Banana Cake

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cup buttermilk
3 bananas
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring


 Cream shortening, sugar, mashed bananas, and eggs. Add buttermilk, and maple flavoring. Add dry ingredients. Bake at 350 Degrees for 45 minutes. Frost with maple flavored frosting.

Pumpkin Muffins

1 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup melted margarine
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 cups flour (or 1 cup white and 1 cup wheat)
2 teaspoons baking powder




Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, margarine, and eggs. In separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and stir until just combined. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups. Bake 20 minutes.

Variations: Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.

Apricot Cake

1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons soda dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
1 pint apricots with juice, blended
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts


 Blend eggs, oil and sugar. Add dissolved soda and fruit. Add flour and spices. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.

Lemon Meringue Bars

Crust:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups flour

Filling:
4 eggs beaten
2 cups sugar
6 teaspoons lemon juice


Crust:
Combine and mix well, press into a 9 X 113 pan. Bake 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until brown.

Filling:
Combine and pour over cool crust. Bake at 350 degree about 30 minutes or until set. Cool and 1/4 cup flour sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut in squares

Cinnamon Rolls

3 cups milk
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
10 cups flour
3 teaspoons salt
 3/4 cup warm water
3 tablespoons yeast
2 tablespoons



Cinnamon Mix water and yeast, set aside. Mix milk, shortening, sugar, eggs, and salt. Add yeast and flour, knead. Let rise, roll out dough, brush with margarine. Mix together about 2 tablespoons of Cinnamon and 1 1/4 cups of brown sugar, put on dough. Roll up, cut, and put on buttered pans. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes.



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Brownies (Christy's)

2 cups sugar
2 cubes margarine
4 eggs
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup nuts (optional)
2 cps flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla




 Cream sugar, margarine, eggs, cocoa, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Raw Apple Cake

1 3/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup cooking oil
3 eggs
3 cups raw apples
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda Mix eggs, oil, and sugar. Add dry ingredients. Add apples and nuts. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Date Filled Cookies

Cookies:
1 cup shortening
3 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoons vanilla

Filling:
2 cups ground dates
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup sugar Cook filling ingredients until thickened, cool.

Cream sugar, shortening, eggs, water, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Roll out dough and cut out cookies. put 1 teaspoon filling between two cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Homemade Ice Cream

8 cups milk
4 tablespoons flour
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2-2 pints cream
4 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring Mix sugar, flour, and salt. Warm milk, add sugar mixture and eggs. Cook until thickened, add cream, vanilla, and lemon flavoring. Freeze in an ice cream freezer.

Zucchini Bread

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup white sugar
1 cup oil
1 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup brown sugar Sift together flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and cinnamon, set aside. Combine sugars and oil, add beaten eggs, vanilla, and zucchini. Add dry ingredients. Nuts, raisins, or chocolate chips may be added. Put in greased and floured loaf pans, makes 2 loaves. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, turn down to 32 degrees for 45 minutes.

Applesauce Fruit Cake

3/4 cup shortening
2 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs beaten
2 cups applesauce
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup nuts Chop nuts, raisins, cherries, and dates, set aside. Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and applesauce. Add dry ingredients, then add nuts and fruit. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Corn Bread

1 cup yellow corn meal
1 cup sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup soft shortening
1 cup milk
1 egg






 Sift dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening until well blended. Beat milk and egg together. Mix with dry ingredients until just blended. Pour into a well buttered 8 inch square pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until done. Serve warm.

Delicious Pudding

Syrup:
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons butter

Pudding:
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup raisins

Mix all ingredients to make batter. Drop in spoonfuls on top of syrup mixture. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup sugar
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups Crisco
4 eggs
2/3 cup milk
6 cups unsifted flour
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons soda
2 teaspoons milk
1 package chocolate chips


Cream sugars and shortening. Add eggs and milk. Add dry ingredients, vanilla and chips. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 12 minutes. Do not over bake. Remove when just starting to turn brown.

Bottled Applesauce Cake

2/3 cup shortening
4 eggs
2 cups applesauce
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cups raisins
2 2/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup water
3 1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cloves
2/3 cup nuts
Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs, water, and applesauce. Sift together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Grease very well 8 wide mouth pint jars. Fill half full. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes on a cookie sheet. Have lids hot and apply to bottles. Seal as soon as removed from oven.

Fry Cakes

5 cups milk
4 heaping tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons yeast
8 teaspoons salt
16 cups flour

Mix together milk and eggs. Add 6 cups flour and yeast. Add 10 more cups of flour and knead. Let rise until double, roll 1/2 inch thick. cut and fry in hot oil. Frost with maple or chocolate frosting.

Rolls

2 2/3 cups warm water
2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup powdered milk
2 tablespoons yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
3 eggs
8 cups flour Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup water, set aside. Beat together water, sugar, shortening, salt, and powdered milk. Add yeast. Add 4 more cups flour and eggs. Add remaining flour. Let rise until double in bulk. Roll on lightly floured board. Cut in circle, double over. Place on buttered pan, butter both sides. Let rise until double in bulk. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine brown sugar and granulated sugar, margarine and shortening and beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg and blend well. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt, mixing well. Stir in chocolate chip and nuts.

Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until a light golden brown. Do not over bake. Cool for one minute on baking sheet. Remove from baking sheet and cool on wire rack until completely cool.

Makes 4 Dozen Cookies

Simply Delicious chocolate chip cookies

2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
1 cup Choclate chips



Preheat oven to 375°
Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl until creamy, Add eggs.Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
cook for 9-11 minutes

Butterscotch Date Pudding

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 teaspoon salt

Batter:
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1/2 chopped nuts Mix first 3 ingredients in bottom of baking pan.

Combine all remaining ingredients to make batter. Pour on top of syrup mixture in pan (do not stir). Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve hot with whipped cream.