Valentine's Day Candies
Valentine's Day Chocolate Sticks2 Squares bitter chocolate
1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Flour
1/2 c Chopped pecans or walnuts
Melt chocolate with butter and add a cup of sugar. Stir well. Stir in the eggs, first the yolks and then the whites which have been beaten with the 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
Add vanilla, half a cup of flour and fold in the nuts.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes, or until done.
Cut into slim rectangular sticks.
Easy No-Beat Fudge for Valentine's Day
1 1/3 c Sugar
2/3 c Evaporated milk (small can)
3 tb Butter or margarine
3 pk Semi-sweet chocolate pieces (6 oz each)
3 c Miniature marshmallows
1/2 c Chopped walnuts
1/2 c Candied cherries; halved
Combine sugar, milk and butter or margarine in a medium-size heavy saucepan; heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly; cook for 6 minutes, or until candy thermometer reaches 227F.
Remove from heat; add chocolate pieces and marshmallows; stir until chocolate and marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth; quickly stir in walnuts and cherries.
Spoon into buttered 8x8x2" pan and let stand until set; cut into squares.
Makes about 3 pounds.