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Saturday, 28 February 2009 |
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Andy's Secret Tiger Cub Cookies - 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup margarine or butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups Kellogg's Surgar Frosted Flakes cereal, crushed to measure 1/2 cup
- 1 6-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate morsels, melted
- Stir together, flour, soda, salt
- In large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add eggs and vanilla, beat well
- Add flour mixture, mixing until well combined, stir in crushed sugar frosted flakes cereal
- Drizzle melted chocolate over the dough
- With a knife, swirl the chocolate gently through dough to achieve marbles appearance
- Drop by rounded measuring tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets
- Bake in 350°F oven for about 12 minutes, until lightly browned
- Remove immediately from baking sheets
- Cool on wire racks
- Decorate with your favorite icing like Tiger Stripes!
- Enjoy
Makes about 5 dozen and they're GGRRREEEAAATTTT! Pecan Cobbler This recipe is available at www.recipezaar.com where it is called "War Eagle Bean Palace Pecan Cobbler" A special note: this recipe is designed to be made in a 9 x 13 pan. This is 117 square inches of surface area. If you make this in a Dutch oven it is important that you ratio the ingredients by the surface area of your Dutch oven. Thus for a 12" diameter Dutch oven, the surface area is 113 square inches which is perfect! If you use another size, ratio the ingredients appropriately. FILLING - 2 1/2 cups light corn syrup
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 5 eggs, slightly beaten
- 3 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
CRUST - 1 cup oat flour (1 cup regular oatmeal processed to a fine powder (use a food processor))
- 1 cup unbleached flour (all-purpose flour will work)
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup cold water
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F
- Coat the bottom of a 12" diameter Dutch oven with cooking spray
- In a large bowl, mix together the syrup, sugar, butter, vanilla, and eggs until very well combined
- Pour about 1/3 of this mixture into the bottom of the oven
- Add pecans to the remaining filling mixture and set aside while preparing the crust
- In a medium bowl, combine the two flours and the salt
- Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the flours
- Combine the butter into the flour using a fork
- Add the cold water a little at a time, stirring until the dough forms into a ball that sticks together
- Place the dough on a floured surface adn knead gently 4 or 5 times
- Roll out the dough to the size of the oven
- Carefully pick up the dough and place it in the oven on top of the filling mixture
- Pour the remaining filling mixture with the pecans on the top of the dough
- Bake for about 50 minutes or until the center begins to set
- Remove from the oven and let cool about 20 minutes
- Serve warm or at room temperature
Serves 16
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