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when times get stressful, I normally turn to sweets. I have a few recipes that I don't need to turn to for my comfort foods. I'm going to share mine in the hope that a couple of you will actually be interested, and maybe share some of yours, too
irish sweet potatoes
1 1lb box of powdered sugar
1/2 lb (1 stick) butter, softened
1 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
approximately 1 c shredded coconut
lots of cinnamon
put sugar butter milk and vanilla in a bowl (butter should be softened, but still firm). moosh together until it's not powder anymore.
stir in coconut. make little oblong balls of goop and roll in cinnamon (harder and more fun than it sounds) to look like potatoes. refrigerate. lick your fingers madly.
grandma's delicious quickies
(I didn't name it, you jerk)
2 c sugar
1/2 c butter
1/2 c milk
1/2 c cocoa
big old thing of uncooked oatmeal (not the quick stuff!)
dash of vanilla
cook sugar butter milk and cocoa in a pan over low-medium heat, stirring constantly. I let it boil for a minute, still stirring. remove from heat, dash in some vanilla and then the oats (I just put them in until it's thickened, but too much will soak up the chocolate!). drop onto wax paper and cool. if, when you drop a blob, the chocolate sort of puddles away from the oats, then it needs some more. try again!
those butterscotch things
1 bag of butterscotch chips (can't tell you the size, cause I don't know. normal size)
1 can of those crunchy stick things they sell with the "chinese" food in the grocery store (trust me, man)
peanuts, shelled and halved
melt chips, stir in stick things and peanuts. viola!
none of these take even 10 minutes of work, and you don't even have to refrigerate them if you don't want. most of the pleasure, for me, is in the making. the sweet ends are just a bonus |
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