COLLEEN'S COOKIES RECIPES

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350, grease or cover cookie sheet with parchment.
• cream together butter, sugars until light and fluffy.
• add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
• in a seperate bowl combine flour baking soda and salt.
• combine dry ingredients with the butter sugar mixture, and mix well.
• add chocolate chips and"insanity" coconut and pecans.
• drop by 1 1/2 T onto prepared cookie sheet approximately 2 inches apart, (these cookies have a decent amount of spread).
• bake for 8-10 minutes or until the centers just begin to set.
• cool on the sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer to a rack to cool completely-- i doubt you'll have many cooled completely--.

Steps:

• Coat an 8-by-8-inch pan with 4 tablespoons of the butter. In a medium saucepan, stir together the sugar, cocoa and salt. Stir in the milk. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil and reduce the heat to medium-low. Attach a candy thermometer to the saucepan and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the mixture reaches 240 degrees F. Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the remaining 4 tablespoons butter, the peanut butter, the pecans and the vanilla. Pour the fudge out onto the buttered pan. Let the fudge cool for 20 minutes, then cut it into bite-size pieces.