Third Day Cookies/candy Marathon

Total Time: 6 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups regular oatmeal (not quick cooking)
• 1 1/4 cups chopped walnuts
• 1 cup coconut (optional)
• 1 (14 ounce) bag coconut
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• maraschino cherry, halves
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons fresh squeeqed lemon juice
• powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon fresh orange zest
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh orange zest

Recipe

• 1 nutty oatmeal cookies: cream shortening with sugar and beat until fluffy. add eggs.
• 2 combine dry ingredients; set aside.
• 3 combine milk and soda; set aside.
• 4 add dry ingredients alternately to creamed mixture with milk. stir in oatmeal and nuts. drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet.
• 5 bake at 350°f for 10-12 minutes until brown.
• 6 easy macaroons: combine all ingredients. drop by teaspoonful onto a greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart. place a maraschino cherry half on each cookie.
• 7 bake at 350°f for 10-12 minutes. remove from baking sheet at once using a moistened spatula.
• 8 lemon-butter snowbars: mix together butter, flour and 1/4 cup sugar. press into an ungreased 8-inch square pan.
• 9 bake at 350°f for 15-20 minutes until light brown around the edges.
• 10 filling: mix together eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 t flour, baking powder and lemon juice. pour filling over crust.
• 11 bake 20 minutes at 350°f or until set. sprinkle with powdered sugar once bars are cool and cut into squares.
• 12 orange honey bars: beat together honey, brown sugar, oil and eggs until smooth. add vanilla and orange peel.
• 13 mix dry ingredients together then stir into honey mixture. add nuts and mix well. pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch baking pan.
• 14 bake at 350°f for 35 minutes or until done.
• 15 icing: mix powdered sugar with orange juice and orange peel. frost cooled bars then cut.