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Best Banana Bread
By msippigrl
With or without nuts, this moist banana bread is the best I've had! Delicious with hot coffee for breakfast
- 2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas, (3 - 4 medium)
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Scant 1 teaspoon salt
- Optional: 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans (I omitted)
Chewy Sugar Cookies
By msippigrl
Chewy, classic sugar cookies that have stood the test of time
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup salted butter, softened, 2 sticks
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 extra-large egg
- 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Jew Bread
By msippigrl
I have no idea how this recipe got its name! It's a scrumptious chewy bar recipe from the 80's that I misplaced ov...
- 1 stick butter or margarine, slightly softened
- 4 large eggs
- 1 (1 pound) box light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups chopped pecans or walnuts (I used pecans)
Decadent Strawberry Cake
By msippigrl
Triple layer scratch recipe cake with strawberry whipped cream cheese frosting
- CAKE:
- 2 2 2 sticks (1 cup)) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1 package 1 (3-ounce) package strawberry gelatin (I used Great Value)
- 4 4 3 eggs, room temperature (I used 3 Jumbos)
- 3 3 3 cups sifted cake flour (sift before you measure it)
- 1 1 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 3/4 2%) cup whole milk, room temperature (I used 2%)
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup strawberry puree made from frozen sliced and sweetened strawberries, thawed (I didn't puree mine since the mixer will chop them. Just well drain them so the batter won't be too wet.)
- Red gel food color, optional
- STRAWBERRY WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
- 1 1 package 1 (7.5-ounce) package reduced-fat strawberry cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 1/3 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 to 1/3 1/4 to 1/3 1/3 cup strawberry preserves (I used Smucker's)
- 1 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- Red gel food color
- 1 1 1 pint (2-cups) heavy whipping cream
Easy Cranberry Sauce
By msippigrl
This cranberry sauce recipe is so easy and delicious that you’ll never open another can of cranberry sauce again!
- 1 (12-ounce) bag fresh cranberries (Ocean Spray)
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
Shrimp Linguine
By msippigrl
Shrimp and linguine in a spicy, tomato-y cream sauce
- 12 (16-ounces) cooked medium shrimp (peeled)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons salted butter
- 3 medium cloves garlic, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes* (I used Hunt's)
- 1/4 -to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red peppers
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Tony Chachere's original creole seasoning
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 8 ounces cooked linguine
3-Ingredient Dinner Biscuit Muffins
By msippigrl
This is the quickest, yummiest dinner bread I have ever tasted! They're light and fluffy biscuit muffins, and not t...
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk
Old-Fashioned Coke Float
By msippigrl
Brings back a lot of memories of growing up in the 60's
- Ice cold Coca-Cola
- 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
Easy Cinnamon Rolls
By msippigrl
There's nothing better with a hot cup of coffee than fresh homemade cinnamon rolls
- Icing:
- 12 frozen Rhodes dinner rolls, or 1 loaf of frozen bread dough, thawed to room temperature
- 1/2 stick butter, melted
- Additional butter for the pan, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 heaping tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons half-and-half or milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Easy Reese's Fudge
By msippigrl
Delicious peanut butter fudge, and super easy and only 3 ingredients!
- 1 (11-12 oz) package Hershey's milk chocolate chips (2 cups)
- 1 (15.5 - 16 oz) container Chocolate frosting (I use Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy)
- 16 - 18 Reese's Snack Size Peanut Butter Cups, chilled