Chocolate Sheet Cake

In a medium bowl mix 1/2 c buttermilk, 2 well beaten eggs, 1t vanilla In a medium bowl sift together 2 Cups flour, 1 t baking soda and 2 Cups sugar - set aside In a medium saucepan mix 8T butter, 1/2 cup crisco, 4T cocoa, 1 cup water bring to a boil and then alternately add flour and buttermilk mixture Pour into 11*17 greased pan (jelly roll pan) Bake at 400 for 15-18 mins Frosting 8T butter 4T cocoa 1/3 c milk 1 box powdered sugar 1t vanilla Bring butter, cocoa, and milk to a boil. Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and vanilla. Frost while hot.

Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 C bread flour
1 tsp corn starch
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick butter, melted
2 med ripe bananas
3/4 C brown sugar
1/2 C granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 C chocolate chips
1 C peanut butter chips

Whisk together the flour, baking soda, corn starch, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
Cream butter, bananas, and sugars together until combined.
Add vanilla extract and mix until combined.
Stir in the flour mixture just until combined.
Stir in chocolate and peanut butter chips.
Preheat oven to 375F.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Use a cookie scoop to scoop out cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheets.
Bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes or just until they start to turn light, golden brown on top.
Let cookies cool completely on cookie sheets.
Store in airtight containers for up to a week

Strawberry Cake

1 box white cake mix
1 small strawberry jello
3/4 c Wesson oil
1/2 c water
4 eggs
1/2 c strawberries (frozen with juices- thawed)

Three cake pans floured 350 degrees 12-15 mins

Icing
1 box powdered sugar
1 stick butter (room temp)
1/2 c strawberries, mashed (use above remaining strawberries)

Vanilla Ice Cream

1 pt. heavy whipping cream
1 pt. whipping cream
2 cans condensed milk
4 cups whole milk
1 T. vanilla
4 eggs (use egg beaters)

(Larger freezers require 1½ - 2 x’s recipe)

Blueberry muffins

3 c flour
1 c oatmeal
4 t baking powder
1 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
1 c oil
1 c sugar
1 c orange juice
3 eggs
3 c blueberries
1/2 c sugar
1 t cinnamon
1/4 c chopped walnuts

Combine 1/2 c sugar, cinnamon, and chopped walnuts and set aside.
Mix oatmeal and orange juice and let stand.
Combine remaining ingredients except blueberries in a large bowl and mix well.
Add oatmeal & orange juice.
Add blueberries and mix gently.
Put in cupcake tins.
Top with topping mixture.
Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
Makes 2 1/2 dozen.
Recipe from Alice Burgess

Chocolate Praline Cake

Cake:
1 C butter
1/4 C cocoa
1 C water
2 large eggs
1/2 C buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 C sugar
2 C flour
1/2 tsp salt

Combine butter, cocoa and water in small saucepan and heat until butter melts. Cool. In mixing bowl, beat eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture to egg mixture and beat until blended. Gradually add sugar, flour and salt. Grease three 8 inch cake pans and line with wax paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until done. Place pans on wire rack to cool.

Chocolate Ganache:
2 C semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 C heavy cream
1/4 C butter

Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream in microwavable bowl and heat for 2 minutes. Add butter and let sit until cool. Stir until smooth. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cake.

Praline Topping:
1/4 C butter
1 C packed light brown sugar
1/3 C heavy cream
1 C powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 C chopped pecans

Place first 3 ingredients in small boiler and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla. Add pecans. When mixture begins to thicken, pour over top of cake and let it drizzle down the sides.

Kentucky Bourbon Balls

1 stick butter, softened
1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
1 C chopped pecans
4 Tbs bourbon (Maker's Mark)
4 oz semisweet chocolate
4 oz bitter chocolate

One day ahead, cram butter and sugar.  Add chopped pecans, mixing well.  Add bourbon and quickly shape into balls using about 1 tsp of mixture for each ball.  Refrigerate overnight.
Next day, melt the chocolates in a double boiler until chocolate has a smooth consistency.  Dip chilled bourbon balls into chocolate.  Place candy on wax paper in refrigerator to harden.  Yields 4 dozen.

Apple Pie Cake

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

2 tbs. hot water

1 tsp. vanilla

3 cups apples, peeled, cored and diced small

1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and beat until blended. Combine flour, salt and cinnamon and add to creamed mixture then add hot water and vanilla. Fold in apples and pecans by hand and spoon into greased 9" pie plate. Bake 45 minutes. Serve with Rum Butter Sauce. Opt: I double the recipe and bake in a 9 x 13 pan serve warm with butter pecan ice cream.

Rum Butter Sauce

Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream. boil slowly 1 minute then add 1 tbs. rum.

Frozen Lime Pie

LIME PIE

1 (6 oz.) can frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8 oz.) carton frozen whipped dessert topping, thawed.
1 (9 inch) graham cracker or chocolate cookie pie crust.
Chocolate curls or lime slices.
Mix limeade concentrate and sweetened condensed milk in a medium bowl. Whisk just until blended. Whisk in food coloring, mix well. Fold in dessert topping. Turn mixture into pie crust. Refrigerate until firm about 3 hours. To serve, garnish with additional whipped topping and chocolate curls, or lime slices. Makes 6 servings.

Soft Molasses Cookies

Soft Molasses Cookies

1/2 c. solid vegetable shortening (I was actually out of shortening, so we just used butter instead, and it still turned out great!)
1 ½ c. sugar
1/2 c. molasses
2 eggs, lightly beaten
4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 ¼ tsp. baking soda
2 ¼ tsp. ground ginger
1 ½ tsp. ground cloves
1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon

In large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar until light colored and fluffy. Beat in molasses and eggs. Set mixture aside. In another bowl, combine flour, salt, soda, ginger, cloves and cinnamon. Blend thoroughly with whisk. Gradually mix flour mixture into creamed ingredients until blended and smooth. Roll dough into 1 ½” balls. Dip tops in granulated sugar. Place in greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Dip ½ of cookie in white almond bark or white chocolate. Place on waxed paper after dipping until cooled and chocolate is set. Store in tightly covered container. Makes about 3 dozen.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 egg
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (18 ounce) jar peanut butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped peanuts

Directions
In a large bowl, cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, yolks, and vanilla; mix until fluffy. Stir in peanut butter. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Finally, stir in the peanuts. Refrigerate the dough for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
Roll dough into walnut sized balls. Place on the prepared cookie sheet and flatten slightly with a fork. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should look dry on top. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to cool completely on a rack. These cookies taste great when slightly undercooked.

Hot Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 sticks Salted Butter- at Room Temperature
1 cup White Granulated Sugar
⅔ cups Packed Light Brown Sugar
2 whole Large Eggs
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla
3-¼ cups All-purpose Flour
4 packages (1 Oz. Packets, NOT Sugar-free) Hot Chocolate Mix
1 teaspoon Salt
1-¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup Each White, Milk, And Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. In a separate bowl, combine flour, hot chocolate mix, salt and baking soda. Add to wet ingredients in 3 to 4 parts, making sure all is incorporated. Fold in chips. Chill the dough for an hour or so. Scoop dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Too Much Choc. Cake

1 (18.25 oz) pk. devil's food cake mix
1 (5.9 oz) pk. instant choc. pudding mix
1 c. sour cream
1 c. veg. oil
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 c. warm water
2 c. semisweet choc. chips

Mix together 1st six ingredients add choc. chips. Pour batter into a well greased 12 c. bunt pan. Bake for 50-55 mins.
Cool cake in the pan for at least 1 1/2 hrs. invert and remove from pan. Dust w/ powdered sugar. Makes 12 servings

I serve this with fresh whipped cream and a berry sauce.

Berry Sauce
1 pkg. of frozen mixed berries (or raspberry, whatever you want)
2 T. water
Cook on the stove until warm all the way through then mix it in the blender. Add it back to the stove and finish cooking with a little sugar added.

Pecan Pie

3 eggs
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. white corn syrup
1/4 lb. (1 stick) melted butter
1 t. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
1 uncooked pie crust

Beat eggs well. Add the rest of the ingredients in order. Pour into uncooked pie crust. Cook in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30-45 mins.

Fabulous Flourless Chocolate Cake

14 squares (14 oz) semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 squares (2 oz) unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 cup butter (2 sticks; do not use margarine)
9 large eggs, separated
12 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. cream of tarter
confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Remove bottom of 9 by 3 spring form pan; cover with foil, wrapping foil around back. Replace pan bottom. Grease and flour foil bottom and side of pan.
In heavy 2-quart saucepan, melt semisweet and unsweetened chocolates and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until smooth. Pour chocolate mixture into large bowl.
In small bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat egg yolks and granulated sugar until very thick and lemon-colored, about 10 minutes. With rubber spatula, stir egg-yolk mixture into chocolate mixture until blended. Wash and dry beaters.
In separate large bowl, with clean beaters and with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites and cream of tarter until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted. With rubber spatula, gently fold beaten egg whites, one-third at a time, into chocolate mixture just until blended.
Scrape batter into prepared pan; spread evenly. Bake 35 minutes (Do not over bake; cake will firm upon standing and chilling.) Cool completely in pan on wire rack; refrigerate overnight in pan.
Run thin knife, rinsed under very hot water and dried, around cake to loosen from side of pan; remove side of pan. Invert onto cake plate; unwrap foil from pan bottom and lift off pan. Carefully peel foil away from cake.
To serve, let cake stand at room temperature 1 hour. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Or dust heavily with confectioners' sugar over paper doily or stencil.

Honey Pecan Mix

6 C Kelloggs Crispix cereal
1 C mini pretzel
1 C pecan halves
1/3 margarine
3/4 C firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 C honey (NO EXTRA)
1 tsp vanilla

In a 9X13X2 baking pan, coated with cooking spray, combine cereal, pretzels, and pecans. Set aside. In large sauce pan over medium heat combine margarine, sugar, and honey. Bring mixture to a boil while stirring. QUIT STIRRING and continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Pour syrup over cereal mixture, stirring until well coated.

Bake at 250 for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Let cool on cookie sheet. Store in airtight container.

Note: You can double this recipe, but triple the sauce.

Sopapilla Cheesecake

2 cans crescent rolls
2 8oz cream cheese
1 C sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Beat sugar, cream cheese and vanilla together. Spray a 9x13 pan w/ Pam.
Roll out 1 can of crescent rolls in pan. Press edges together.
Spread cream cheese mixture on crescent rolls. Top w/ other can of crescent rolls.
I found it easier to work w/ the 2nd roll of crescents when you left it in the
frig...that way they don't get soft while you’re making the filling

Topping
1 stick of margarine-melted
1/2-3/4 c sugar
1-2 tsp cinnamon
Mix sugar and cinnamon together.
Pour melted margarine over rolls.
Sprinkle sugar mixture on top.
Bake 25-35 mins.

Coconut Chess Pie

1 stick butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 c. coconut
2 tsp. vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
pie crust

In a saucepan heat butter and sugar until melted. Combine rest of ingredients. Pour into unbaked pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min. Cool and Refrigerate until serve.

Pumpkin Crisp

1 box moist yellow cake mix
1 can pumpkin
1 12 oz. can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c chopped pecans
1 c. melted butter

Combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, pumpkin spice, and salt. Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Top with cake mix, sprinkle pecans over cake mix and pour melted butter on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 min. (I like to serve it warm with vanilla ice cream) Thanks to Lauren for the recipe.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell
2 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 cup chopped pecans
Serve with ice cream (optional)

Preheat oven 325 degrees F.
Beat eggs in large mixer bowl on high until foamy.
Beat in flour, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Beat in butter.
Stir in morsels and nuts and spoon into pie shell.
Bake for 55-60 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Serve warm.