Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

Notes: This recipe makes a soft sugar cookie. Very good! Of course, you have to sneak in the sour cream when Brandon is around :)

Blend together until smooth:

1 1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Cup melted Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
2 eggs
1 Cup Sour Cream

Combined in separate bowl:

5 Cups Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder


* Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined.

* Make a ball out of the dough and wrap in plastic wrap. Store in the fridge 2-3 hours or until firm. Over night works well too.
* Once dough is firm roll out a portion of the dough onto a floured surface. You want the dough thick. I roll mine out to be about 1/3" thick!
* Cut with cookie cutters and place on greases cookie sheet.
* Back at 375 for 10-12 min. You don't want them golden brown. They will be the same shade as the uncooked dough.

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Cherry Streusel Coffee Cake

5 T. butter or margarine
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 packet dry yeast
1 cup flour
2 eggs
2/3 cup warm water
1 can (1 lb. 5 oz) Cherry Pie filling
2 Tbsp. sugar

In a large bowl combine 1 1/2 cups dry cake mix (reserve remaining mix for streusel topping), yeast, flour, eggs & water. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scrape bowl often. Spread dough in a greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan, set aside.

In a saucepan, combine reserved cake mix with cooled, melted butter to make streusel topping. Mixture will be crumbly, set aside.

Spoon pie filling evenly over dough in pan. Sprinkle sugar & then streusel topping over filling. Bake immediately in preheated 375 degree oven for 30 minutes. If desired, frost with glaze.

Glaze:
Combine 1 cup confections sugar, 1 Tbsp. corn syrup & 1 Tbsp. water.
Drizzle over warm or cool coffee cake.

Taco Dip

1 16 oz. refried beans
2 8 oz. cream cheese
1 8 oz. sour cream
1 pkt. taco seasoning mix
lettuce
tomato
cheese

Spread refried beans in a the bottom of a 10 x 151/2 x 1 jelly roll pan. Mix cream cheese, sour cream, and taco seasoning together until smooth. Spread on top of beans. Top with lettuce, tomato & cheese.

Bread

Bread

1/2 c. imperial margarine
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. honey
5 c. hot water
mix together until all ingredients are melted.

Add:

6 c. whole wheat flour
3T dry yeast
1T salt sense

Mix well and ADD:

6-7 c. white flour. Knead for 10 minutes. On a greased surface, mold into loaves and place in greased pans. Let rise until double in bulk. Bake for 30 minutes at 350.

60 minute rolls

60 minute rolls

2 1/2 cups milk
1 stick margarine
6T sugar
2 t salt
Heat until all melted.

1/2 c. warm water
5 tsp. dry yeast.

ADD to milk mixture:

4 c. flour
Mix well and add yeast mixture.

Mix and add:
3-4 cups more flour. It is a sticky dough. Mix well. Cover and let rise until double in bulk. On floured surface, pat out dough and cut like biscuits, place on greased cookie sheet. Let rise until double in bulk. Bake at 400 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes depending on oven.

Lemon Bars

Lemon Bars

Preheat oven to 350.

1 pkg. Lemon Cake Mix
3 eggs
1/3 c. crisco
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
2 t. grated lemon peel
1/4 c. lemon juice

Combine 1 egg, crisco, and cake mix until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup.

Pat remaining mixture lightly in ungreased 13x9x2 ban.

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes until light brown.

Beat remaining 2 eggs, sugar, baking powder, lemon peel and lemon juice with beater until light and foamy. Pour over crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake at 350 for 15 mins or until light brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Powdered Sugar from All Recipes. com

4 cups white sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch

Place the sugar and cornstarch into the work bowl of a food processor, and process until the mixture is fine and powdery, 2 to 3 minutes.