Rolo Turtles

Preheat oven 200 degrees
1. Line cookie sheet with the pecans, pick the best ones.  Toast in oven for 2 minutes.
2. Line a cookie sheet with Snyder's Butter Snaps.
3. I used the mini Rolo's because they are already unwrapped.   I put two Rolo's on some of the  pretzel's to see if it made a big difference.  I thought they were both great, my son like the pretzel   with 2 Rolo's.  I also tried Milky Ways...I probably won't do that again.

    4. Put them in the oven for 3 to 4 minutes, they will be soft because they are melting.

    5. As soon as you take them out of the oven press a pecan half into the center of the Rolo. 

Brownies

Recipe from Food and Wine

Ingredients

• 2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup pecans (4 ounces), coarsely chopped

How to Make It

Step 1    

Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter and lightly flour a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In the top of a double boiler, melt the butter with the chocolate; let cool.

Step 2    

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat the eggs with the granulated sugar and brown sugar until thickened; beat in the vanilla. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the chocolate mixture until combined. Sift the flour over the batter and fold it in. Fold in the pecans.

Step 3    

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 25 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs attached. Let the brownies cool in the pan for 1 hour before

I didn't have butter so I used margarine.  I won't do that again.  At my sons suggestion I sprinkled 1tsp coffee grinds in the brownie mix.  It tasted good. 
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Super Bowl

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Brownie Cookies/Ice Cream Sandwiches

recipe by Duncan Hines

Ingredients

1 box of chewy brownie mix

1 egg

1/4 Cup of oil

2 tablespoons water

Preheat oven to 350 deg. Mix all ingredients together. Make ping pong size balls out of dough. Bake for 10 -15 minutes on cookie sheet. I used the Pampered Chef Scoops to make the balls.  I started off with the small scoop and ended up choosing the medium scoop to make the perfect size cookie for Ice Cream Sandwiches.  I made the balls and put a measuring cup on top the balls and pressed down on them to flatten them out.  
*** Tip - Frozen brownie cookies aren't good, so you have to assemble the cookies when you plan on serving them.  To make it easy I scoop the ice cream the day before and put the flatten ice cream scoops in a rubber made container.  That actually did help.

Ritz cookie

I will never forget the year 1996~ Monica made these cookies for me!  I just call them peanut butter Ritz Crackers dipped in Chocolate.  I am sure there is a  name for them but I haven't done any research.  Monica was from the south so I just tell all my friends the recipe came from the south. 

 Not a good picture of the chocolate ~ It is Wilton's Chocolate.  I buy it at Michael's or Joanne's.  I am sure they have it at Hobby Lobby. 

Coconut Pecan Frosting

Recipe from Cooks.com

Ingredients

1 Cup evaporated milk

1 Cup sugar

3 egg yolks

1/2 Cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/3 Cup coconut

1 Cup chopped pecans

Directions

Combine milk, sugar, egg yolks, butter and vanilla in saucepan.  Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.  Add coconut and pecans.  Beat until cool and spread on top layers of German Chocolate Cake.