Peanut Butter Bars

3/4 c. butter soft
1/2 c. sugar

1 1/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

3/4 c. peanut butter

1/2 c. flour

2 c. oatmeal

Cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, vanilla, eggs, and peanut butter.  Add flour and oatmeal until well mixed.  Pour the dough into a large cookie sheet and cook at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until light brown.  Let cool completely and frost with chocolate frosting.

Seven Layer Bars

Amazing cookie bars - can't stop eating these!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 1/3 cups shredded coconut
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• Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2. Place butter in 13 x 9 inch pan and melt in oven. Swirl to coat bottom and sides with butter.
3. Spread crumbs evenly over bottom of pan. Layer chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and nuts over crumbs. Pour condensed milk over nuts. Sprinkle coconut over condensed milk.
4. Bake until edges are golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool.

Homemade Ice Cream

2 c. milk
1 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
4 c. heavy cream
3 T. vanilla

In a saucepan over medium heat, scald milk.  Add sugar and salt; stir until dissolved.  Remove from heat.  Add cream, then vanilla.  Cool well.  Put in an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's directions.

Apple Crisp

Mix the following in a 9x13 pan:
6 c. diced apples (about 6 apples)
2 cups sugar
2 heaping T. flour
dash of salt
Cinnamon to taste

Topping - more the merrier (the below measurements are already doubled):
In a separate bowl mix:
1 1/2 c. otameal
1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
2/3 c. butter melted

Sprinkle the topping on top of the apple mixture and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.  Server with ice cream!

Chocolate Chip Cookies / Pazookies

Cream the following together:
1 c. crisco
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs

Add:
2 1/2 c. flour
1 t. salt
1 t. soda
2 c. chocolate chips

Bake at 375 for about 8 minutes.  You want them very light so they stay soft.  And, thanks to Jake, a trick to also keep them soft: when you take them out of the oven, drop the tray of cookies on your counter from a short distance to get the air out.   I post this recipe because it was the one Mom gave me once and they've been a hit whenever I've made them since.

You can also make yummy Pazookies out of these:

Sugar Cookies

1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. shortning
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt

Cream butter, shortning, sugar and eggs.  Add dry ingredients.  Chill 1 hour (I don't personally do this).  Roll out 1/2 inch thick dough and cut.  The thickness is the key to the soft sugar cookie - plus the baking time.  Bake at 400 for maybe 6-8 minutes or until you can see a little brown on the bottom of the cookie.

Dad's Coffee Cake

1 1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. butter
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1 egg
2 1/2 t. baking powder
3/4 t. salt

Heat oven to 375 degrees.   Spray round 9 inch OR square 8x8 or 9x9 pan.  Blend the above ingredients.  Spread batter in pan.

Mix Topping until crumbly (I have already doubled the below ingredients):
1 c. brown sugar
4 t. cinnamon
4 t. melted butter

Sprinkle topping mixture over the top of the batter.  Bake 25-30 min or until toothpick comes out clean.  Serve warm.

Dad's Chocolate Frosting

This is the best chocolate frosting and we've had to call Dad several times for it.  I finally wrote it on a recipe card and put it in my box.

2 2/3 c. powder sugar
2/3 c. soft butter
3/4 t. vanilla
2 T. milk
cocoa to taste (I think I put in about 5 T.)

Pumpkin Bars

Beat the following until light and fluffy:
4 eggs
1 2/3 c. sugar
1 c. oil
16 oz. pumpkin (2 cups)

Stir the following dry ingredients in a separate bowl:
2 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
2 t. cinnamon
1 t. salt
1 t. baking soda

Add liquid slowly to mixed dry ingredients.  Pour into a large cookie sheet or 16x12x1 pan GREASED!  Bake at 350 for 25 min.

Frosting:
4 oz. cream cheese
1 t. vanilla
1/2 c. butter
2 c. sugar

S'More Cookie Bars

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 king-sized milk chocolate bars (e.g. Hershey’s–although I used Chocolate chips this time)
1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme/fluff (not melted marshmallows)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix at a low speed until combined. Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. Place chocolate bars over dough. 2 king-sized Hershey’s bars should fit perfectly side by side, but break the chocolate (if necessary) to get it to fit in a single layer no more than 1/4 inch thick. Spread chocolate with marshmallow creme or fluff. Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff (most easily achieved by flattening the dough into small shingles and laying them together).
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars.