Peanut Butter Cookies

I got this recipe out of a cook book in junior high while taking home economics. This is the best peanut butter cookie recipe that I have ever eaten and easy to make. If you are allergic to peanuts you can still make these cookies using Soy Bean Peanut Butter. It is sold at Wal-Mart and my family thinks it taste almost as good as real peanut butter.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 egg

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cream butter and add sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar gradually, until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix thoroughly. Add flour mixture gradually, beating after each addition until smooth. Drop mixture, 1 tsp. at a time about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Press with a fork that has been dipped in flour making crisscross marks. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 min. or until done. Let cool for about 2 min. and then remove with spatula. This makes about 24 cookies.
We love to put a little butter on them while warm. And for those of you that are allergic to peanuts, substitute the peanut butter with soy butter. (Wal Mart is the only place that I have found the soy butter. It is in the peanut butter section.) Hope you enjoy.
As always, if you have any questions, feel free to email me at valerie999@comcast.net Until next time...

Hot Cocoa Mix

I would like to share this recipe to everyone. It is the best cocoa mix I have ever tasted and is great for these cold nights. My grandkids love drinking this after playing in the snow.

Hot Cocoa Mix

2 cups non-fat dry milk powder (2packs)
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1/2 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
Dash salt

Mix all the ingreadients and store in a sealed air tight container. When you want a cup, just put 1/4 cup of the cocoa mix in a cup and add your hot water. Top with marshmallows if you like. This will save for several months as long as you keep it covered in an air tight container. Hope you enjoy. Until next time...

Devil's Food Cake

This cake is absolutely delicious if you love chocolate and marshmallows. But one tip is the icing doesn't hold long (maybe 1 or 2 days) so you might want to save this recipe for a family dinner.


1 Devil's Food Cake Mix, (I use Duncan Hines)
1 pkg Dream Whip
1 cup water
4 eggs

Fix Dream whip as instructed on package. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 nine inch cake pans. Mix cake mix, water & eggs. Fold in the dream whip and pour into pans. Bake at 350 according to cake mix directions.

Icing
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
2 tbs. karo light syrup
2 caps vanilla flavoring
4 egg whites beaten
2 or 3 tbs. powdered sugar

Boil sugar, syrup, water & flavoring until forms semi-hard ball in cold water. Pour into beaten egg white mixture until forms peaks. Add powdered sugar & beat until marshmallowy. (You may have to use a little more than 3 tbls. of powdered sugar.) Icing the three layers and enjoy. Be sure & keep it covered after eating.

Hamburger Casserole (Britt's Ketsup Casserole)

This recipe is so easy. And it's a great way to use left over mac & cheese. My family loves it.

Ingredients

1 lb hamburger meat

3 tbs onion

ketsup

1 tsp. parsley, (more if you like it)

4 or 5 slices of american cheese

Sautee onions in a large skillet or pan. Add hamburger meat and cook until done. Add enough catsup to make it like spaghetti sauce. (You don't want it too soupy but you don't want it too dry either. Turn down on low heat and add cheese and let melt. That's it. I have also substituted the parsley with Italian seasoning and mozerella cheese instead of American. It's really good that way too. If you have any questions, just let me know. Until next time...

Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie

30+ years ago, I had a piece of blueberry pie at the job I worked and it was so good I wanted the recipe. Well they would not share and I have looked everywhere for this recipe all these years. And wala, I googled the other day and found it!. You have got to try this recipe. It is soooo good and soooo easy to make.
Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie

1 9" Graham Cracker Crust or baked pie shell
1 small can pineapples drained
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream (I used 2 cartons)
8 oz. cream cheese

Directions
Whip whipping cream until stiff peaks. Set aside. Combine cream cheese, vanilla, sugar and lemon juice together until creamy. Gently stir in whipping cream. Then gently stir in the drained pineapples. Pour into graham cracker crust and refrigerate at least 3 - 4 hours before serving. Oh my gosh, this is sooo yummy.
You can also substitute the pineapples with a pint of rinsed and drained blueberrie or strawberries.

June recipe

This is a great, easy recipe for a 4th of July cake. It is sooo good

Angel Food Cake

Angel Food Cake, (you can make your own or buy one already made.)
Large box instant vanilla pudding
1 cup milk
1 pint vanilla ice cream soft.

Tear cake up into small chunks in a 9 X 12 pan. Mix ingredients together and pour over sponge cake. Then mix (2) 10 oz. pack frozen strawberries, thawed, 1 Large strawberry jello and 1 cup boiling water. Mix and pour over rest of ingredients. Cover with 16 oz. ox Cool Whip. Refrigerate 2 0r 3 hours or overnight. Enjoy

May recipe

Here is a recipe for a great summer salad. This is one of those salads that you can add or delete items from depending on your taste. Example, it calls for cherries but I don't like cherries so I don't put them in there. It doesn't call for grapes but I love grapes so I put them in there. So if there is something you don't like just omit it and add what you do. I love this salad.

Fruit Salad

1 cup marachino cherries
1 cup mandarine oranges, drained
1 cup pineapple tidbits, drained
1 cup coconut
1 cup chopped nuts (your prefence what kind)
1 cup colored marshmallows
1 cup sour cream (sometimes I subst. cool whip)

Just combine everything in a bow, mix together real well and chill overnight. It stays fresh for about 3 days.
If you don't want that much salad, just cut ingredients in half. When I serve it, I cut up a banana to put with it. You can't include the banana in the recipe. Enjoy!