stay sticky.

Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup peanuts
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp vanilla
2 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Directions

1. GREASE a cookie sheet covered in wax paper.
2. Mix corn syrup and sugar.
3. Microwave on high for 4 minutes, stir. Microwave for 4 more minutes, stir again.
4. Stir in peanuts, salt, vanilla, butter, and cinnamon.
5. Microwave entire mix on high for 2 minutes.
6. Stir in baking soda, allow to foam for a second, then spread on cookie sheet.
7. Let mix cool and firm up (after it cools initially, you can move it to the freezer for a while to speed this process up).
8. Break into pieces.