Candied Mixed Nuts

I love nuts, especially mixed as it gives me all the favorites. Cashews, almonds, walnuts, peanuts, pistachios. So delicious. Unsalted ones are better as you can incorporate it into several dishes. Here's a simple microwaveable scrumptious dessert or snack. 

Ingredients:

*1/2 cup sugar

*1/4 cup water

*1 tbsp unsalted butter or margarine 

*1/2 tsp ground ginger

*1/4 tsp baking soda 

*3 cups mixed nuts

Directions:

1.) Place water, sugar, and butter into a microwaveable dish. Cook on high for 4 minutes, and stir it twice along the way.

2.) Take the syrup out of microwave, add the ginger and baking soda stirring until it's blended. Pour over the mixed nuts stirring until everything is coated and syrup gets dissolved. Take nuts and spread onto a cookie sheet and let them cool. Once cool eat them and store leftovers. (They can last several weeks in a airtight container room temperature and several months in the refrigerator.)

Rich Chocolate Brownies

(Don't mind the bubbles it's from taking out of oven)

Ingredients:

*3/4 cup all purpose flour

*1/4 tsp salt

*whole bar of bakers chocolate 

* 1 1/2 squares of milk chocolate bar

*1/2 cup butter

*2 eggs

*1 cup sugar

*1 tsp vanilla extract

*1 mashed banana 

*1/2 walnuts

*1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1.) Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix salt and flour in a small bowl. Put it aside. Melt unsweetened chocolate and butter or margarine in a small pan on low heat. Cool it to room temperature.

2.) In a large bowl, beat sugar, vanilla and eggs and add mashed banana. Stir in chocolate mixture. Slowly sift and stir in flour batter. Add walnuts and chocolate chips. Spill into an 8"x 8" pan that has been covered with Cooking oil or Pam. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Lavender Honey Cookies

I kinda messed up my apologies.

*2/3 cup butter

*2 cup all purpose flour

*1/4 cup honey

*2 eggs

*2 cups sugar

*1/2 tsp salt

*1 tbsp lavender 

*1 tsp baking soda (I ran out so mine are flat)

1.) Preheat oven to 350* degrees F.

2.) Mix melted butter, flour, and eggs until fully blended.

3.) Add honey, mix again. Add sugar, salt, and lavender mix.

4.) Add the baking soda and mix again.

5.) Take a spoon to drop them on your cookie sheet. Use your palm to flatten them.

6.) Bake about 10-15 minutes 

7.) Let them cool, you can then add decorations or eat as they are.