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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 2/3 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 11/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips 6oz, 1 cup

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 375°F.
  • Mix shortening,sugars,egg and vanilla thoroughly.
  • Measure flour by dipping method or by sifting. (For a softer, rounded cookies add 1/4 cup more flour).
  • Stir dry ingredients together, blend in.
  • Mix in nuts and chocolate chips.
  • Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart on a ungreased cookies sheet.
  • Bake 8 to 10 mins.
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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 pkg cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips divided
  • 1 graham cracker crumb crust

Instructions
 

  • Mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
  • Add eggs; mix until blended.
  • Stir in ½ cup of the chips.
  • Pour into crust.
  • Sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup chips.
  • Bake at 350ºF for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool.
  • Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
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Chocolate Cherry Pecan Cake

Chocolate Cherry Pecan Cake

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Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup unsalted b utter
  • 9 oz dark semi-sweet chocolate chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1 3/4 cups pecans toasted and finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup canned pitted drained bing cherries, finely chopped
  • butter to grease pans

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  • Melt butter and chocolate together in a bowl over barely simmering water.
  • In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer beat eggs and sugar until light, fluffy, and pale in colour.
  • Incorporate melted butter and chocolate into the egg and sugar mixture.
  • Add sifted flour, pecans and cherries and mix well.
  • Butter one 8-inch round cake pan, pour mixture into pan and bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until set.
  • Cool completely on wire rack.
  • Cake can be frozen for later use.

Notes

Best served warm with bing cherries and ice cream!
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Chocolate Cherry Bars

Chocolate Cherry Bars

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Ingredients
  

BARS

  • 1 pkg Moist Supreme Devil’s Food Cake Mix
  • 1 can cherry fruit pie filling 21-oz
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 2 eggs beaten

FROSTING

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 5 tbsp margarine or butter
  • 1 pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips 6-oz, 1 cup

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350ºF.
  • Grease and flour 15x10x1” baking pan or 13x9” pan.
  • In large bowl, combine all bar ingredients; stir until
  • well blended.
  • Spread in greased and floured pan.
  • Bake at 350ºF until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. For 15x10x1” pan, bake 20-30 minutes; for 13x9” pan, bake 25-30 minutes.
  • In small saucepan, combine sugar, milk and margarine. Bring to a boil.
  • Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  • Remove from heat; stir in chocolate chips until smooth.
  • Pour and spread over warm bars.
  • Cool 1 ¼ hours or until completely cooled.
  • Cut into bars.
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Cherry Trifle

Cherry Trifle

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cups custard sauce
  • 5 pound cupscake cut into small cubes – approximately 10 oz
  • 1/4-1/2 cup sherry or brandy
  • 1-19 oz can Cherry Pie filling
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 2 tbsp sifted icing sugar

Instructions
 

  • Place half the cake cubes in a 10 (2.5 L) bowl.
  • Sprinkle with half the desired sherry or brandy.
  • Pour half the custard sauce over the cake, then spoon half the pie filling over the sauce.
  • Repeat all layers.
  • Whip cream with icing sugar; spoon or pipe over trifle.
  • Chill at least 3 hours. Makes 10 servings

CUSTARD SAUCE:

  • Prepare using custard powder as directed, or as follows: Beat 4 egg yolks with ½ cup sugar.
  • Gradually stir in 2 cups scalded milk.
  • Cook over simmering water until mixture thickens slightly and coats a spoon.
  • Stir in ½ tsp vanilla and cool. Makes 2 ½ cups
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Cherry Pound Loaf

Cherry Pound Loaf

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Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 5/8 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs well beaten
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 1/2 tsp lemon extract
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp banking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup almonds
  • 3/4 cup glaced or well-drained maraschino cherries halved

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter, with an electric mixer, until fluffy.
  • Add sugar and continue beating until the mixture becomes creamy.
  • Add eggs.
  • Mix in flavourings and milk.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
  • Add to the above mixture.
  • Add the almonds and cherries.
  • Fold in until well combined.
  • Add lemon juice and stir in.
  • Pour into a greased 9x5” loaf pan.
  • Bake at 325ºF for one hour.
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Candy Bar Cookies

Candy Bar Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • Margarine or butter softened
  • 1 cup butterscotch-flavoured chips
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 2 tbsp margarine or butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 5 cups Cheerios cereal
  • 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
  • 1 tbsp shortening
  • 1 package milk chocolate chips 5 3/4 ounces

Instructions
 

  • Butter square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2”.
  • Heat butterscotch chips, corn syrup, margarine and vanilla in 3-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until butterscotch chips are melted and mixture is smooth.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Stir in cereal and miniature marshmallows until well coated.
  • Press evenly in pan, using buttered back of spoon; cool
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Buttertarts (Nan’s Recipe)

Buttertarts (Nan’s Recipe)

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Servings 60 tarts

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • salt pinch
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 1/4 lb butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup walnuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • Mix brown sugar and butter.
  • Add vinegar to eggs and mix into the brown sugar mixture.
  • Add cream, vanilla and nuts.
  • Fill shells and bake at 350ºF
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Butterscotch Pie

Butterscotch Pie

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
  • 5 tbsp of flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 5 egg yolks
  • Butter size of egg
  • 3 cups of milk
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • Mix together and cook on stove top until thickened.
  • Pour into prepared crust.
  • Top with meringue and bake until golden.
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Buffalo Cookies

Buffalo Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Butter Flavour Crisco melted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup Quaker Oats uncooked, quick or old fashioned
  • 1 cup corn flakes crushed to about 1/2 cup
  • 1 cup Hershey’s Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup flake coconut

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350°F.
  • Grease baking sheet with Butter Flavour Crisco.
  • Combine Crisco, granulated sugar, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl.
  • Beat at low speed until well blended. Add eggs.
  • Beat at medium speed until well blended.
  • Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and sale.
  • Add gradually to creamed mixture at low speed.
  • Stir in oats, corn flakes, chocolate chips, nuts and coconut with spoon.
  • Fill ice cream scoop that holds ¼ cup with dough (*or use ¼ cup measure).
  • Level with knife.
  • Drop 3 inches apart onto baking sheet.
  • Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned around edges.
  • Cool 3 minutes on sheet before removing cooling rack.

Notes

I substitute using dark chocolate and dried cherries instead of semi sweet chocolate or pecans
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