candy: Holiday Cookies & Candy Recipes....Happy Holidays from our house to yours....St Joseph MO - 12/05/09 04:04 PM
Happy Holidays from Our House to Yours!  If your looking for some Holiday Cookies and Candy, here are a few of our favorites,  their easy to make and you just can't fail.
This recipe was handed down from my grandmother.
Date-Fig Christmas Cookies:
cream the following 2 ingredients together
1/2 # butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
add 3 eggs and beat well
Dissolve 1 teaspoon baking  in 1/3 cup boiling water and add to sugar mixture.
Mix the following ingredients into the above a little at a time to the sugar mixture,
3 cups flour  -   1 teaspoon Cloves  -  2 teaspoon Cinnamon- 1/2 … (6 comments)

candy: Cherry Mash Candy Bar ~ American favorite ~ Businesses in St Joseph - 01/19/09 02:02 PM
 
                                                     
Dr George Washington Chase started the Chase Candy Company in 1876 when he had difficulty of raising a family on a doctor's meager wage.  His son persuaded him to hire two expert candy makers and worked the idea into the Chase fine confections, working on the second floor of the store.
 
In St. Louis, Mr. Busch was brewing his first batch of beer and Alexander Graham Bell was making his famous telephone call.
 
Chase Candy became known throughout the Midwest in a few years for the hand dipped chocolate candies.
 
Cherry Mash became one of … (2 comments)

candy: Sweet sensation ~Holiday Candy Recipe Winner~St Joseph Missouri - 12/29/08 12:09 PM
Alexis Bremer of St Joseph recently won the News Press Holiday Candy Recipe Contest according to the paper by a land side. 
Dainty and rich (and chocolate, which impressed the judges), the cherry-topped cookies tasted more like candy. 
One bite was all it took to finish it off.  You can't do that with most cookies. 
Ms. Bremer says she'll probably use her $100 grand prize to purchase the ingredients for her annual baking day.  An avid cook, she schedules a day long baking session with family and friends for the holidays.  
Congratulations to Alexis for the award winning candy/cookies.  You can find the … (10 comments)