Thick, Soft, Chewy Chocolate Chips

2 ½ c. flour
1 t. baking soda
½ t. salt
½ c. butter - room temp- MAKE SURE IT IS ROOM TEMP!
½ c. shortening
1 ½ c firmly packed brown sugar
2 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1 12oz pkg. semi sweet choc. Chips
1 c. chopped nuts - optional

Preheat oven to 375
Mix all dry ingredients and set aside. Cream butter and shortening together then add vanilla and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time mixing well. Add dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Bake about 10 min. until edges are brown but still a bit pale in the middle. Cool for 5 min.

Orange Dream Sicle Cake

Cake:
1 pkg. yellow cake mix - NO PUDDING IN MIXTURE
1 pkg (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
2 tsp. fresh orange zest
1 C. orange Juice
4 eggs
2 T. veg. oil

FROSTING:
1 C. cold milk
1 pkg 93.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding
2 tsp. orange zest
2 c. cool whip - thawed

Preheat oven to 350. lightly spray two 8 inch round pans. Mix all cake ingredient together and pour evenly into prepared round pans. bake 30-35 min. COOL CAKE COMPLETELY!!
for frosting, mix ingredients together and mix until thick. refrigerate until ready to use.
To assemble cake: Place on Cake platter or desired dish and spread 1/3 of the filling evenly. place the second cake on top and frost. keep refrigerated!

Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. white sugar
1/3 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. peanut butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. rolled oats
1 c. semi sweet choc. chips

Preheat oven to 350. cream butter and sugars together. mix in peanut butter, vanilla and egg. combine dry ingredients (exept oats and chips) mix into peanut butter mixture until just moistened. then mix in oats and choc. chips. drop onto cookie sheet by Tablespoon. bake 10-12 min.

Peanut Butter blondies

My sister was searching for the recipe of the peanut butter bars that were served to us in school. This may not be the exact recipe but they sure taste like it. These are to DIE for!

BARS
10 T. unsalted butter - cut into 5 cubes
2 c. dark brown sugar
1 c. creamy peanut butter
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
½ tsp. salt
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1-1 ½ c. Oatmeal (opt)

FROSTING
6 T. unsalted softened butter
3 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ tsp. salt
1 ½ - 2 c. powdered sugar
3T. Milk
¾ c. Milk chocolate chips - melted

~Preheat Oven to 375. Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper. In a medium sauce pan, over med. Heat, melt butter and sugar together until the butter is just melted. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 min. then add peanut butter. Mix well. Allow to cool for 5 min. then whisk in eggs and vanilla. THE MIXTURE MUST BE COOL ENOUGH THAT THE EGGS WON’T COOK WHEN ADDED. - Whisk together dry ingredients. Add to peanut butter mixture. Stir just until moistened. Pour into pan and spread evenly. Bake for 20-25 min. Cool to room temp. before frosting.
~ FOR FROSTING - With electric mixer, beat together butter, cocoa and ½ c. powdered sugar. Then add 1 T milk. Add another cup of powdered sugar. Then 2 T. milk. Melt chocolate chips and mix into sugar mixture. Keep adding powdered sugar and milk to desired consistency. Spread over brownies.

Aunt Lyn's Yam Bake

My FAVORITE for thanksgiving or christmas!

4 med. yams
1 1/2 c. sugar
6 T. butter
1 c. evaporated milk
3 eggs beaten
1/2 t. nutmeg
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. salt
1 t. vanilla
~ Cook, peel, and mash yams. add next 8 ingredients. pour mixture into a 9x13in pan. bake 30 min. @ 375. then sprinkle topping on top and bake for another 30 min.

Topping:
1c. corn flakes-crushed
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. pecan pieces
6 T. butter-melted
mix ingredients

Mascarpone strawberry filling

1 container 8oz mascarpone cheese
3T powdered sugar
1t. Milk
½ t almond extract
Sliced almonds
Mix all ingredients until smooth and creamy with NO lumps. Squeeze into hollow strawberries.

**For crepes - chunk strawberries and mix into filling after mixed. Place on crepe and roll up.

Burnt Almond Fudge Ice Cream

1 can. Hershey’s Syrup
1 t. vanilla
4 oz chopped almonds
4 eggs
2c. Sugar
1t. Salt
1qt whipping cream
1qt half & half
1 qt milk

Roast Almonds in oven until golden brown. Mix ingredients in ice cream maker. Follow directions for your particular machine. Add almonds last.

Oatmeal Choc. Chip Cookies

Recipe from Wendy Smith


IT MAKES A LOT!! But One Can Never Have Too Many Cookies Right?

2c. butter
2c. sugar
2c. brown sugar
4 eggs
2t. baking soda
2t. baking powder
1t. salt
5c. oatmeal
4c. flour
2t. vanilla
2 bags choc. chips


cream the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Then add the dry ingredients (add choc. chips at the end.) make sure everything is mixed well. Bake at 375 for 8-10 min. 8 min if you want more chewy.


*for the 5c. of flour i always do 3c. of oats (just how they are) then the other 2c. ground into oat flour, u can just use a blender or food processor :)

Strawberry Ice cream Chocolate Cake Roll

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa or HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups Ice Cream(any flavor)slightly softened
Powdered sugar(optional)

1. Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 15-1/2x10-1/2x1-inch jelly-roll pan with vegetable cooking spray. Line with wax paper; spray again.
2. Sift together flour, cocoa and baking powder. Beat eggs, granulated sugar and vanilla in small bowl until pale in color, about 5 minutes. Fold in cocoa mixture; spread batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center. Invert cake onto clean towel; remove wax paper. Roll up cake with powder sugar sprinkled towel from short side. Cool completely on wire rack.
4. Unroll cake; spread with ice cream. Reroll cake without towel; press seam-side down. Cover; freeze until firm. Sprinkle top lightly with powdered sugar, if desired. Cover; freeze leftover cake roll. 8 servings.

Apple Snicker Salad

1 tub cool whip
4-6 Granny smith apples
4 snicker bars

Chunk apples, and slice snicker bars, mix in cool whip

*You don't have to add all the cool whip, only to a desired amount.

Chocolate Mud Cookies

Recipe From Wendy Smith
Executive Pastry Chef: Kurtis Baguley

These cookies are extremely sinful, an interesting recipe that only calls for 2 oz of flour, the rest is chocolate!

1 lb. semi sweet chocolate
2 oz unsalted butter
4 whole eggs
12 oz granulated sugar
1 TBS. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. salt
2 oz flour (about 1/4 c.)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
14 oz chocolate chips, white or dark
4 oz walnut pieces

in an electric mixer whip together eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla to very light and fluffy (3-4 times the volume) While eggs are whipping melt together the choc. and butter. combine the flour and baking powder when eggs are at the desired volume fold in the choc.mixture then the dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts. shape dough into logs by rolling into parchment paper and chill when cold, remove from papers and slice desired size bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 for about 10min.

Turtle Cookies

Recipe From Wendy Smith

4 TBS. cocoa
1/2 c. margarine/butter
2 eggs
3/4 c. sugar
1 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream margarine, eggs, and sugar, add cocoa, flour and vanilla. Beat until smooth. drop by tsp on greased waffle iron. bake for 45 sec. remove with fork frost and top with nuts, sprinkles or caramel.

Ice Cream ( in a bag)

A quick and simple recipe, and great for kids.

1 TBS. sugar
1/4 c. milk
1/4 c. half & half
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 c. Rock Salt
1 small ziplock bag
1 Large ziplock bag
2c. small ice cubes

Combine All ingredients Except Rock Salt and ice. put them in the small bag. in the Large bag put ice and salt. then place small bag into large bag and shake until the mixture hardens 5 min.

Fruit Pizza

Crust:
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1 c. flour + 2 TBS
1/4 tsp. salt
6 TBS. Margarine
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Preheat Oven to 375.

Spray bottom of pizza pan. cream together sugar, butter, egg, lemon. blend in flour baking powder and salt roll or gently pat dough onto a pizza pan bake for 13-12 min. or until lightly brown. cool.

Toppings:
4oz cream cheese
8oz. cool whip
Any fruit you desire.
Whip cheese until smooth. beat in cool whip spread on pizza cookie top with fruit

*make sure you let the cookie cool COMPLETELY, or the cream cheese mixture will melt and be drippy.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

1/4c Granulated sugar + 2 TBS.
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
1/2 c. butter
15 Hershey's kisses
1 egg
1 3/4 c. flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder

heat oven to 375 in large bowl beat 1/4 c. of Gran. sugar,(all) brown sugar Peanut butter and egg with electric mixer. on med. speed. Stir in flour, baking soda & powder. shape dough roll in sugar (2 TBS) Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake 8-10min. when done immediately put choc. in the center of cookie.

Apple Crisp

3 med. Apples
2 TBS. Lemon Juice
2/3 c. quick oats
2/3 c. Brown sugar
1/2 c. flour
1/3 c.butter, softened
1 tsp. cinnamon

place apples in glass dish. sprinkle with lemon juice mix other ingredients with a fork until crumbly over apples. microwave uncovered for 7-10 min. or until tender let stand for uncovered for 10 min. serve warm with ice cream if desired

Sugar Cookies

Recipe from Wendy Smith

1/2 c. shortening
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
5 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2t. salt

Preheat oven to 400
cream shortening, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla add baking powder, salt and flour
mix well. chill for an hour. roll out, cut and bakefor 6-8 min or until brown edges.

Nut Brownie Cookies

8 oz. bitter sweet or dark choc.
1/3 c. unsalted butter
3 eggs
1 c. sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. bitter sweet or dark choc. chips
1 c. coarsely chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 grease 2 cookie sheets. melt the choc. and butter in a double boiler over simmering water. combine sugar, eggs and vanilla in a bowl beat with an electric mixer on high speed until pale and creamy with the mixer at low speed add choc. mixture. and beat until well mixed add flour, baking powder and salt. beat until just blended. stir in choc chips and nuts. drop dough by TBS. onto cookie sheets bake 8-10 min or until cookies have cracked a little and are soft. cool for 5 min. then transfer onto rack

Cinnamon Rolls

2 c. milk - scalded
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
1 c. mashed potatoes - mixed
2 TBS. yeast
1/2 c. warm water
2 eggs - slightly beaten
7 c. flour
1 c. raisins - opt.
1/2 c. chopped nuts - opt.
2 TBS. butter softened

Filling:
1/2c. brown sugar
2 TBS. cinnamon

Pour milk ever shortening, 1 c. sugar, salt and potatoes in a large bowl. cool to luke warm. dissolve yeast in 1/2 c. warm water add to milk mixture with eggs, & 4 cups of flour. beat until smooth. dredge raisins and nuts in remaining flour. slowly add remaining flour. cover and let rise (double) divide and roll out. sprinkle mixture of sugar and cinnamon. roll jelly roll style. cut 1 in. slices place on greased baking sheet. cover and allow to rise (double) bake at 350 for 20 min. frost.

English Toffee

1 c. sugar
1/2 lb. butter
2 TBS. water
chopped nuts
chocolate chip

in heavy sauch pan gently warm sugar at low heat add butter, turn heat to high and add water. stir continually until "blue flame" appears. pour mixture over chopped nuts. that have been spread over a lightly greased cookie sheet. dot with choc. chips. let melt. spread. place in fridge.

Triple Chocolate Cake

1 pkg. choc. cake mix
1 c. Sour cream
1 pkg jello choc. instant pudding
4 eggs
1/2 c. veg. oil
1/2 c. water
3 c. thawed cool whip
1 pkg(8 squares) Bakers semi sweet choc.
1 1/2 c. Raspberries

Preheat oven to 350. grease fluted tube pan. beat all ingridents except cool whip, choc and berries in a large bowl just until moistened. beat on med. for 2 min put in pan. bake 50-60min. let cool 10 min gently remove cake cool completely on wire rack. place on serving plate. reserve 2 TBS cool whip microwave the rest, add choc. and microwave 1 1/2- 2 min. until choc. is melted completely. drizzle on cake drop remaining cool whip on cake immediatly. spoon berries into the center of cake

Rice Krispe Treats

1/4 c. butter
5 c. Rice krispes (cereal)
40 regular marshmallows
melt butter, add mallows. wait until the mallows are melted. add Rice Krispe's
spread on greased cookie sheet.

Strawberry White Choc. Chip Ice Cream

1 1/4 c. strawberries
1/2 c. sugar
1 TBS orange juice
1/2 tsp orange zest
3/4 c. sour cream
3/4 c. whipping cream
2 oz white choc. (bakers will work fine)

in a med. saucepan combine strawberries, sugar, juice and zest. cook until strawberries are soft and mixture begins to boil. transfer to blender. pour in sour cream and whipping cream and whisk until smooth place in med. bowl and place in freezer. after 30 min whisk mixture again repeat process ever 30 min for 2 hours. when mixture is almost set melt white choc. in small microwavable bowl. be careful not to burn the choc.drizzle small amounts of white choc. over ice cream wait for choc. to harden (about 30 sec) and whisk again. repeat with remaining choc. return to freezer and let set for at least 20 min.

Pie Crust

1/2 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c. COLD water

mix shortening, flour and salt together with pastry blender or fork until crumbly. add as much water as needed to hold together and mix lightly with fork and roll gently on floured counter or wax paper. make about 1 in. longer than pie plate. put in pie plate. fold, fork or flutte edges. bake at 475 for 8-10 min let cool.

*if you like flaky crust it's important to get the water really cold, the colder, the more flaky!!

Black bottom Cupcakes

Preheat Oven to 350

8 oz pkg cream cheese
1 egg
1/3 c. sugar
1/8 tsp salt
6 oz choc chips
1 pkg, devils food cake

combine cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt. mix until well blended. mix in choc. chips and set aside. prepare. cake mix according to the pkg. instructions fill cupcake liners 1/3 full and put 1 heaping tsp. of cream cheese mixture sprinkle with additoinal sugar bake for 30-35 min

Muddy Buddies

4 1/2 c chex cereal

1/2 chocolate chips

1/4 c. peanut butter

2 TBS. Margarine

1/2 tsp vanilla

3/4 c. powdered sugar

in a large bowl, measure ceral, set aside, in 1 qt saucepan heat choc. chips, PB and butter over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted. remove from heat; stir in vanilla, pour mixture over cereal. stirring until evenly coated. add powdered sugar. mix until evenly coated. let cool