Docinho De Nozes Walnut Candies Recipes

BLACK WALNUT CANDY...SO EASY. FROM OUT OF THIS KITCHEN COOKBOOK.

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet, combine all ingredients except the butter.
• Cook over low heat and stir constantly.
• When it thickens, add butter.
• Mix until the butter melts.
• Don't beat it too hard!
• Pour mixture onto a greased cookie sheet or pie pans-- just make sure it will not stick.
• When completely cool, break into small pieces.
• A hammer may come in handy for the breaking!
• Folks have suggested putting it in a bag and breaking it with something heavy.
• Hammer again reccommended.
• These store well in a sealed container with wax paper between the layers.

RAINBOW SLICES

Steps:

• Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine cookie mix and cake flour. Add shortening, butter, and egg, stirring with a wooden spoon until dough forms. Divide dough into fourths and place each fourth in a small bowl. Add cherry extract and red food coloring to one of the dough portions; mix until dough has no streaks. (Knead with hands, if necessary.) Repeat with remaining dough portions, using coconut extract and green food coloring for one portion, lemon extract and yellow food coloring for another portion, and almond extract and blue food coloring for last portion. Roll each colored portion into a ball and flatten into a disk. Wrap portions separately with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove blue dough from refrigerator and roll into a log about 9 inches long. Remove yellow dough from refrigerator and use a rolling pin to roll into a rectangle 9 inches long and wide enough to completely encase the log of blue dough. Wrap yellow dough around blue dough, pressing together to seal seam. Repeat with green dough and wrap around yellow dough. Finish with red dough and wrap around green dough. Chill colored log in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• Cut log into 1⁄2-inch-thick slices. Cut each slice in half and place on prepared cookie sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or just until lightly browned on edges. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; let cool. Outline yellow arch with decorating gel and sprinkle sanding sugar over gel.
• TIP: To make the Rainbow Slices into cookie lollipops, after slicing colored log and cutting slices in half, gently insert a lollipop stick into the blue portion of the rainbow. Continue as directed. To make the pot of gold, place a large apple chunk in the bottom of gold cupcake liners. Insert the lollipop stick into the chunk of apple, so the lollipop will stand up. Fill the cupcake liners with yellow sanding sugar to cover the apple chunk.

BUTTER MINTS (DIABETIC)

Steps:

• Combine powder sugar ingredients in blender.
• Whip until powdered.
• Yields 4 cups.
• Cream margarine,milk and butter flavor.
• Stir in 1 cup sugar replacement.
• Knead til smooth.
• Roll in small marble size balls.
• Press each ball firmly into candy mold.
• Unmold onto waxed paper.

PECAN CARAMEL CANDIES

Steps:

• Line baking sheets with foil.
• Place pretzels on foil; top each pretzel with a candy.
• Bake at 250° for 4 minutes or until candies are softened (candies will retain their shape).
• Immediately place a pecan half on each candy and press down so candy fills pretzel.
• Cool slightly.
• Refrigerate for 10 minutes or until set.

PECAN BALLS CANDIES

Steps:

• Use a room temperature butter. Crush the crackers and add them to the butter.
• To that add 2/3 of the nuts and the rest of the ingredients.
• Mix well and form little balls.
• Roll the balls in the rest of the nuts.

ORANGE JELLY CANDIES

Steps:

• Butter a 9-in. square pan with 2 teaspoons butter; set aside. In a large saucepan, combine the pectin, baking soda and water (mixture will be foamy). In another saucepan, combine sugar and corn syrup. Bring both mixtures to a boil. Cook until foam on pectin mixture thins slightly and sugar mixture comes to a full rolling boil, about 4 minutes. Gradually add pectin mixture to boiling sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from the heat. Stir in orange oil and food coloring. Immediately pour into prepared pan. Let stand at room temperature for 3 hours or until set.
• Sprinkle waxed paper with sugar; invert pan onto sugar. With a knife dipped in warm water, cut candy into 1-in. squares; roll in additional sugar. Place on a wire rack. Let stand, uncovered, at room temperature overnight. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 81 pieces.

DOCINHO DE NOZES (WALNUT CANDIES)

Steps:

• Heat the condensed milk, walnuts, and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes. Make sure you keep mixing the pan constantly with a wooden spoon. When the mixture begins to "dis-glue" from the pan or when you can see the bottom of the pan after scraping the wooden spoon on the bottom of the pan, you know the cooking process is over. This will happen shortly after the mixture reaches boiling point.
• Remove from heat and transfer mixture on a well greased plate.
• Let cool for 15 minutes.
• Grease your hands well and form 1 inch balls with your hands. Roll the balls into a plate full of finely chopped walnutes. Cover the ball well with the walnuts. You may need to wash your hands in between rolling out these candies, because after a while the mixture will begin clinging to your hands. Wash out your hands, grease them up again (I just use a spray bottle) and begin rolling again. Serve in miniature paper liners.