COOKIES FOR SANTA

COZONACEL CU GEM DE CAPSUNI SI NUCA

COOKIE WALNUT CHOCOLATE CREAM CAKE

FRUIT SALAD WITH WALNUTS

CHOCOLATE RUM PETIT FOUR

There are so many variety of PETIT FOUR - little cakes- but sometimes (actually most of the time) I like to create my own version of everything. My PETIT FOURS are made of cookie crumbs, butter, cream cheese, powder sugar, vanilla, rum, walnuts, raisins, cranberries, coated in white chocolate and topped with chocolate sprinkles. The outside looks like Petit Fours, but the texture resembles more of Truffles. We all love it! Definitely another dessert for my TEA TIME PARTY. I did not measure anything, I just mix a little bit of everything. For a better clean cut, I refrigerated for several hours.

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Enjoy

RUM FLAVORED BROWNIES

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder,

1 cup flour,

1/2 teaspoon baking powder,

1 cup sugar,

1/2 cup butter, melted,

2 large eggs beaten,

1 teaspoon vanilla extract,

2 teaspoon rum extract,

1 cup chopped walnuts:

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat the bottom of your favorite baking dish (a 9 x 13 pan is ideal) with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, flour, and baking powder. Add in the sugar. Stir in the butter. Add the eggs, vanilla and rum. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in by hand the walnuts.Spread the batter into the pan, and bake for about 25 minutes (knife inserted into center should come out clean). Cool on wire rack, and then cut into squares. Makes 24 squares. (48 smaller in my case)

Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE RICE KRISPIES TREATS

I added a little twist to the original recipe by adding in some walnuts and candied mango.
1 stick butter,
a pinch of sea salt,
1 cup chopped walnuts,
1/2 cup chopped candied mango,
10 ounce bag miniature marshmallows,
one box Chocolate Rice Krispies,
DIRECTIONS:
Spray a 13 x 9-inch (approx 30 x 22cm) rectangular pan with Pam.
In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat; add a pinch of salt, stir; add the marshmallows and stir constantly over the heat until completely melted. Remove from heat and add the walnuts, mango and Rice Krispies; mix until well combined; transfer mixture to the prepared pan and smooth over. Let cool completely before cutting.

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