Anyone with a good rum balls or bourbon balls recipe? Thinking ahead to Christmas
Posted By: cookies! :) nm Wanderer on 2006-11-10
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Bourbon Balls
Bourbon Balls
Use the best quality vanilla wafers, not the cheap ones, it does make a difference.
3 cups crushed vanilla wafer cookies (use a food processor, like Mom, or put them in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin, the way Grannie did)
3 Tablespoons dark corn syrup
1 1/2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup rum or bourbon
extra confectioner’s sugar or chopped nuts for coating
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine cookie crumbs, sugar, pecans, and cocoa. Add corn syrup and alcohol and mix well.
2. Allow mixture to sit 20 to 30 minutes so crumbs will absorb liquid.
3. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll in confectioner’s sugar or chopped nuts. (My mother recommends putting the balls in a container with 1/4 cup or so of confectioner’s sugar, placing a lid on it, and shaking it once a day when you think about it. She says this will coat them just fine.)
Makes around 3 dozen.
Dryer balls
They really work. I just use a very minimal amount of fabric softener to kill the suds in the rinse cycle.
No offense, but the dryer sheet story kind of sounds like an urban myth.
YUM, my mom's dressing balls.
made with different varieties of day-old bread, onions, celery, S&P, chicken broth and poultry seasoning, formed into balls, brushed with melted butter and baked until crispy on the outside. DEELISH!!
Great balls of fire! sm
That $540 could pay a month's rent for some families. Or feed a third-world family of five for a year!
Sheesh! Michelle may be a shoe addict, to which I can relate, but she's gonna get flamed for this one.....
Oh, great balls of fire! sm
When I was 25 years or so younger and still fairly pretty, I ran into a situation like that, only the man was divorced. He even showed me his divorce decree. However, he failed to mention his live-in girlfriend. When I found that out in a very short time, I excised him from my life like a space-occupying lesion. But for crying out loud, that sux! In a way, it almost seems worse than being disloyal to one's legal wife. E-ew!
You are so good to think ahead!
We bought a PS2 last year...what were we thinking...now of course our son wants a PS3 for xmas this year. Go figure.
I hope to start a xmas fund for next year but I always say that and never get my rear in gear to do it. Xmas just gets more expensive as they get older.
I have only bought a few small things so far but trying to look at catalogs and get some ideas and things done now. It is right around the corner!
Good for you to be able to get a big gift out of the way so early. I bet that feels great! Who knows, maybe this will be a great xmas memory for you and your son. :)
good recipe
This is exactly how I make it except I cut up some celery to put in also. .
Another good corn recipe
1 15-16 can Mexicorn
1 small package yellow rice
6-8 oz cheddar cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
Cook rice according to package directions. Mix with all other ingredients. Pour into small casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
very, very tasty
Does anyone have a good turkey recipe?? SM
Due to last week's turn of events I'm having turkey day at my house with my husband and kids. I've never cooked a turkey before. I have a very large slow cooker/roaster I've never used before and would like to cook it in there. What kid of spices do you put on it. I've got the stuffing taken care of, but am not sure what to do with the outside of the turkey. I'd like it to have some special flavoring if possible.
TIA for the ideas.
That sounds so good. Thanks for the recipe. NM
Here I've lived in Texas most of my life and never made homemade chili pie. This sounds delicious, and I will definitely write down that recipe! Thanks again for sharing!
I have had this and it is very good! Another toffee recipe...
1 pound of butter, one pound of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of vanilla and 1 bag of chocolate chips. (nuts if you want).
If you want some sort of nuts, place in bottom of cookie sheet with raised sides before starting.
Heat butter until melted and add brown sugar and vanilla. Heat on stove to hard crack stage--if you do not have a candy thermometer (like me) put cold water in a cup and drip a little in to check and see if it is ready. When it is crunchy, it is done. Pour into cookie sheet and scatter chocolate chips over the top. They will melt and you can spread them like in the recipe above.
have a really good cake recipe
My mom got it when she did weight watchers, but my whole family absolutely loves it, very easy to make
Angel food cake mix, mandarin oranges
bake, let cool
icing is cool whip, 1/2 cup milk & pkg of banana cream instant pudding (or whatever kind you would like, some of my crew likes the white chocolate pudding in the icing).. if you want the exact recipe let me know.. I could sit & eat the whole thing myself.. lol
LOL - Very good thinking
I love beds like that.
allrecipes.com is a good recipe site sm
We make roast beef in the crock pot a lot - just cut up whatever veggies you like, put them on the bottom, add the roast beef on top, then you can either put 1 cup of beef bouillon or you can use Lipton's onion soup according to the directions. Or substitute burgundy or another red wine for half the liquid. Yummy!
anyone have a recipe for fondant that tastes good? sm
I love to make cakes decorated with fondant but the store-bought kind doesn't taste too good and the consistency is kind of sticky. I know some people make their own and would love to know how to make a good fondant that tastes good and works well - shiny would be great! Anyone know? Thanks
good one. I was thinking the same thing! sm
I would either put up with it or try exercise before I would resort to any type of surgical procedure for vanity sake. I have seen on TV programs concerning this, just how the doctors treat their patients when they are under anesthesia. NO THANKS!
While I'm thinking of good news
y'all can enjoy a pic of my furbabies, they always make me smile.
Would have a really good recipe for pumpkin spice latte?
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Good ideas - I was thinking about the books
too.
Running where's your Avatar?? I love that Avatar!!
Stay out of it and quit thinking about it. Not good
xx
Good ideas, positive thinking sm
We need more kindness around here. I try to stop and let someone through a line of traffic when everyone else ignores them. Most times I get a wave and a thank you, sometimes just a dirty look, but hey, I tried! Don't have to spend money or do anything spectacular, sometimes just a smile or a "go ahead" in line at the supermarket when they only have a few things and you have a carriage full helps someone out a little. What the heck, does make you feel better as well. Karma. Are you the type who gives people a break (or do you give them the finger)????
ROFL, that was good, Robin, I was thinking the same thing but.....sm
you have articulated it so much more colorfully than I ever could,what a hoot, even though it is such a sickening story. Man, did this woman EVER have any self-respect, self-esteem, to say nothing of self-discipline and brains? Total sociopath, puts the "ICK!" in SICK!!
I'd love to see the recipe! Choc, PB - got protein and good carbs! Plus antioxidants! nm
nm
Not a good year or Christmas...
...yep, I'm feeling sorry for myself. I didn't receive a single Christmas card or gift. My only child and I decided to forego gifts for each other and just concentrate on providing gifts for my granddaughter. A friend said she would call last week and we'd go to lunch, but I never heard anything else from her. Makes me realize I really have no friends and am not worth remembering. Just a card would have made me feel better.
On top of that, I fear I'm going on such thin ice with both of my part-time jobs that I'm afraid every day I go in, I'll be called into the supervisor's office and fired. I just can't keep up with the transcription as well as the other part-time person has done. I'm in debt--really have not had a good-paying job in 2 years and things have built up on credit cards. I used to think I was pretty intelligent--but now have doubts about that, even. I'm ashamed about my predicament and have avoided people for over a year, so I'm sure that's part of my isolated feeling. What can I do?
Talk about a good Christmas present....
Here in Atlanta we have a new member of our community, a 100 day old panda!! She is not on display yet, took her first steps the other day and has to be walking some before her debut. I am so happy. She is absolutely beautiful and her new name is Mei Lan which means Atlanta Beauty. I saw her parents when they first came to live with us several years ago and now I can hardly wait to see her. What a wonderful Christmas present already.....Can't get any better!
Go ahead but you are so wrong.....
So the more "so-called" religious people are, the more judgemental, self-rightous, opinionated, and unforgiving???? Nothing in the bible has been proven. There are endless contradictions. Heck, some people believe it was fiction. It is only the way you lived and the way you treated others that will matter in the end, and hon, pssssst......you're failing! lol
What are people supposed to call Christmas Eve and Christmas Day now?? (nm)
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Don't forget to ahead of time...sm
Figure out what you want to sell things for, and check ebay to see what items you have are currently selling there, and don't sell for less than that at a yard sale.
For example, recently I sold a used PDA for $20 + $10 shipping on eBay that my attempts to sell at a yardsale only had offers of $5. It had all of the original packaging, books, cables, etc and retails currently for $100.
I also sold a sump pump on eBay for $25 + $15 shipping that originally cost $80. At our yardsale I had guys bickering at wanting to pay even $15 for it.
Bottom line: Know the market and have fun, but don't be a sucker! :o)
I would go ahead and make an appointment
with an ENT stressing the problem you are having. If you end up getting better or going to an urgent care first you can always cancel the appointment. It you know of an urgent care that you trust you could give that a try. Good Luck
"Go ahead, make my day.."
//
Go ahead, have a laugh at my expense.
A lovely young lady came up to me while my mother and I were inspecting my perennial garden in my front yard. She introduced herself as a missionary from Nepal from a nondenominational Christian organization. She was just adorable. She was selling jewelry as a fundraiser for her group. It was some really unique, eye-catching stuff. I spent $35 on a bracelet and necklace for my daughter, my daughter kicked in $20 for the matching earrings and my mom spent $40 on a bracelet and necklace for my niece for her birthday. This was such an unusual thing for me to do, but I have been working so many hours and really not enjoying life and I had fun looking at all her stuff. I gave myself permission to splurge because it was for such a good cause.
After the purchase, my husband looked up the name of the group on the internet. My mom, daughter and I just contributed $95 to the Moonies. 
They jumped ahead 5 years! Not sure why!
The only thing I can think of is that they wanted to find a way to keep Orson on there without him somehow getting out of doing the jail time for running over Mike. Also could have been a way for Nicolette Sheridan (can't seem to think of her show name right now) to come back so quickly with a brand new husband.
In those 5 years, Mike and Susan got into a car wreck in which a mother and child were killed. Susan (or both of them) had a really hard time dealing with the fact that the mother and child were killed, and it ended up causing too much of a rift between them so they divorced. We just found out that that Nicolette Sheridan's (is her character's name Phoebe?) husband was the husband/father of the mother and child killed in that car wreck, and he blames Mike for it and is seeking revenge. He's trying to become good friends with him, and we don't really know what he has planned for him.
While Orson was away in prison, Danielle came back and took the baby away from Bree because she had married and now wanted to raise him. Bree had such a hard time dealing with losing the baby and Orson being in prison that she started drinking again. During that time, Kathryn was a big support to Bree, and they became very close friends and business partners in a catering business.
Kathryn and Mike have just started dating, which isn't settling too well with Susan because deep down she still loves him very much even though she has a new boyfriend.
Carlos lost his sight from his injuries in the hurricane that killed the Mayor, Gabby's husband. Gabby and Carlos got remarried and had 2 children. Carlos just got his site back.
Tom and Lanette have been running their pizza business and raising their children. Their oldest son, one of the twins, was having an affair with his friend's mother, who was married to an abusive man. Lanette and Tom found out, and Lanette tried to force them to stop the affair. Well, the married woman told the boy that she was pregnant. Lanette was confronting the woman, and the woman's husband overheard them talking about her being pregnant. The husband beat the woman, and Lanette went back in to help her. Then the boy confronted the husband at the husband's bar and threatened to kill him in front of everyone.
In the meanwhile, Dave, Phoebe's husband, set the club on fire to cover up that he murdered his psychiatrist because he was going to tell Mike who Dave really was. Dave has framed it on Tom and Lanette's son, so they are dealing with trying to prove that he didn't do it.
Lanette paid the woman off and made her leave town. Turned out that she wasn't even pregnant after all and was scamming the boy to try and get out of her marriage (I guess).
That's the basics. Not sure if you even wanted all that information. I sound pathetic knowing all these details I'm sure, but what can I say - I'm hooked and don't miss a week.
Not boasting, but I'm actually ahead of the game sm
We changed our lifestyle quite a bit over the last year. We just built a new house out in the country, so we are not ordering in as much. I actually make a menu for the week and buy groceries for that menu. I plan my meals ahead of time, but we still allow ourselves the luxury of eating out, usually once on the weekends. We were very fortunate to be able to budget for a geothermal heat pump, so heat bills! YEAH!!!! Because we went with the full geothermal (not just a regular heat pump), our light bill didn't go up that much either.
I have 3 kids and they are all elementary age and play lots of sports. They're all playing baseball, and the parents were given the option to either work the concession stand 1 game per child per season or pay $20. Needless to say, I'm working the concession stand for 3 games and saving that $60.
I also took on a part-time job in direct sales. It has been a Godsend. Not only do I get out a couple of nights a week with other ladies to have a good time, but I also get paid to do it. I make about $200 a night for about 4 hours of work, although it doesn't feel like work. I'm also on my way to earning a free vacation for next year through this company. This year, we're headed to Disney with the money I've made so far from direct sales.
I knew I needed to make a little extra income. I work part-time for an MTSO now about 6 hours a day, and the money is good, but I wanted a little for the extras. This direct sales thing was right up my alley. I don't know how long it will last in this economy, but I intend to "ride the wave" as long as I can.
~~~A smile costs nothing but can be everything to someone~~~
Okay, here's my posting! Go ahead and post your LAST WORD!
I know you're just ITCHING to!
and thank you for the entertainment! :)
:) :) :)
Can you go ahead and print the alignment page?
The print heads on HP printers are in the ink cartridges, so when you change the ink you've got new print heads to align.
I think they require this alignment before they will work properly, so if you can print the alignment page successfully, the message should then disappear. If not, then check your printer properties in Control Panel for other diagnostics.
I call ahead and ask if he's running late.
They'll usually tell you. Then I get some other errands done. They have said that if he gets caught up in the meantime you will have to wait.
Funny, but I find the earlier I arrive for my appointment, the earlier I get in. They must take arrived patients in if the scheduled appointment is late.
Go ahead and flame me now....There is not one woman I would nominate...
let alone vote for. And I certainly would not vote for one running simply because she is a woman. Women, in general, tend to be catty, jealous, use their gender to get ahead, and hold grudges much longer! No way do I want some hormonal woman making decisions that affect millions! And yes, I am a woman, and I don't feel bad about my opinion.
...Look for sales if at all possible if purchasing ahead of time. nm
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Ribs would be great cos you can do them ahead of time
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yep - Spring ahead, Fall back.....
We even set the table ahead of time w/all the serving
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not every child in the 3rd grade is going to have the mentality of a 3rd grader. some or ahead
and some arent. some still believe. there isnt that much difference between 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders...i am talking about an entire classroom of thirty children. she didnt use the word " exist"...she had children raise their hands as to what parts of the story is false and fiction...i just think she could have found a diff story, didnt have to talk about santa ya know?
Hysterectomy. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and opinions. I have decided to go ahead with t
After obtaining the opinions of different physicians, the concensus is that my safest bet to avoid developing cancer given my borderline ovarian tumor is to proceed with a total hysterectomy. After pondering and fretting, although I am not thrilled with having a hysterectomy at age 42, I also don't want to be faced with developing cancer in the future, as they tell me I have a 20% probability of developing problems in the other ovary with my history. So full speed ahead....hysterectomy it is. If anyone of you has had a complete hysterectomy, I would love to hear from you regarding how you fared after the whole thing, if you required hormones, felt good, felt bad, etc. Thanks in advance.
Lucky Gwyneth!!! Go ahead, make your Monday :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5I3RPbS8aI
Chris Martin, Viva LA Vida
This man gives me chills!!!
Put your clock ahead for Daylight Savings Time if you didn't do it yet. nm
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Home Alone 1, A Christmas Story, Home for the Holidays, Chevy Chase's Christmas, sm
There "The Gift of the Magi," He sells his gold watch to buy her a comb for her hair and she sells her beautiful long hair to buy him a chain for his gold watch. It used to be on "Short Stories by O'Henry" but that's long gone, long ago. Good moral to the story. I can't stand "It's a Wonderful Life" -- too depressing, especially with banks closing, too intimidating right now!!!
Recipe
I love this and you can use a variety of types of yogurts/berries.
Frozen Yogurt
An 8-ounce container of yogurt (I uses Dannon Light)
An 8-ounce container of cool whip (Lite or Low-Fat)
A package of berries (no sugar added).
Mix all together and freeze in a pie plate or cake pan. I mostly use strawberries and strawberry yogurt, and now they even have strawberry cool whip, but not lite or fat-free.
For other company, I sometimes add in some Splenda to sweeten the berries, or put in a graham cracker crust.
You could also make sugar free chocolate pudding, and mix in cool whip. Stir together and put in parfait cups with a shot of Reddi Whip on top. This is always a fun treat.
Sorry it is late in coming but, hopefully, you can use in the future as well.
SIL's recipe....
It sounds like your SIL is just the ticket!!!!
I've seen other recipes that are quite similar, and people have raved no end. But, in these recipes the meat cooks for a much, much, much shorter length of time.
I'm sure they're just as wonderful as the cooks and their dinner guests swear, but I've been rather stuck and quite stubborn on "my" recipe.
So, tell your SIL: Help!...Dinner is this weekend and my co-host and I were hoping to go shopping today, tomorrow at the verylatest.
Why I'm stuck on this one, I don't know, but Lord how I remember that taste, that smell!
Thanks so much!
need a recipe!
Does anyone have an easy recipe for a yummy, ooey, gooey cream cheese pastry that they'd like to share? Thanks!! 
no recipe but
Try going to allrecipes.com and see if you can find one there for that! Do you want hamburger beef or real like beefsteak? Just buy some refried beans in a can, some tortillas, fry up some burger and add some burrito seasoning or salsa and wrap them up! Add a bit of sour cream and black olives, the works on top..oh I'm getting hungry now!
Bonappetite!
recipe help
Anyone have a good easy recipe for cornbread dressing? My mom has always made it, but I 'm making everything this year and want to use something other than hers to surprise her!
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