Mini Cheese Cakes

This dessert looks like you slaved for hours and really know what you are doing- but it is so easy you can fool everyone.

12 vanilla wafers
2- 8oz packages cream cheese
½ c sugar
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
Line muffing pans with foil liners
Place one vanilla wafer in each liner.
Mix cream cheese vanilla, and sugar on medium speed until well-blended.
Add eggs. Mix well, Pour over wafers, filing 3/4 full.

Bake 25 minutes at 325 degrees

Remove from pan when cool.
Chill. Top with dollop of cherry pie filling and whipping cream.
Grandma Colleen's recipe.

Easy No Knead Bread

This is so easy you will make it often...

In a large bowl, pour 5 cups warm water. Add 2 pkgs. Dry yeast

When yeast is dissolved, add:
8 T sugar or honey
8 T shortening
8 tsp. salt
6 cups flour
Beat on high speed for 3 minutes.
Add:
6 more cups of flour

Stir in with spoon. Let rise. Spoon into pans. Let rise again. Bake at 375 for 45 minutes in large pans, 30 minutes in small. Take from pans immediately, brush with butter and let cool on racks. Makes 4 large 9 x 5 loaves or 7 small loaves.

Pecan Pie

You will be amazed at how easy this is...

Mix well:
1 c. dark corn syrup
1 c. brown sugar
⅓ tsp. salt
⅓ c. melted margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
Add 3 slightly beaten eggs.

Pour into unbaked pie shell and sprinkle 1 1/2 cup shelled whole pecans over all. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Sandwich Cookies - worth the effort!

Sandwich Cookies
Beat together:
3/4 c. margarine
1 c. sugar
Add: 1 egg
Mix in a separate bowl:
1/4 c. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
And in another separate bowl:
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. cocoa
Alternate between pouring the two separate bowls into your original mixture: wet, dry, wet, dry, etc.
Mix together and chill. Shape into two rolls and chill again. Slice and bake as refrigerator cookies. Bake at 325 degreesfor 10 minutes. When cool, form a "sandwich" with this delicious mint frosting between two cookies.

Mint frosting
Mix together:
3 T margarine
1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
3 T milk
Green food coloring
A few drops of mint extract

Orange Delicious (Julius)

1 small can orange juice (frozen)
1 ½ c. cold water
½ c. milk
½ c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tray ice cubes

Mix in blender, add ice slowly.

See's Fudge

Okay, so it's not really See's Fudge, but it's our version of See's Fudge. And we love it!

1 [12 oz] pkg chocolate chips
1 cube margarine or butter
1 lb powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 c walnuts (optional)

Melt the chocolate chips and butter in microwave on defrost or medium heat. Stir throughout melting. In a separate bowl mix powdered sugar, vanilla and eggs, using electric mixer. (I will try this soon with powdered eggs- but we enjoyed it a million times before people worried about uncooked eggs).
Once melted, add chocolate mixture and continue mixing. Add nuts if desired. Place in greased 9x9 square pan. Refrigerate for approximately 2+ hours. Cut and enjoy!

Andes Mint Cookies

These beautiful chocolate cookies with a melted Andes mint on top are really good, probably about 900 calories each [JK].

3/4 c butter
1 1/2 c brown sugar
2 T water
2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 eggs
2 1/2 c flour
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Andes creme de-menthe candy [enough for each cookie]

In a large heavy saucepan, over low heat, cook butter, brown sugar, and water until melted. Add chocolate chips and stir until partially melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until chocolate is melted. Pout into large bowl and let stand 10 minutes to cool slightly. With mixer, beat eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients, beating just until blended. Chill dough 1 hour.
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with foil. Roll teaspoon of dough into balls. Bake 12 to 13 minutes. (Cookies will crisp as they cool) Remove from over and immediately place mint on each hot cookie. Allow mint to soften then swirl mint over cookie. Makes 80 cookies.