Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 120 servings

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups light corn syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Pinch salt
• .5 cup butter
• 2 cups heavy cream

Steps

1. Warm cream and butter over low heat in a small saucepan. Keep warm.
2. Bring to a boil the sugar, syrup, and salt in a large pan and cook until it thickens. Add the cream mixture in a thin stream so that boiling doesn't stop while stirring. Cook, stirring constantly until it reaches a firm ball stage (228 on a candy thermometer). Add vanilla and pour into a well buttered 9x13 pan. Cool, cut, and wrap with wax paper.
3. I don't use a candy thermometer anymore. I use a small bowl of ice water to drop a little of the hot caramel into. I begin testing the caramel when it starts to darken in color slightly and thicken on the spoon. When the caramel hits the cold water it hardens quickly, but will harden more as it sets so be careful not to cook the caramels too long or you will have harder caramels. We like them to be firm, but soft. I've made them so much that this process isn't too difficult anymore. Use the thermometer to be more accurate until you are more comfortable if you are unsure of yourself.

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Jennifer Crites: I have made these many times and sometimes added a cream cheese filling.

Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 cup margarine, melted
• .5 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1.5 cup flour
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Steps

1. Combine margarine, cocoa, sugar and eggs. Add the flour, vanilla and nuts. Bake at 350F in a 9x13 greased pan for 25-30 minutes.
2. Jenny Garrett uses 1/2 tsp baking soda in her recipe and then frosts them with this frosting: Melt 1/4 cup butter and stir in 1/4 cup cocoa. Add 5 tbsp milk and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat in 3 cups of powdered sugar. Frost cooled brownies.
3. Jennifer's cream cheese filling: 8 oz softened cream cheese, 1 egg, and 1/2 cup sugar beaten together. Drop by spoonfuls onto the brownie batter after it has been poured into the pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and then marble it into the batter by pulling a knife through the globs of cream cheese and swirling the knife around several times. Bake as usual.

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Talk about Yum!!!

Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1.5 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp orange extract
• 1 tsp grated orange zest

Frosting:

• 8 oz pkg cream cheese
• 4 tbsp softened butter
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp orange zest
• 1 tbsp orange juice

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 9x13 pan.
2. Stir together flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Add butter, eggs, orange extract, and zest. Using a hand held mixer, beat until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 30 minutes or until light golden brown. (I find that you need to bake this longer.) Remove from oven and allow to cool. Pierce entire cake with a fork. Spread the frosting over completely cooled brownies. Cut into squares.
3. Frosting: In a large mixing bowl, whip the butter and cream cheese. Gradually beat in sugar until all is smooth. Beat in zest and juice. Spread over brownies.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• .5 cup margarine
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3.5 oz flaked coconut
• 6 oz butterscotch chips
• 6 oz chocolate chips
• 15 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Steps

1. Melt butter in 8x12 inch baking pan. Add each ingredient in order listed, spreading each layer evenly. Bake at 325F for 30 minutes. Let cool and cut into squares.

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Ingredients for 36 servings

• .75 cup brown sugar
• .5 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1.5 tsp vanilla
• 2.25 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• .5 tsp salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 8 oz milk chocolate bar cut into 1/2 inch pieces

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 375F. In larger mixer bowl, combine sugars, butter, egg and vanilla. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Add flour, soda, and salt. Continue beating until well mixed. Stir in nuts and chocolate. Drop by rounded spoonful 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet. Remove onto cooling racks.

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Ingredients for 48 servings

• .66 cup shortening
• .66 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Steps

1. Cream together the shortening, butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Do not over mix, just until flour is mixed in. Add the chips and nuts. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes.

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Ingredients for 48 servings

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 5 cups blended oatmeal
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 24 oz chocolate chips
• 7 oz grated Hershey chocolate bar
• 3 cups chopped nuts

Steps

1. Cream butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour, oatmeal, salt, soda, baking powder, chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Bake at 375F for 6-8 minutes.

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Ingredients for 36 servings

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• .5 cup brown sugar
• .5 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• .5 tsp soda
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp salt
• Cinnamon sugar

Steps

1. Mix dough. Form into balls and roll in cinnamon sugar. Bake at 350F for 12 minutes.

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Ingredients for 36 servings

• 2.25 cups flour
• .66 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp baking soda
• .25 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter
• .66 cup brown sugar
• .75 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 12 oz pkg white chocolate chips

Steps

1. Beat eggs, butter, sugar, and vanilla. Then add eggs and dry ingredients. Sir in chips and bake at 350F for 9 minutes.

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Ingredients for 4 servings

• 1.5 cups miniature marshmallows
• .25 cup peanut butter
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1.5 tbsp margarine
• .75 cup quick oats
• .5 cup raisins

Steps

1. Melt margarine, honey, peanut butter, and marshmallows in double boiler, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in oats and raisins. Spread evenly in a prepared pan. Chill until firm. Cut into squares.

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