Strawberry Tree

You will need 2lbs of fresh strawberries, with the leaves off and cleaned.

depending on how much chocolate you like, 4-8 bars each of dark cooking chocolate and also white cooking chocolate.

a Round glass pedestal dish is prettiest.

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Melt the chocolate in seperate bowls in the microwave, stirring often until totally melted.

You place enough strawberries on the dish to cover the bottom, and then spoon chocolate on the strawberries....enough to coat each strawberry. Stack more strawberries on top of the bottom layer. Put more chocolate on these. Repeate until you have a tower of strawberries coming to a point at the top. You can either use the two chocolates or you can use one or the other. Pour chocolate over the entire arrangement so that it runs down the sides. This is a Strawberry Tree. Great for grooms table. Hannah Harvill-Tx.

FIRST YOU NEED:

1 BORING DAY (or any other boring day), 2 RAMBUNCTIOUS KIDS 9or however many you have) to make

"TOOTSIE ROLLS"

2 1/2 T. Butter 1/4 c. Karo Syrup, 2 sq. Bitter Chocolate (melted), 3 c. Powdered Sugar (sifted), 3/4 c. Dry Milk, 1t. Vanilla

Blend Butter & Karo Syrup, stir in melted Chocolate and Vanilla. Combine Powdered Sugar and Milk, gradually stir and knead thoroughly. Grease hands with butter and form into desired shapes. Eat and Enjoy!!!

We always make names, birds nests with little eggs, snowmen, plain old tootsie roll shapes, pretzel shapes, etc.

Pam McFall, Pennsylvania

This Recipe was sent to me by atleast 50 people, it is the infamous Neman Marcus Cookie

(Recipe may be halved):

2 cups butter

4 cups flour

2 tsp. soda (club soda)

2 cups sugar

5 cups blended oatmeal**

24 oz. chocolate chips

2 cups brown sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)

4 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla

3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

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** Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

DJ BURGERS

1 lb. ground chuck

loaf of bread

seasoning to your taste: salt, pepper, garlic salt

Brown ground chuck and season to taste --chopping the meat with the spoon until browned well.

Drain well.

This is all you do! Spoon it onto the bread for DJ Burgers. Kids looooove it.