Macaroni Kid: Baking to Cure Cancer
By: Laura Hartog
Updated: September 14, 2012
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and in honor of that, Julie Follansbee, Editor and Publisher of Macaroni Kid Johnstown/Laurel Highlands, is making cookies for a cause. Macaroni Kid Johnstown/Laurel Highlands is sponsoring a bake sale next Saturday in Johnstown.
Watch the video for more details on the event and to see Julie make Toffee Crunch Cookies.
Event Details:
Cookies for Kids' Cancer Bake Sale
Saturday, September 22
10 am - 2 pm
Richland Town Center
To make a donation: Cookies for Kids' Cancer Bake Sale
Here's the recipe for Toffee Crunch Cookies:
Ingredients:
Saltine Crackers
2 sticks of butter (no substitutes here!)
1 cup sugar
12 oz package of milk chocolate chips (must be milk chocolate!)
chopped walnuts*
Directions:
Spray 2 cookie sheets with non stick spray.
Line cookie sheets with foil and spray again.
Place crackers, touching, on cookie sheets.
In saucepan, boil butter and sugar until foamy, about 3 minutes.
Pour mixture over crackers.
Bake in 350* oven for 10 minutes until caramel colored.
Remove from oven.
Spread chocolate chips over crackers with a spatula.
Sprinkle nuts over all.
Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Cut into squares or break apart.
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