Looking for a cookie and a fudge recipe

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I remember the cookie part was just lightly sweet, and rolled into a ball shape. They were very dense and buttery, and had nuts. Then they were rolled in the powdered sugar. I'm sure they would be called some sort of 'ball' name, but if anybody does recognize the description, please post the recipe!

Also my mom made the MOST fantastic fudge one year and then I couldn't find the recipe. I absolutely hate the ones made with the marshmallow cream stuff, they all seem gritty to me. This fudge from my mom was THICK, dense (see a trend here?) and incredibly smooth for such a heavy full fudge. There was candied fruit pieces in it. Anybody??

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My favorite fudge has the marshmallow creme.. mine was always creamy.. and milk chocolatey... not gritty at all... altho I remember having some that my mom made that was 'gritty'

Mrs Eisenhower .. yep.. that was the name of it.

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Yeah, most folks love that stuff and I've had it a bunch of times from different places, but I always find it... something... even if it's creamy enough, it seems dry or something, just not right (to me, others would argue the point)... Kinda like diet soda, most folks think it's very sweet, to me it tastes like chemicals!
I'm just really really fussy about my fudge consistency! PITA, I know...

[Mary Ann]

Trust me t-leigh, I understand.

However, in our family Heather has always been in charge of fudge. I'm trying to remember how it goes; if I recall right, overstirring while it's heating up causes the sugar to bond into crystals. If I recall right, there's a period over heat where you're not to touch it at all as it comes to temperature.

Wish I had my arm back. I can't get many of my cookbooks off the shelf, let alone copy recipes; and I know I have some terrific from scratch fudge recipes. Maybe Heather'll see this thread.

Hey, have you ever tried www.epicurious.com? They're fussbudgets about their stuff too.

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t-leigh I used to have a cookie recipe like that.. cant find it.. they were called mello balls or mallo balls..
I tried to find a recipe for you on allrecipes.com but couldnt find one with those names.. sorry.

Mary Ann is right about the fudge.. my fudge with the marshmallow creme is very creamy.. like milk chocolate..
my mom has heated it too high.. or too long.. and has served it crystally.. kinda ruins it.

[Trailpal]

ooh, I learned this from the local ladies last winter. It's hard to mess up.

1 can eagle sweetened condensed milk
1 bag chocolate chips (use the best you can find, or get a good bar-type chocolate and break into small pieces)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Pour the sweetened condensed milk into a micro-wavable bowl, heat till it begins to bubble at the edges. Add the whole bag of chips and stir until all the chocolate is melted. If you want nuts, add them now. Add vanilla once the chips are stirred in.

Pour into a greased 8x8 pan (glass seems easier) and cool. Cut into little squares and serve.

They tried to tell me about adding cherries and marshmallows, but that just reduces the amount of chocolate, so what's the point? ;D

The cookies sound like "Mexican Wedding Cakes", mmm they nearly melt in your mouth and leave the nuts behind so you can crunch them

[AmberC]

Mexican Wedding Cakes, or Snowball cookies

Heat oven to 375*
1 1/2 c (3 sticks) butter or marg. softenend
3/4 c powdered sugar
1 T vanilla extract
1/2 t salt
3 c flour
more powdered sugar

(optional, I NEVER put nuts in anything, I hate them! I don't always put the choc chips in, but I do like them)
1/2 c finely chopped nuts
2 c (12-oz pkg) Mini semi-sweet morsels

Beat butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt in lg mixing bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in flour, stir in morsels and nuts. Roll into balls and place on ungreased sheet. Bake 10-12 min until set and lightly browned. Remove and sift powdered sugar immediately over tops. Cook on sheets for 10 min, then remove to wire racks to cool.

My variation is that as soon as they are cool enough to handle, I put some powdered sugar in a bowl and roll them cookies in it. At least twice. Yes they are VERY high in sugar, but they are SOOOOOOOOOO good! I made a batch of cookies for Hubby to take to work (it's good to bribe dispatchers with baked goods ) and got rave reviews!

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Thanks for the recipes, ladies!

[AmberC]

Oh yeah, and thanks a LOT! I wasn't planning on doing any baking this year, but after I read this thread and knew i had the recipe, I posted it and then I made Hubby go buy some flour and butter last night (was out of flour and almost out of butter) and I'm making them today!

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Mmmm, ain't gonna make me feel guilty! We ALL need some sweets during the holidaze!
Enjoy your cookies!

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trailpal, I made the fudge for Christmas giving. It came out a good consistency, but I think I should have used milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet, tasted too much like refrigerated canned icing, which I like, but still isn't fudgy. Anyway, the DH loved it. I also gave some to neighbors and found out afterward (by my own plate at home) that they don't interact well with cherry bread... they turned back to liquid wherever they touched! It was strange and I haven't a clue why, but there's something to remember next time you make them.

[Trailpal]

Thanks for the heads-up, T-Leigh - I am not big on cherries so I never tried that variation.

By the way, I found the actual recipe from the Eagle website: www.eaglebrand.com/detail_print.asp?rid=48&print=yes it's funny, they do specify the semi-sweet, but I think you can use whatever tastes good. I'm thinking of trying the peanutbutter/chocolate chips sometime for that "reeses" flavor.

I made a batch over the holidays, it was late at night. I had one 2-cup pack of chips, and had measured another 1-cup measuring cup of chips. Took the milk out of the microwave, dumped in chips and vanilla, stirred, poured into the glass pan and topped with crushed candy canes
Then I noticed the measuring cup still had about half the chips in it! To late to add them, so I just put them away. The fudge still turned out pretty good, my company liked it! So I think it's somewhat forgiving (except for that cherry bread!)

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trailpal - there weren't cherries in them. I had also made cherry bread, which I had sliced and arranged on the plates to be given to the neighbors, along with the Mexican wedding ring cookies and the fudge in the middle. Where the fudge touched the cherry bread, it just liquified. The rest of the piece would be fine, but where they touched, syrup instead of fudge!
Weird.
I like the crushed candy canes on top, I bet that was tasty!