Snickerdoodles

1 C. Margarine
1 1/2 C. sugar
2 eggs
1/4 t. salt
2 3/4 C. flour
2 t. cream of tartar
1 t. baking soda
Mix and roll into balls. Roll balls of dough in a mixture of:
2 T. sugar
2t. cinnamon
Bake at 400 for 8-10 min.

Lemon Bars

Crust: 1 C. margarine
1/4 t. salt
2 C. flour
1/2 C. pwd sugar
Combine and mix well. Press in a 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 for 15 min.

Filling: 4 eggs
2 C. sugar
6 T. lemon juice
Pour onto crust. Bake at 350 for 25 min. cool, Sprinkle with pwd. sugar

Brownie Cheesecake

We had a Windows 7 party Friday night and I had lots of cream cheese, so I wanted to make a cheesecake. When I found this recipe on allrecipes.com I just had to try it and it turned out so good.

1 brownie mix

3 (8oz) packages of cream cheese, softened

1 can sweetened condensed milk

3 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease bottom of 9 inch springform pan (I used a square 9x9 pan, since I don't have a springform pan). Prepare brownie mix as directs on box. Spread evenly in prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until set.

2. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Stir in chocolate chips (if wanted). Pour into prepared pan (over brownies).

3. Reduce oven to 300. Bake for 50 minutes or until set. Cool. Chill thoroughly.

I actually found that there as too much cheesecake mix to go on the brownies (would have over flowed). So I put some in a pie crust that I had and baked that as well.

Sugar Cookies

I made Halloween sugar cookies this weekend. This is a recipe that I like for sugar cookies. I got it from a friend in our ward at Wymount.

1 1/2 c shortening

2 c sugar

1 c sour cream

2 tsp vanilla

6 c flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

Cream together shortening and sugar; then add eggs. Mix in sour cream and vanilla. Mix in all dry ingredients and then chill dough for 30 mins. Roll dough out and cut into shapes. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake for 9 mins at 350.

Chocolate Revel Bars

I needed something chocolate yesterday and this is what I tried. It turned out really good. This is from my Better Homes and Garden cookbook.

1 cup butter, softened

2 c packed brown sugar

1 tsp baking soda

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 c flour

3 c quick oats

1 1/2 c chocolate chips

1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

2 tsp vanilla

Set aside 2 Tbsp butter. In a large mixing bowl, beat the remaining butter for 30 seconds. Add the brown sugar and baking soda. Beat until combined. Beat in eggs and tsp vanilla. Beat in as much flour as possible and stir in any remaining flour. Stir in the oats.

For filling, in a medium saucepan combine the reserved 2 Tbsp butter, chocolate chips, and sweetened condensed milk. Cook over low heat until chocolate melts. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.

Press 2/3 of oats mixture in the bottom of an ungreased cookie sheet. Spread filling evenly over top. Dot remaining oats mixture in top (flatten before you put it on otherwise it will push the chocolate out of the way). You can place them randomly.

Bake at 350 about 25 minutes or until top is lightly browned. Cool and cut into bars.

Crockpot Pot Peach Cobbler

4 cups sliced peaches (fresh or canned, if canned reserve juice)

2/3 cups rolled oats

1/3 cup all purpose baking mix (like Bisquick or Jiffy mix)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup water or reserved peach juice

Place peaches in greased slow cooker. Mix dry ingredients together. Stir in water until well mixed. Spoon batter into cooker and stir into peaches, just until blended. Cover and cook on low 4-5 hours.

Serve warm with ice cream or frozen yogurt.

I found this in my mom's new Fix-It and Forget-It cookbook (it's called Just Peachy). It is really good.

Cream Cheese Brownies

Rex made this on Sunday, and they are great!

8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
3 Tbsp butter
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/3 cup water
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1- 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp lemon juice

Line a 13x9 baking pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Grease foil; set pan aside. In a large heavy saucepan cook and stir the chocolate and butter over low heat until chocolate melts. Remove from heat, cool.
In a large mixing bowl, beat 2 eggs with mixer until foamy. Add the 1 1/4 cups sugar, water, and 1 tsp vanilla; beat about 5 minutes or until mixture is thick and lemon colored. Beat in cooled chocolate mixture. Stir in the 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt. Spread half the batter in prepared baking pan; set pan and remaining batter aside.
In a medium mixing bowl beat the remaining 2 eggs, the remaining 1 tsp vanilla, cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar, 2 Tbsp flour, and lemon juice with mixture until smooth. Spread evenly over batter in pan. Spoon remaining batter evenly over cream cheese mixture. Swirl batter with knife to marble. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours. Frost with chocolate glaze.

Chocolate Glaze:
In a small saucepan cook and stir 1/3 cup whipping cream and 6 oz finely chopped semisweet chocolate (Rex used milk chocolate chips) over low heat until chocolate melts.

Strawberry Shortcake

I love strawberries. Growing up we always grew them. When I was grocery shopping on Monday, I just had to buy them. They weren't on sale, so they were expensive. I got ads the next day and they were on sale at the store I went to. I decided to make strawberry shortcake. It was my first time making it and it turned out really good, though not quite as pretty as the shortcake you buy at the store.

6 cups sliced strawberries
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup butter
1 beaten egg
2/3 cup milk
1 cup whipping cream or cool whip

Preheat oven to 450. In a small bowl, stir together strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar; set aisde. Stir together remaining sugar, flour, and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs/ Combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture. Stir just to moisten.

For whole shortcake: Spread dough in a greased round baking pan. Bake at 450 for 15 to 18 minutes.

For individual shortcakes (This is what I did): Drop dough into 8 mounds on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten each mound with back of spoon until about 3/4 inch thick. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes.

Let cool on wire rack. Split in half horizontally. Put strawberries and cream in middle and then on top.