posted by Tammii 08-08-100 10:58 PM
Girl Scout Thin Mints Cookies
Melt together: 12 ounces chocolate chip morsels, 4 tablespoons shortening
Add 3/8 teaspoon peppermint oil to the mixture. Dip ritz crackers into mixture. Place on wax paper and let dry.
Girl Scout Hoedowns
36 Ritz crackers
1 jar(18 ounces) creamy or smooth peanut butter
24 ounces chocolate almond bark
Melt chocolate while spreading peanut butter thickly on top of crackers. Drop top first into chocolate and remove excess from bottom of cracker with a fork. Chill 5 minutes on a wax paper-lined cookie sheet. Do not refrigerate. Store in airtight container with wax paper between each cookie.
Girl Scout Samoa Cookie
6 Tablespoons butter
1/2 Cup sugar
1/2 Cup light corn syrup
1/2 of a 14-oz can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk
1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
4 Cups toasted coconut
1 Cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
In a 2 quart saucepan over medium-low heat, combine butter, sugar and corn syrup. Heat to a full boil, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Slowly pour in the Eagle Brand, stirring constantly. Continue cooking over low heat until candy thermometer reaches 220-228 degrees.
Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Beat until creamy. Immediately stir in toasted coconut and mix well.
Spoon mixture by teaspoonsful into circular mounds onto buttered waxed paper. Flatten slightly and with the end of a wooden spoon poke a small round hold into the center of each cookie. Cool completely.
Melt chocolate chips and drizzle thinly in stripes over the cookies and let chocolate harden at room temperature. Store airtight.