Peanut Butter Cookies (cake mix)

1 yellow cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 c. water
1 c. peanut butter

Mix together. Put into balls on cookie sheet. Bake 350 for 10-12 min.

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

1 yellow cake mix
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/3 c. sugar
1 t. lemon juice
1/3 c. oil
2 eggs

Combine dry cake mix with 1/3 c. oil and 1 egg. Mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 c. and pat the remaining mixture lightly in ungreased 13 x 9 pan. Bake at 350 decrees for 15 minutes.

Beat cream cheese, sugar lemon and 1 egg until light and smooth. Spread over baked layer, Sprinkle with 1 c. reserved crumbs. Bake at 350 for 15 min. more. Cool and cut into bars.

Cream Puffs

1 cube margarine or butter
1 c. water
1/4 t. salt
1 c. flour
4 eggs

Melt butter or mar. In water with salt. All at once, add 1 level cup of flour. Turn heat low and stir quickly until a smooth ball forms. Remove from heat and add eggs, one at a time, beating thouroughly after each egg is added. Drop by tablespoons on very lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 for 30-45 minutes. Makes 12 large cream puffs. If small cram puffs are desired drop by teaspoonfuls and bake for a shorter amount of time. Makes 50 small cream puffs. When cool, cut off top third and remove inside, then fill and replace top third and remove inside then fill and replace top. Best eaten within 1 hour of filling or else they get soft.

Filling:
2 6 oz. pkgs instant vanilla pudding
2 c. milk
1 pt. whipping cream
1 c. powdered sugar
Mix pudding and milk and fill each cream puff. Whip cream and sugar then add to cream puff on top of pudding. Replace top of cream puff. Can garnish with drizzle of choclate and cherry or just dust with powdered sugar.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat 1 pkg. cream cheese
add 1 cube softened butter
then fold in 2 cups of powdered sugar

Spread on pumpkin bars, carrot cake, or anything else you desire.

Zucchini Cookies

...compliments of Larry

1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
3 c. grated zucchini
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. salt
3 1/2 c. flour
1 c. chocolate chips
1 c. nuts

Cream shortening & sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla. add zucchini, then dry ingredients. Then nuts & chocolate chips. If too moist add another 1/2 c. flour. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 min.

Cookie Caramel Bars

Surprise suprsie!! I am posting a recipe--

My neighbor made this for a church activity- contest. Unfortuantely I am not in her ward and did not try these, although she won the contest and she posted a picture and the recipe on her blog. I am definitely going to try these, they sound very yummy.

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cubs old fashioned oats
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp butter or margarine melted
1 (14 oz) bag caramels - (48)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 (12 oz) package milk chocolate chips

Combine first 6 ingredients to form crumbly misture. Unwrap caramels. Melt caramels and whipping cream in a suacepan over low heat. Sprinkle half of crumbly mixture into greased 9X13 inch pan. Back at 350 for 10-15 minutes. Sprinkle choclate chips over baked mixture and top with melted caramel mixture. Sprinkle remaining crumbly mixture on top. Bakd at 350 for 15 minutes. Make a day ahead to allow time for caramel to set.

Makes 2 dozen bars.

Chololate Zucchini Cake

2 cubes (1 c.) butter (unsalted) softened
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1 3/4 c. granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 t. vanilla
1/4 c. plus 2 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 1/2 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. ground cloves
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. salt
2 c. grated zucchini (patted dry with paper towels)
1 c. semi sweet chocolate chips
3/4 c. nuts
1 (8 oz.) pkg cream cheese (3 3/4 cups)
1 1lb powdered sugar

In bowl cream together 1 stick of butter, oil and sugar, beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, beat in buttermilk and 1 t. of the vanilla. Stir in 1/4 c. of cocoa powder, the flour, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon and salt until the mixture is just combined and fold in the zucchini, chocolate chips and walnuts.

Pour batter into 2 well butter 9 inch round cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 min. or until tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pans for 10 minutes, turn them out into rack and cool completely.

In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together 1 stick of butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 1 t. of vanilla and the remaining 2 T. of cocoa powder until the mixture is smooth. Invert on of the cake layers onto a plate, spread on third of the frosting on the top and top it with the second layer. Spread remaining frosting onto he top and sides of the cake.

Zucchini Brownies

Sift together:
2 c. flour
1/4 c. cocoa
1 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 t. soda
1 t. salt

Blend in blender:
2 c. grated zucchini
1/2 c. oil
2 t. vanilla
1/2 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Mix wet and dry ingredients.
Grease and flour 9x13 pan
Bake @ 350 for 20-30 min.
Once cooled, top with icing

Peanut Butter Fingers

Mix together:
3/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. margarine
3/4 t. baking soda
2 eggs
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. peanut butter
1/2 T. vanilla

Add:
1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 c. oatmeal (do more oatmeal, so it's not sticky)

Grease a cookie sheet, then spread cookie mixture on it. Bake at 350 until brown on top. About 15-20 minutes.

Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

6 1/2 c. flour
2 t. soda
1 t. salt
1 c. sour cream
1 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 t. vanilla

Cream shortening and sugars, add vanilla, then eggs. Add sour cream. Mix well, then add dry ingredients.

Bake @ 350 for about 8 minutes.

Makes a lot.

Cherry Swirls

or cherry squirrels as my kids would say.

1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. margarine or butter
1/2 c. shortening
4 eggs
3 c. flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1 1/2 t. salt
1 t. vanilla
1 t. almond flavoring

Mix all above ingredients. In 9x13 pan, spread 1/2 of the cookie mixture.

Spread:
1 can cherry pie filling on top

Glop the remaining cookie mixture on top of the cherry pie filling in small spoonfuls. Then swirl around--you'll have to work at this as the cookie mixture doesn't swirl easily.

Bake @ 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.
When cooled, frost with a light glaze frosting of powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and butter.

Coconut Pecan Frosting

Since Mom's birthday is tomorrow, I thought I'd put this recipe on the blog since she loves German Chocolate Cake.

1/2 cup evaporated milk (12 oz can)
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 slightly beaten egg yolks
3/4 cup butter/margarine
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
7 oz coconut
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans.

Combine ingredients and put in saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened about 10-12 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in coconut and pecans. Cool then apply to cake.

When I make this, I just use all of the can of evaporated milk. My family likes more coconut and I usually only put in about 1/2 cup of the finely chopped pecans. It's quite tasty and as you can see really healthy for you. ;)

A Twist on Chocolate Cake

This is super easy and one of my fams favorites!

1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix
1 pkg cream cheese
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
chocolate chips

Mix cake according to directions on the box. In a separate bowl mix cream cheese, egg, and sugar together. In a 9x13 pan pour 2/3 of cake mix in pan. Pour cream cheese mixture on top and sprinkle chocolate chips on top of that (I use about 2/3 of a pkg). Pour remaining cake mix on top.

Bake at 350 for 25-35 minutes. No need to frost and you've got some yummies inside.

Yummy Pumpkin Cake

A recipe from Skip's friend. Thanks!

1 yellow cake mix
1 cube margarine
Mix together to make a crust.

Put into 9x13 inch pan all of the crust except for 1 cup. Set aside.

1 small can pumpkin
2 beaten eggs
3/4 c sugar
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 3/4 c. evaporated canned milk (13 oz)

Mix the above ingredients together then add the canned milk last and mix.
Pour over the crust you made earlier.

Add to the 1 cup crust mixture the following
1/2 c. sugar
1 TBSP Butter
Mix together until crumbly, sprinkle over the top.

Bake 1 hour at 350.
Serve with cool whip or whip cream

(She didn't have pumpkin pie spice so instead she used 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp cloves and 1/2 tsp nutmeg and only cooked it for 50 minutes)

Apple Crisp

Greese 9x9 pan
Line with fresh or canned apples. (Any other fruit will work as well)
Sprinkle with 2 T. sugar

Topping:
1/2 c. oats
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. flour
Mix together
Melt 1/4 c. butter or margarine and mix into the oat mixture.
1/2 c. chopped nuts or coconut (optional)

Sprinkle on top of apples and cook on 375 for 25-30 min.

Peach Cobbler

Put 2 cups peaches in a circular or square 8x8 pan or casserole dish. (I use a large can of peaches and drain most of the juice.)
Sprinkle 1/2 t. cinnamon, 2 T. sugar, & 2 T. flour on top of peaches.

Next, mix in seperate bowl:
2 c. flour
4 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
2/3 c. sugar
3/4 c. shortening or oil
add milk til mixture reaches a pancake consistancy.

Pour mixture on top of peaches in pan and bake at 375 for 35-45 min. Until top is lightly browned and fork comes out clean.