Peanut Butter Candy
Enjoy quick and easy recipes from an old cookbook made about fifty years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House, Mrs.Gerald Ford, the First Lady's Strawberry Blitz Torte recipe from 1975. Also a recipe from the Vice Presidents wife, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.
Easy Peanut Butter Candy Recipe
Ingredients required1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 - 12 oz jar peanut butter
1/8 oz jar marshmallow cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions for Easy Peanut Butter Candy Recipe
Boil the butter, sugar and milk together for 12 minutes, stirring constantly. This will foam up and also will burn on bottom of pan quickly. After boiled together for 12 minutes, take off stove and add the peanut butter, stirring until well dissolved. Then add the vanilla and the jar marshmallow cream. Stir well. Place in greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Cool. This burns on bottom of the pan quickly, so watch it. Makes a lot.
Peanut Brittle Recipe
Ingredients required1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
2 cups unroasted peanuts
1 tbsp margarine
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions for Peanut Brittle Recipe
Boil together margarine, sugar, syrup and salt until the sugar is dissolved. And two cups on roasted peanuts. Boil to 296 degrees on candy thermometer or golden brown. Take off stove. And 1 teaspoon baking soda, will form. Put on well greased cookie sheet. When cool, break into pieces. Makes about 1 lb.
Chinese Noodle Candy
Ingredients required1 small package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 small package butterscotch chips
1 large can peanuts
1 large can Chinese noodles
Preheat oven 350 degrees
Instructions for Chinese Noodle Candy Recipe
Melt chocolate and butterscotch morsels in large saucepan slowly. Mix in nuts and noodles, stirring until completely covered with melted mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes. Makes two dozen.
