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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies – Gluten Free

INGREDIENTS

1 cup organic chunky peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups gluten-free rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking soda

The next time I make these I plan to add wheat germ and flax seeds. Any healthy add-in that you like would probably work.  Also, honey would work in place of brown sugar.

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a small bowl, use an electric mixer to cream peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg.
  3. Add rolled oats and baking soda to creamed mixture, and mix well.
  4. Line 2 baking sheets with a Silpat mat or parchment paper.
  5. Roll dough into 2-inch balls, and press to flatten on the cookie sheet.
  6. Bake for 8 minutes or until the cookies turn slightly brown.
  7. Cool cookies on a rack, and store leftovers in an airtight container.

 

Ben and Mina’s Banana Bread (egg free)

4 Banana’s, very ripe
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Coconut Oil, melted
Vanilla
1 3/4 cup Flour
2 Tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp. Baking Soda
1 Tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips

Bake at 350 for 45-60 min. Makes one loaf pan.

Apple Butterscotch Cake

This recipe is from “Dining with Pioneers.” A neighbor brought it to a Halloween Party. I bought the book so I could find the recipe.

2 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Water
1 cup Oil
3 diced Apples, (2.5 cups)
1 cup Chopped Nuts (optional)
2 1/2 cups Flour
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Cinnamon
2 package Nestle’s butterscotch chips

Combine sugar, eggs, water, and oil. Add dry ingredients. Mix in the apples and nuts. Pour into a greased and floured 13×9 pan. Sprinkle butterschotch chips over top of batter. Bake at 350° for 1 hour.

(This is better the next day. Use a spatula to remove in small squares so the moist part won’t be left in the pan.)

“Fresh Apple Cake,” pg. 405, by Elizabeth E. Bennett
“Dining with Pioneers,” 1981. By Councils of Tennessee Chapter #21



Cinnamon Coffee Cake

2 1/4 cup plain flour
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup oil
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp salt

Combing above ingredients. Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture in a small bowl and add 1/2 cup nuts and 1/2 tsp more cinnamon. Set it aside to be used as the crumb topping later.

1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

Add these ingredients to the first mixture and stir. Pour batter into a greased 9×13 pan. Sprinkle with the crumb topping that was set aside earlier. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Flaky Pie Crust

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and diced
  • 1/4 cup ice water

    (Recipe makes a single pie crust, double if needing a double pie crust.)
  1. In a large bowl (preferably metal), combine flour and salt. Set bowl in fridge. Meanwhile, cut butter into cubes and set in freezer until very cold. (Alternatively, you could freeze butter and grate with a cheese grater.)

  2. Take butter and flour out of fridge/freezer. Cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Work fast and ensure that all ingredients stay cold. Stir in ice water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. The dough should have small bits of butter – this makes the crust flaky. It will still look crumbly, but will stick together as a ball if you press it with your hands. Wrap dough ball in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Refrigeration is necessary because it allows the gluten to relax and prevent shrinkage.

  3. Take dough out of fridge and roll out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. You may need to roll it out twice. The first roll is usually crumbly and uneven and has large breaks. Just gently gather the dough, form another ball, and roll out again. Smooth, round crust should be easier the second roll out.

    (Additional Tips: You could place Ziploc bags of ice on your counter where you intend to roll out your dough, this makes the work surface cold. I have a marble rolling pin, so I just place my rolling pin in the freezer so that it is very cold.)

  4. Place crust in pie plate. Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of the pie plate. Bake at 400 degrees until golden brown.

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp oil (coconut oil, melted)
1 cup chocolate chip cookies

Preheat oven to 350F. Beat butter and both sugars until creamy. Add flour and baking soda and mix. Add water, oil, and vanilla and mix. Add chocolate chips. Bake for 8min.

Chocolate Chip Cookies 2

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons hot water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
  3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

Apple Muffins

Ingredients

Batter:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 apples (2 chopped, 2 shredded)
  • 1tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2tsp nutmeg

Topping:

  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Mix in vanilla. Stir in apples, and gradually blend in the flour mixture. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin pan. Batter will be thick like cookie dough.
  4. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Mix well, then cut in butter until mixture is like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over tops of mixture in muffin pan.
  5. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to sit 5 minutes before removing muffins from pan. Cool on a wire rack

French Toast

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 12 thick slices bread

Directions

  1. Measure flour into a large mixing bowl. Slowly whisk in the milk. Whisk in the salt, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla extract and sugar until smooth.
  2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium heat.
  3. Soak bread slices in mixture until saturated. Cook bread on each side until golden brown. Serve hot.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • 1/2 cupSugar
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 stick Unsalted Butter
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
  • Chocolate Chips

Bake at 300 degrees for 18 min.

Mimi’s Waffles

1 package of dry yeast
2 cups luke warm milk
4 eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 cup melted butter

Directions: Sprinkle yeast over milk. Stir to dissolve. Separate eggs and set whites aside. Add egg yolks and vanilla to milk/yeast mixture. Add remaining ingredients. Beat egg whites until fluffy and fold into batter. Let stand to rise until it doubles.

“Perfect” Brownie

It is really hard to beat the Easy Brownies , but if you have a little more time, this brownie recipe is for you!

INGREDIENTS
4 oz 70% dark chocolate, chopped
2 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
¾ tsp coffee granules -OR- 1-2oz fresh espresso
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
2 whole large eggs + 1 egg yolk
½ cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoon dutch process cocoa
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 x 8″ baking dish with parchment paper
In a large, microwave safe bowl, combine the dark and semi-sweet chocolate, the butter, and the coffee granules. Cover loosely and microwave 30 seconds, then stir, and then microwave for 15 more seconds to melt the butter and chocolate entirely. Stir in the sugars until completely dissolved and then let the mixture cool to room temperature.
Once cooled, mix in the eggs. Then fold in the flour, dutch process cocoa, salt, and vanilla extract. fold in until just incorporated. There should be no white chunks or streaks left, but be sure not to overmix. Fold in ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, about 28-30 minutes. Allow the brownies to cool completely in the pan. Remove the brownies from the pan by lifting out the parchment paper and cut into squares before serving.

Blueberry Cake Donuts


GLAZED BLUEBERRY CAKE DONUTS
Dunkin Donuts Copycat Recipe

Makes about 1 Dozen Donuts

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup lowfat milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
oil for frying (about 1 quart)

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, stirring to combine. In another bowl, combine egg, milk and vanilla extract, mixing together. Add melted butter to the dry ingredients, quickly stirring to disperse the butter and form small crumbs. Stir in milk and egg mixture, bring the dough together with a spoon.

Before it comes completely together, add in blueberries, mashing some as you go along if desired  and bring dough together with your hands. Form it into a large ball, then roll it out on a floured surface to about 1/2 inch thickness. Cut donuts using a donut cutter, a biscuit cutter, or even a knife, using a small lid to cut out the center. Repeat with dough scraps until all the dough is used.

Heat oil in a large pot or deep fryer, bringing it to 375 degrees. Fry donuts 1-2 at a time, frying for about 1 1/2-2 minutes per side. After your first donut, check it by cutting into the center and making sure the dough is cooked through. Finish remaining donuts, then dip the entire thing in glaze and let sit to cool before serving.

Glaze
2 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons water
1 drop of vanilla extract.

Whisk ingredients together until a smooth, runny glaze forms. If it seems too thin, add sugar a few tablespoons at a time, stirring. if it’s too thick, add more water by one very small drop at a time, whisking constantly. Dunk donuts in the glaze and let sit to set.

Paleo Banana Muffins

 I have another recipe for banana muffins from Multiply Delicious, but it calls for A LOT of almond butter and almond flour. Both are expensive, so I tried to find a recipe that didnt call for the almond butter. I found this one from the Living Healthy with Chocolate blog, and they turned out great! They tasted just as moist as the other recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1½ cup almond flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 3 bananas (I used apple bananas)
  • 1 tbs raw honey
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 5 tbs butter, melted
  • ⅓ cup raw pecans, chopped
Crumbs:
  • 2 tbs almond flour
  • ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbs butter
Instructions
  1. preheat the oven at 350°F
  2. in a bowl mix the almond flour, baking soda and salt
  3. in a separate bowl, mash the bananas and mix in the honey, egg and melted butter
  4. pour the banana mixture into the flour mixture and stir to combine
  5. fold in chopped pecans
  6. spoon the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups
Crumbs:
  1. mix together the almond flour, cinnamon and butter until mixture resemble coarse cornmeal and sprinkle over the top of each muffin
  2. bake for 17 minutes or until tops turn golden brown

Pumpkin Almond Flour Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup almond flour/meal
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup almond butter
  • 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350*F.
  2. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and blend well.
  3. Coat muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray (or use paper liners) and divide batter among six cups.
  4. Bake for 32-35 minutes or until muffins are cooked all the way through.
  5. Allow to cool before serving.

Cinnamon Rolls

Rolls:
1 Cup warm milk
2 eggs, room temp
1/3 Cup butter, melted
4 1/2 Cups bread flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 Cup white sugar
1 pgk yeast

Filling:
1 Cup brown sugar, packed
2 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
1/3 Cup butter, softened

Icing:
3 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt

Microwave milk for 60 seconds. Dissolve east in warm milk in a large bowl. Add sugar, butter, salt, eggs, and flour. Mix well. Knead dough into a large ball, using our hands dusted lightly with flour. Put in a bowl sprayed with cooking spray and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size.

In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Spray work surface with cooking spray or sprinkle with flour. Roll dough out into a 16×21 inch rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. Spread dough with the 1/3 cup softened butter and then sprinkle evenly with cinnamon sugar mixture. Roll up dough starting with the longer side and cut into about 12 rolls.

Place rolls in a lightly greased 9×13 pan or spread out on a cookie sheet. Cover and let rise again until nearly doubles, about 30 minutes. At this point you can put them in the refrigerator overnight and cook them the next day, if you are preparing them the night ahead.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake rolls until golden brown, about 20 minutes. While rolls are baking beat together all icing ingredients until light and fluff. Spread icing on rolls after taking them out of the oven,  while they are still warm.

Easy Brownies

Ingredients:

2 Cups white sugar
1 Cup butter
1/2 Cup cocoa powder
2 Tsp vanillla
4 eggs
1 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt.
chocolate chips (as many as you want!)

Directions:

Melt butter, and mix all ingredients in order given. bake at 350 for 20-30 min in greased 9×13. Sometimes I only make a 1/2 or 1/4 of the recipe and that is enough for the 3 (soon to be 4!) of us.The recipe was found by googling “easy brownies” and the first result is allrecipes.com’s Quick and Easy Brownie. I make it according to instructions but reduced flour from 1.5 to 1 cup, added more vanilla, and added chocolate chips to make it more gooey 🙂

For a 1/4 recipe:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
2Tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1/4 cup flour
1/8 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt

Snickerdoodles

Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles Recipe
Mrs. Sigg’s Snickerdoodles (from Allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
3. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

3 c. sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 c. bananas, or more (I use 5-6 bananas)
2 tsp. soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3 1/2 c. flour
1/3 c. water
1 c. oil
1 tsp. cinnamon
(Optional:) 1 c. nuts or chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix the wet ingredients first, combined the flour, soda, salt separately. Added dry to wet. Use a wooden spoon and stir just until mixed. Stirred in nuts/chocolate chips last. Makes 2 large loaves of bread. Put in 2 greased and floured loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Carrot Cake


1 carrot cake mix
½ cup water
½ cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
8 oz. crushed pineapple with juice
½ cup nuts
½ cup coconut
½ cup raisins

Add together cake mix, water, oil, and eggs. Beat on low speed with mixer until mixed. Then beat on high for 2 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bake in a greased 9×13 pan at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until done. Cool and then frost with cream cheese icing.

Vidallia Onion Cornbread


¼ cup margarine or butter
1 large Vidalia onion, chopped
1 (8oz.) package cornbread mix (Such as Jiffy)
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/3-1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup milk
1 large egg, beaten
¼ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. dill weed (optional)

Saute onion in oil in a skillet. To Jiffy mix, add egg, milk, sour cream, and cheese. Mix well. Pour into a greased 8×8 dish. Bake at 400 degrees until lightly brown.

Biscuits from Scratch

1 c. self rising flour
1/4 cup shortening
1/3 cup buttermilk

Mix flour and shortening. Pour buttermilk in center, stir just enough to mix. Handle dough as little as possible. roll out on a floured surface and cut biscuits whatever size you want. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Poppyseed Bread

Mix: 1 ½ cups milk
1 1/8 cups oil
3 eggs
1 ½ tsp. each of almond flavoring, vanilla extract, butter flavoring and poppyseeds

Add to
3 cups flour
2 ½ cups sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. baking powder

Mix well, pour into two bread pans; cook at 350 for 45 minutes-DO NOT take out til fork comes out clean (could take up to an hour to bake, check every five minutes)

Let cool 5 minutes, then poke holes with fork in top of loaves and drizzle topping:
¾ cup sugar
¼ cup orange juice
½ tsp. each of vanilla, almond, and butter flavoring

Triple Chocolate Cake

1 chocolate cake mix
4 oz instant chocolate pudding
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
½ cup oil
8 oz. sour cream
12 oz. chocolate chips/

Mix everything but chips. Beat on high for 2 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake in a greased bundt pan at 325 degrees for 55 minutes

Strawberry Cake

1 box white cake mix
1 box strawberry jello
1 Tbsp. flour
4 eggs
¾ cup oil
½ cup mashed sweet strawberries (frozen is fine)
½ cup water

For Frosting:
1 box powdered sugar
1 stick margarine
¼ cup mashed, sweetened strawberries

Mix together cake mix, jello, and flour. Add oil and water. Then add eggs one at a time. Add strawberries, mixing well. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes for a sheet cake and 25 minute for layers. Cool before icing. For the frosting melt margarine and add sugar and strawberries. Mix until very smooth. Allow icing to cool before using. Store cake in refrigerator after icing. (Notes: Freezes well. If icing is not thick enough add more powdered sugar.)

St. Louis Coffee Cake

For Cake:
1 box pound cake mix
2 eggs
1 stick butter, melted

For Frosting:
1 ½ tsp vanilla
1 box (1 lb) powdered sugar.
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese
2 eggs

Blend cake mix with 2 eggs and melted butter. Pour into a 9 x 13 pan. Spread to the edge of pan. In another bowl, combine cream cheese, 2 eggs, vanilla, and the powdered sugar minus 2 Tbsp. Mix well with an electric mixer. Spread over other layer in pan. Bake for 15 minutes at 350°. Remove cake and sprinkle the 2 Tbsp. Powdered sugar on top. Return to oven and continue to bake 25 minutes longer. Cool in pan. Serve warm or at room temp.

Sugar Plum Pudding Cake

2 cups sugar
2 cups self rising flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 small jars of baby food prunes (or figs)
½ cup raisins
½ cup pecans

Mix and bake in a bundt pan or 9×13 pan at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes

For glaze:
1 cup sugar
½ cup buttermilk
1 Tbsp. corn syrup
Pat of butter
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp. rum flavoring

Combine all ingredients except vanilla and rum. Heat over low, boil for 4-5 minutes. Add vanilla and rum flavorings. Poke holes in cake and pour on top.

Mandarin Orange Cake

For cake:
1 butter cake mix
1 can mandarin oranges and juice
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil

Bake at 325 degrees for 55 minutes and cool.

Frosting:
1 large can crushed pineapple and juice
1 box instant vanilla pudding
8 oz. Cool Whip

Mix together and frost cake.

Honey Bun Cake

For Cake:
1 yellow cake mix
4 eggs
2/3 cup oil
8 oz. sour cream

Mix together and put half of mixture into a 9×13 inch pan.

For Middle:
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
Chopped nuts

Sprinkle on batter and top with remaining batter. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes

For Topping:
3 cups powdered sugar
2/3 cups milk
2 tsp. vanilla.

Combine. Poke holes into cake and pour over hot cake.

Gingerbread

1 cup shortening
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
2 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
½ tsp cinnamon
1 cup sorghum
1 cup hot water

Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add dry ingredients. Mix sorghum and hot water. Add to batter. Bake in a 9×13 inch pan at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Fresh Apple Cake

1 large egg
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup oil
1 ¼ cup flour
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 cups apples, sliced
½ cup nuts
½ tsp vanilla

Beat egg. Add sugar and oil. Add dry ingredients. Add apples, nuts, and vanilla. Mix. Bake in an 8 inch square pan at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Easy Coconut Cake

1 white cake mix
1 ½ cups milk
½ cup sugar
2 cups shredded coconut
8 oz. Cool Whip

Bake cake in a 9×13 inch pan per instructions on box. Cool for 15 minutes. Poke holed into cake. Combine milk, sugar and ½ cup coconut in a sauce pan and bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer about 1 minute. Spoon over warm cake. Cool. Fold ½ cup coconut into the Cool Whip and spread over cake. Sprinkle remaining coconut on top. Keep refrigerated.

Cream Cheese Chocolate Swirl Cake

For Cake:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. cocoa
1 tsp. salt
2 cups water
2/3 cup oil
2 Tbsp. vinegar
3 tsp. vanilla
1 (12oz.) package chocolate chips

Cream Cheese Mixture:
8 oz. cream cheese
1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt

Mix together all ingredients for cake except chocolate chips and pour into greased 9×13 pan. Mix together all ingredients for cream cheese mixture. Drop spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture on top of chocolate batter. Swirl with knife. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. If making cupcakes bake for 20-30 minutes.

Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake

20 oz. can crushed pineapple, undrained
21 oz. can cherry pie filling
1 yellow cake mix
¾ cup melted butter
½ cup pecans

Spread pineapple in bottom of a greased 9×13 inch pan. Top with cherry pie filling. Sprinkle dry cake mix on top. Drizzle with melted butter and top with pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. (you can substitute any other kind of fruit desired).

Banana Bundt Cake

1 yellow cake mix
4 oz. instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs
¾ cup water
¼ cup oil
1 cup mashed bananas

Mix together and bake in a bundt pan at 325 degrees for 60 minutes

For Glaze:
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
¼ cup water

Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Poke holes in banana cake and pour on top.

Pumpkin Bread


2/3 cup shortening
2 2/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 can pumpkin
2/3 cup water
3 1/3 cup plain flour
½ tsp. baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves

Mix shortening, sugar, eggs, pumpkin, and water. In separate bowl mix remaining ingredients. Add together. Cook in 2 loaf pans at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Hoecakes

1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup self-rising cornmeal
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. sugar
¾ cup buttermilk
1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp. water
¼ cup vegetable oil

Mix ingredients. Heat oil for frying in a skillet. Drop about 2 Tbsp. batter per cake. Brown on each side.

Cranberry Nut Bread

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. finely shredded orange peel
1 egg, beaten
1 2/3 cup milk
¼ cup oil
1 cup chopped cranberries
½ cup nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together flour, sugar, powder, salt, soda, and orange peel. In separate bowl mix egg, milk, and oil. Add to flour mixture. Add cranberries and nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour.

Corn Light Bread

2 cups corn meal
½ cup sugar
½ cup flour
2 cups buttermilk
¼ cup shortening

Melt shortening in loaf pan. Mix other ingredients. Pour melted shortening into patter. Sprinkle pan with a little cornmeal and then heat in oven until pan is hot. Pour in batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.

Blueberry Muffins


2 cups plain flour
½ cup sugar
2 ¼ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. baking soda
1 egg
1 cup melted butter
1 cup blueberries

Mix all ingredients, bake in muffin tins at 425 degrees for 20 minutes.

Blueberry Tea Cake

2 cups plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp. salt
½ cup butter
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 cups blueberries
Crumb topping:
½ cup sugar
¼ cup flour
½ tsp. cinnamon
¼ cup butter

cream butter and sugar, add egg, then milk. Stir in dry ingredients. Gently fold in blueberries (batter is thick, so i usually use frozen blueberries so that they don’t get so mashed up when i stir them in). For topping, cut dry ingredients into butter until crumble, sprinkle on top of batter.

Bake in a 8-9” round dish at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes

Belgian Waffles

1 package dry yeast
2 cups lukewarm milk
4 eggs separated
2 ½ cups plain flour
½ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
½ cup melted butter

Sprinkle yeast over warm milk. Stir to dissolve. Add beaten egg yolks and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients except for egg whites. Beat egg whites separately and fold into batter. Let batter stand in a warm place for about 45 minutes or until it doubles. Bake in a waffle maker. Can add any toppings desired.

Bran Muffins


1 ½ cups Kellogg All-Bran cereal
1 ¼ cups milk
1 egg
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 ¼ cups flour plain
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ cup sugar

Mix cereal, milk, egg, and vegetable oil. Let stand 2 min. Add remaining ingredients. Cook at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.

Apple Muffins

2 cups sifted flour
3 tsp. baking powder
½ cup sugar
3 Tbsp. shortening
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
1 cup chopped, peeled apples, or 1 cup applesauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup chopped pecans
½ tsp. cinnamon

Sift flour, baking powder, and sugar together. Cut in shortening. Combine egg, milk, and apples. Add to flour mixture. Stir only until flour is dampened. Fill muffin tins 2/3 full. Combine brown sugar, nuts, and cinnamon. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 400 degrees fro 25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.