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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
By DDownes
Set 2 racks in the middle and upper thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups rolled (old-fashioned) oats
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Slush
By DDownes
Best ever. Makes one gallon
- 6 oz. jello
- 2 C sugar
- 2 C boiling water
- 4 1/2 C cold water
- 8 oz. real lemon juice
- 1 (46 oz.) can pineapple juice
- 1/2 oz. almond extract
Banana Pudding-Nilla Wafer Dessert
By DDownes
Beat cream cheese until fluffy
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
- 8 oz. Cool Whip
- Large box instant vanilla pudding
- 4 bananas, sliced
- 3 C. cold milk
- vanilla wafers
Lemon Ice Box Cake
By DDownes
Six Sisters recipe
- Lemon Frosting:
- 2 (3.5 oz) packages instant lemon pudding mix
- 1 (8 0z) container Cool-Whip
- 3 cups milk
- 1 (16 oz) package graham crackers
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1-2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Pattie's Angel Food Cake
By DDownes
from Pattie Mansur
- 1 C. flour
- 1 1/2 1 ½ C. egg whites (about 12 eggs)
- 1 1/2 1 ½ tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 1 ½ C. sugar
- 1/2 ½ tsp. almond extract
- 1/4 ¼ tsp. salt
Butterfinger Cookies
By DDownes
Cream butter and sugars. Add egg whites, beat well
- 1/2 ½ C. shortening, softened
- 3/4 ¾ C. sugar
- 2/3 C. brown sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 1/4 1 ¼ C. chunky peanut butter
- 1 1/2 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
- 1 C. flour
- 1/2 ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 ¼ tsp. salt
- 5 (2.1 oz each) Butterfingers, chopped
Texas Chili
By DDownes
not tried yet
- 2 pounds coarse ground beef
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 large green pepper
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 1-8 ounce can of tomato sauce
- 3 heaping tablespoons chili powder
- 2 tablespoons fresh garlic, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon coarse black pepper
- 6 cups water
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1/2 cup flour
Pumpkin Pie-Double Layer, Cold
By DDownes
Refrigerate 4 hours or until set
- Mix in large bowl with whisk until smooth:
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 T. milk
- 1 Tbl. Sugar
- Gently stir in 1 ½ C. Cool Whip. Spread onto bottom of crust (1 prepared graham cracker crust-6 or 9 inches).
- Pour into large bowl:
- 1 C.
- Add:
- 16 ounce can of pumpkin
- 2 pkgs (4 serving size each) Vanilla INSTANT pudding
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 ½ tsp. ground ginger
- 1/4 ¼ tsp ground cloves
- Beat with wire whisk until well mixed (mixture will be thick). Spread over cream cheese layer.
Coconut Cream Cake
By DDownes
found on Pinterest-Delicious!
- 1 white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon Coconut Extract
- 14 ounces cream of coconut
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup coconut flakes
Toffee Bar Dessert
By DDownes
Into remaining pudding: stir 4 oz
- For crust, mix together and press firmly in bottom of 9x13 pan, bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned then cool:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- 1 C. flour
- 1/2 ½ C. Heath toffee bits
- 1/2 ½ C. toasted and finely chopped pecans
- 1/2 ½ C. butter or margarine, melted
- 1/4 ¼ C. sugar
- In large bowl: 2 C. cold milk, 2 pkgs (4 oz. each) Butterscotch INSTANT pudding. Beat with wire whisk 1 to 2 minutes or until well blended. Spread 1 ½ C. pudding onto bottom of crust.