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Feast On The Cheap: Tasty Holiday Cookies

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By JANINE DORSEY

TBO.com

Published: December 14, 2008

About this time of year, my daughters usually get the urge to do some baking for family and friends.

I get the urge to NOT have another holiday-related task while stretching an already-taut budget.

This cookie recipe is the one exception. In the spirit of our TBO.com holiday foods database, "Feast on the Cheap," it meets all the criteria for the three of us:

1) It is delicious.

2) It is so simple they can make it with little supervision.

3) We have the ingredients on hand; no special trip to the store for almond extract or candied cherries.

4) Cleanup is easy because you don't have flour-covered countertops or a pile of dirty cookie cutters, and,

5) Boy, is it cheap.

I made a batch the night my daughter's posse came for a sleepover. It was gone in less than 15 minutes, with fingertips rounding up stray crumbs from the platter.

The cost: $3.50 per batch. You can make two batches (two sleeves of crackers) and use up all the butter, chips and sugar, for $6.76.
CRACKER CANDY
Ingredients (I used a store brand):

Saltines, $1.29 for 16 ounces

Chocolate chips, $1.99 for 12 ounces

Light brown sugar, 79 cents for 16 ounces

Butter, $2.69 for 16 ounces

Recipe:

Saltine crackers, 1 sleeve

2 sticks butter

1 cup light brown sugar
6 ounces chocolate chips
1. Line a brownie pan with aluminum foil and spray with antistick cooking spray. Line the foil with saltine crackers, flat and side by side.

2. On the stove, cook butter and sugar till frothy.

3. Pour mixture over the saltines, and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

4. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and let sit for 1 to 2 minutes until melted.

5. Spread melted chips across crackers.

6. Add holiday-themed sprinkles to jazz it up, if you like.

7. Cool to room temperature and place in refrigerator.

8. Remove after one hour or more; just pull the foil out of the pan.

9. Break into pieces.

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