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Gingersnaps
By Violet_61
from Bridgett Blaque
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup dark molasses
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp salt
Dream Mimosas
By Violet_61
Serve in beautiful champagne flutes or footed glasses!
- 8 cups chilled Champagne
- 2 cups orange sherbet
- 1 cup whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks
- 2 tangerines or Clementines, sliced
- 8 mint sprigs
Key Lime Cloud Squares
By Violet_61
Kraft Foods
- 9 Honey Maid Honey Grahams, crushed (about 1 1/2 cups) divided
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 1 pkg. (3 oz) Jell-O Lime Flavor Gelatin
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 1 pkg (8 oz) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- 3/4 cup lime juice
- 2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping, divided
Mint Chocolate Cookies
By Violet_61
Melt chocolate squares in a double boiler; stirring until thoroughly melted
- 8 squares of Bakers Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate
- 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
- 1 sleeve Ritz crackers
- 2 candy canes-crushed into small pieces
Mimosa
By Violet_61
Pour Triple Sec into a Champagne flute
- 1/2 oz Triple Sec
- 1 1/2 oz Fresh Orange Juice
- 3 1/2 oz Champagne
- orange slice to garnish
Peanut Butter Cookies
By Violet_61
Grandma Howard's
- 1 . 1 cup butter
- 2 . 1 cup sugar
- 3 . 1 cup brown sugar
- 4 . 1 tsp vanilla
- 5 . 2 eggs, beaten
- 6 . 1 cup peanut butter
- 7 . 3 cups flour
- 8 . 2 tsp baking soda
- 9 . pinch of salt
Light Brown Gravy
By Violet_61
When you do not have beef drippings for gravy
- 4 4 4 tblsp butter
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup grated onion and juice
- 4 4 4 tblsp flour
- salt and pepper
- 1 1 1 tblsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1 1 cup beef stock
- 3 3 3 cups chicken stock
Pumpkin Cookies
By Violet_61
Hope Wilson's Cookies
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 egg
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp soda, salt, cinnamon, vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1/2 cup nuts, raisins, and chocolate chips
Antipasto Salad
By Violet_61
Cook macroni according to package directions; rinse with cold water until cooled
- 1 pkg (12 oz) spiral macaroni
- 1 1/2 cups sliced black olives
- 1 cup chopped green or red bell pepper
- 1 cup carrots-julienne cut
- 1/4 lb hard salami; cut into strips
- 1 small red onion; chopped
- 1 (14 oz) can of artichoke bottoms-drained; cut into dice-size pieces
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup parmesan cheese-grated
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning
- 3/4 to 1 cup Italian salad dressing
- salt and white pepper to taste
Monkey Bread
By Violet_61
Grease a bundt pan. Separate biscuits and cut biscuits into fourths
- 2 tubes refrigerator buttermilk biscuits
- 1/2 cube butter, melted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- dash of nutmeg