Snickerdoodles

Soft sugar cookie with a cinnamon-sugar topping.

1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 390 degrees.
2. Combine 1 1/2 cups white sugar, butter or margarine, vanilla and eggs. Mix well.
3. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Blend well. Shape dough into 1 inch
balls. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon. Roll dough
in sugar/cinnamon mixture and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake
8-10 minutes or until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheets.

Mississippi Mud Pie

1 1/2 cup flour
1 small pack instant vanilla pudding
1 small pack instant chocolate pudding
1 cup powdered sugar
9 oz. Cool Whip1 1/2 sticks margarine
1 cup pecans
8 oz. cream cheese
4 cups milk
1 Hershey bar

Melt margarine, mix with flour and pecans. Press into 9x12 pan. Bake 20 minutes at 325 degrees. Cool. In another bowl, mix cream cheese and powdered sugar, add 1 cup Cool Whip. Fold in this mixture and spread over cooled crust. Mix vanilla pudding with 2 cups milk and spread over cream cheese mixture. Mix chocolate pudding with 2 cups milk and spread over vanilla mixture. Add remaining Cool Whip. Garnish with grated Hersey Bar or nuts.

Maw Audrey's Cake and Bouille

3 pints half and half
1 block butter (1/2 c)
3 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cup sugar

Mix and bring to a boil. Mix 9 tablespoons cornstarch and 1 1/2 cups milk. Add to boiling milk- cook until thick. Pour over cake.

Celima's AWESOME!!! chocolate chip cookies

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 (3.4 oz) pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour and baking soda, set aside.

2. In large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour mixture. Finally, stir in chocolate chips. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake for 10-12 minutes in pre-heated oven. Edges should be golden brown.

makes about 72 cookies

Santa Hats

2 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
Red colored sugar (for garnish)

1. Heat oven to 200 degrees. With an electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft
peaks start to form. Beating all the while, add cream of tartar and vanilla, then
slowly add the 1/2 cup of sugar. Continue to beat until peaks stiffen.

2. Spoon meringue into a quart size plastic bag. Snip off a corner and pipe 2 dzn
1 1/2 inch tall santa hat triangles onto a parchment lines baking sheet ( you should
have about 1/4 meringue left).

3. Sprinkle triangles with red sugar, then use the remaining meringue to give each
one a pom-pom and trim. Bake the hats until they are hard but not browned, about
1 hour and 20 minutes. Turn off oven and leave hats in it for an hour to crisp.

Fudge Brownie Pie

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
ice cream
hot sauce

Beat eggs in small mixer, blend in sugar and melted butter. Combine flour, cocoa and salt. Add butter
to mixture. Stir in vanilla and nuts. Pour into lightly greased 8 inch pie pan. Bake at 350 degrees for
25-30 minutes (or until pie is almost set.) Cool, cut into wedges, serve with ice cream and hot sauce.

No Fail Sugar Cookies

This recipe is great for using with cookie cutters. The dough holds it's shape and won't spread during baking.

6 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract (or desired flavoring..almond, orange, etc.)
1 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Mix dry ingredients and
add a little at a time to butter mixture. Mix until flour is completely incorporated and the dough comes
together.

Chill for 1-2 hours

Roll to desired thickness and cut into desired shapes. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 8 to
10 minutes or entil edges turn golden brown. Can make up to 5 dozen cookies