Pumpkin Log

From Kim McFall

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
2/4 cup flour
1 tea baking soda
1/2 tea cinnamon
1/2- 1 cup walnuts

Mix first 3 ingredients, then the dry ingredients. Mix well.

Line cookie sheet with waxed papera nd spray with Pam. Spread batter in cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes.

Filling:
2 tabelspoons butter
8 ounces cream cheese
3/4 tea vanilla
1 cup powered sugar

Mix all ingedients well.

Spread on the cooled cake, then gently roll into a 'log.'

Maple Nut Balls

From Taste of Home 'Best Loved Cookies and Candies 2010"

1/2 cup butter, softened
2 tea maple flavoring
3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 package mils chocolate chips
2 tea shortening

1. In a large bowl, cream butter and maple flavoring until light and fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar and mix well. Stir in pecans. Shape into 1 inch balls. Cover and refrigerate for 1 1/2 hours or until firm.

2. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip balls in chocolate mixture; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper until set. Store in an airtight container in the refigerator.

Mary's Sugar Cookies

From the Cooky Primer:

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
1 egg
1 tea. vanilla
1/2 tea. almond flavoring
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tea. baking soda
1 tea cream of tartar

Mix sugar and butter. Add egg and flavorings; mix thoroughly. Stir dry ingredients together and blend in. Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Divide dough in half and rol 3/16" thick on lightly floured pastry cloth. Cut with cooky cutter; bake on lightly greased baking sheet 7 or 8 minutes until delicately brown. Makes 5 dozen 2 - 2 1/2 " cookies.

Because Zach hates pie: REESES PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

1 egg
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt3/
4 tsp. baking soda1
1/4 c. flour
1 (14 oz.) bag Reese's mini peanut butter cups

Mix together all ingredients except Reese's cups. Roll dough into small balls. Place balls in small paper candy cups and place on cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in 350 degrees or until light brown. Place 1 Reese's peanut butter cup in center of each cookie. Let cool completely on cookie sheet. Makes 4 dozen. Very good Holiday Cookie!

QUICK AND EASY PEACH COBBLER

1 lg. can peaches1 c. flour1 egg1 c. sugar1 stick butter1 tsp. vanilla (optional)
Place peaches and juice in an 8 x 10 baking pan and dot with extra butter. To make pastry, combine butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Drop by tablespoon over peaches. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

You Have Jello for Brains!

BRAIN MOLD6 small or 3 large boxes of watermelon (works best) or peach Jell-o1 can light or non-fat evaporated milk*2 1/2 cups boiling water1 cup cold waterGreen food colorSpray inside of the mold with a non-flavored cooking spray (like Pam). Dissolve Jell-o in 2 1/2 cups of boiling water. Add 1 cup cold water and evaporated milk. Add food color to desired color (about 5 drops). Pour in mold and chill until set. To remove the brain, shake the mold gently until the gelatin loosens. Place a flat plate upside down over the open side of the mold, then flip the mold and the plate together. Lift the mold off, leaving the brain on the plate.*Don't use regular milk in place of the non-fat evaporated milk - it's won't be as cloudy and has a tendency to curdle or separate in this type of recipe. Don't use whole evaporated milk, either, since it may also curdle.VARIATION 1:About 15 drops each of red, green, and blue will make a realistic brain color of gray.VARIATION 2:Use blueberry Jell-o, adding red and green food coloring to get the color you want.VARIATION 3:Fill the mold about 1/2 full and chill until set. Using a spoon or ice cream scoop, make a baseball-sized hole in the center of the Jell-o, being careful to leave at least 1/2-1-inch of Jell-o between the hole and the mold. Fill the hole with pureed and strained raspberries or strawberries. Spoon in enough Jell-o to barely cover and seal the pureed fruit and chill until set. Add another thin layer of Jell-o and again chill until set. Then add the remaining Jell-o and chill until set. When you cut into the brain, the fruit "blood" will come oozing out.

Lemon Sheet Cake

Totally easy, great tasting.

1 package lemon cake mix
4 eggs
1 package lemon pie filling - prepared as for pie
1 package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

In a large mixing bowl, beat the cake mix and eggs. Fold in pie filling. Spread onto greased cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.

In small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Spread over cake.