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Send Us Your Holiday Recipes This Christmas Season

Woodridge Patch is looking to create a unique recipe collection for the holiday season. What's your best recipe?

Probably one of the best things shared is a good recipe, especially during the holiday season, where family recipes are passed down from generation to generation and become a staple of our year.

Woodridge Patch is looking to create an extensive collection of recipes from  residents. If you have one, feel free to share by leaving a comment below or emailing it to Editor Melissa Tussing at melissat@patch.com. 

Then, during the week leading up to Christmas, we'll post them for all to see! Your recipe could become the next big thing at someone else's family Christmas!

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And if you don't have a recipe quite yet, here's what we've compiled so far. Both are from Barbara Riesbeck. 

Cornflake Holly Cookies

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Ingredients:

1 stick butter 

35 large marshmallows 

3 cups cornflakes 

1 bottle cinnamon candies

1/2 teaspoon vanilla 

green food coloring 

1 large saucepan 

2 tablespoons to stir marshmallows

1. Set out sheet of wax paper

2. Melt butter and marshmallows in large saucepan over medium heat. Add vanilla and green food coloring. Mix well and completely melt all the marshmallows. Add cornflakes and stir gently.

3. Drop tablespoons of the mixture on the wax paper. Dot each with 3 or 4 cinnamon candies. Work quickly when spooning onto waxed paper, as mixture hardens fast.

Note: Keep the marshmallow mixture on a low flame the entire time to make it easy to handle while placing on the wax paper. 

Makes  2-3 dozen.

Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1 8oz. cream cheese (softened)

1 stick butter (softened)

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 box chocolate cake mix

confectioners sugar for dusting

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees 

2. In a large bowl,  use mixer to cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in egg and then beat in vanilla. Add cake mix and blend in.

3. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up so you can roll the dough into balls.

4. Roll the chilled dough into teaspoon-sized balls and then roll in confectioners sugar. Flour hands if dough sticks.

5. Place balls on ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Bake 12 minutes. The cookies will remain soft and gooey. Cool completely and sprinkle with more confectioners sugar if desired.

Makes three dozen cookies


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