Strawberry Cake by Grandma Starr

Bake 1 white cake mix. Cool.

3 oz cream cheese (cubed) at room temp
1 pint whipping cream (and whip cream a little at a time while mixing with a blender)
1/2 cup sugar

Spread on Cooled cake and put in fridge

2 Danish Dessert (pie glaze on back of box)
-stir whole time on low heat
-it spits when it boils
-let cool completely

Wash 2 pkgs of strawberries and slice. Add to cooled Danish Dessert and pour over whip cream and cake.

Put back in fridge and let it set over night.

Cherry Coconut Bars

Cherry Coconut Bars

Ingredients

Crust:

1 cup all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons powdered sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

Filling:

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and quartered

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

To prepare crust, combine flour, powdered sugar and butter in a medium bowl; mix well. Press into an 8-inch-square baking dish. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly golden.

To prepare filling, combine all ingredients in a large bowl; mix well. Spoon on top of crust and spread evenly. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting.

Patriotic Trifle

• 
  
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese , softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 ounces Cool Whip
• 1 angel food cake , cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 quart strawberry
• 1 quart blueberries , can use blackberries
• 3/4 cup sugar , for berries
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 2 cups milk

Directions:

1. 1
   Cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar.
2. 2
   Add sour cream, vanilla and Cool Whip.
3. 3
   Mix pudding as directed and add to cheese mixture.
4. 4
   In separate bowls add sugar to each type of fruit and let sit. You can also add a bit of orange juice to fruit mixture if fruit isn't very juicy.
5. 5
   In a trifle dish, or clear glass bowl, put a tightly packed layer of angel food cake pieces.
6. 6
   Drizzle a little orange juice over cake layer.
7. 7
   Now alternate layers of berries, pudding/cheese mixture and cake til dish is full.
8. 8
   Last layer should be pudding/cheese mixture.
9. 9
   Garnish with fresh berries.
10. 10
    Refrigerate at least 4 hours. This is really good made the day before too.
11. 11
    This is a beautiful dessert and looks very difficult so get ready to enjoy all the compliments you'll receive when you bring this dish to your next event.

Monkey Bread

INGREDIENTS
1/2cup granulated sugar
1teaspoon cinnamon
2cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury® Grands! Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4cup butter or margarine, melted

DIRECTIONS
1 Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan (or pie pan or 9x9 pan) with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
2 Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan.
3 In a sauce pan bring brown sugar and butter to a boil; pour over biscuit pieces. 
4 Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

Peanut Butter Bars

I realized about 2hrs. before ballet practice that I was supposed to bring a treat for all the kids to share. I looked at my ingredients and looked online and found these gems. They're delicious and super easy. They taste a lot like Reese's peanut butter cups. Yum!

1 cup butter or margarine melted,
 2 cups graham cracker crumbs,
 2 cups confectioners' sugar,
 1 cup peanut butter,
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips,
4 tablespoons peanut butter

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, mix together the butter or margarine, graham cracker crumbs, confectioners' sugar, and 1 cup peanut butter until well blended. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.
2. In a metal bowl over simmering water, or in the microwave, melt the chocolate chips with the 4TBLS. peanut butter, stirring occasionally until smooth. Spread over the prepared crust. Refrigerate for at least one hour before cutting into squares.

Best Ever Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 1 1/4 hr Serves: 16, Yield: 1 9x13 pan

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups bananas, mashed, ripe

2 teaspoons lemon juice

3 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup butter, softened

2 1/8 cups sugar 3 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened

1 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 1/2 cups icing sugar

Garnish
chopped walnuts

Directions
Preheat oven to 275°.
Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla.
Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
Stir in banana mixture.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.
For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth.
Spread on cooled cake.
Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.

NOTE: Do not skip the freezer part! Makes the cake so moist. Store it in the fridge, and it tastes the best the next day.

Oreo Truffles

These are super easy and super yummy. Great to put in a tin and deliver to people for Christmas. They're best if kept in the fridge.

1 package Oreo cookies (take 7 out of box)Can't use double stuffed
1 package cream cheese
Bakers Chocolate(white or semi sweet) You can melt your favorite kind of chocolate chips if you prefer.

Put all Oreos(besides the 7) & cream cheese in food processor or blender. Blend until pretty smooth.

Scoop out with a melon scooper or shape in to balls and put on cookie sheet. Put in freezer to set. Melt your chocolate. Dip balls in to chocolate to cover. Place back on cookie sheet and put in freezer until chocolate sets.

super simple Peach Cobbler

If you haven't guessed yet, I LOVE desserts. I also love baking, I prefer it to cooking. This may be why I am responsible for 7 of the 10 dessert recipe posts now. :)

9x13 baking pan
1 or 2 Large can of peaches in HEAVY SYRUP
yellow cake mix
stick of margarine

Pour the can of peaches into the baking dish. (I personally like a lot of peaches so I use 2 cans but I drain most of the juice from the second can.) Pour the yellow cake mix evenly over the top of the peaches. Slice the margarine into thin squares. Place on top of the cake mix evenly all over trying to cover as much space as possible.

Bake on 350degrees. It usually takes around 45min. Watch it and take it out with the butter is completely melted and the cake mix looks a golden brown. It will thicken as it cools. Don't worry if there are a couple spots of dry cake mix, it will still taste yummy.

CHOCOLATE Brownies

These brownies are to die for. I HATE cakey brownies and these are moist and yummy. If you're a chocolate lover you have to try it out. Don't make these if you're on a diet. :)

2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine

1 1/2 cups sugar (reduce to 1-1/4 cups for a less sweeter taste)

1/4 cup water

4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided (24 ounces) You can use semi-sweet, dark, or milk chocolate depending on what you like. I use the milk chocolate.

2 teaspoons vanilla

4 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon  baking soda 

1/2 teaspoon salt

• Directions:

1. Set oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
3. In a heavy saucepan, bring butter, sugar and water to a boil, stirring constantly until the butter is melted and sugar is dissolved (about 3 minutes).
4. Remove from the heat, with a wooden spoon, stir in 2 cups chocolate chips until melted; cool slightly, beat in vanilla.
5. In a mixing bowl,whisk eggs, gradually add in the chocolate mixture, beating with a wooden spoon until completely mixed.
6. Mix together flour, baking soda and salt; add to the egg/chocolate mixture; mix well to combine.
7. Stir in the remaining chocolate chips.
8. Spread into prepared baking pan.
9. Bake for 35-40 minutes (don't over bake) Mine took just over 40min.

Billy's favorite White Salad

This is a salad in the loosest of terms:

4 C buttermilk
2 sm boxes instant vanilla pudding
1 (16 oz) tub cool whip
5 bananas cut in slices
2 lbs strawberries scliced

In a large bowl with mixer, blend buttermilk with pudding for 2 min. Fold in cool whip. Stir in bananas and strawberries. Chill and serve.

Ice Cream Pie

25 Oreo cookies
4 T melted margerine
1/2 gallon chocolate chip mint ice cream
1 jar chocolate Hershey's fudge topping
1 9 oz container whipped topping

Blend cookies in blender until they are crumbs. Press into a 9x13 pan
Pour melted butter over crumbs, mix and spread evenly over bottom of pan. Put water on palm to keep crumbs from sticking to you. Slice ice cream about 1/2" thick and arrange on top of crumbs. Slightly warm fudge topping in can to pouring consistency and pour over ice cream. Spread whipped topping over fudge and sprinkle with more cookie crumbs or chocolate. Put this together quickly so as not to melt ice cream. Can be made a day ahead, and will keep well in the freezer for several days.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1 C sugar
1/2 C butter or margarine
3 mashed bananas
1 egg
1 t baking soda
1 1/3 C flour

Directions:
Cream sugar and margarine. Add egg and mashed bananas. Add flour and soda; mix well. Put in a greased pan and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Makes one loaf or 4 small pans.

tip: I use bananas that are past ripe when making banana bread, it always turns out sweeter!

No Bake Cookies

2 1/2 cup oatmeal (quick is best)
2 c. sugar
4 TBLS cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1tsp. vanilla
1 cube of butter

Bring sugar, cocoa, milk vanilla & butter to a boil, stirring frequently. *Let boil atleast 2min. 
In a bowl put your oats with the peanut butter on top.
Pour chocolate mixture over the top of the oats and peanut butter and stir together.
Drop spoonfuls of mixture on to wax papaer. Let cool completely. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Cobbler

1q. can pumpkin
1 yellow cake mix
1tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 can evaporated mil
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cube butter (8TBLS)

Mix all ingredients except for the cake mix and butter. Pour in to 9x13 cake pan. Pour dry cake mix powder evenly over the top of the pumpkin mixture. Cut butter in to thin slices and place evenly on top of the cake powder.

Bake 350degrees for 50-60min. Let cool and set.

Strawberry Pie & Pie Crust

PIE
1 cup crushed strawberries
1 cup sugar
2 TBLS flour

Cook in pot until the juices become clear. (about 5min. or longer, if you don't cook long enough the pie will be runny but it will still taste great.)

Line a pie shell with whole strawberris. (fill in gaps with cut up strawberries) Pour strawberry mixture over strawberries in pie shell.  cool.

CRUST
2c. flour
3/4 c. Crisco (heaping)
1tsp. salt
7-8TBLS ice water

Put flour & salt in bowl. Cut Crisco into pea size w/fork and stir in to flour. Stir in water. Form in to a ball. (put in fridge to chill until easy to handle) Roll out & place in pie pan.
Prick sids and bottom with fork. Line with double layer of foil.
Bakd 450degrees for 8min. Remove foil then bake 5-6 more min.

German Chocolate Frosting

1cup evaporated milk
1c. sugar
3 egg yolkes(beat first)
1 cube butter(1/2 cup)
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Put all ingredients in sauce pan. Bring to boil. Simmer 10min.(stirring frequently)
*don't let egg scramble
Take off stove and keep in pan. Stir in 1 1/3 cup coconut & 1 cup pecans

Beat together. Beat on and off until cool enough for cake.

This really is more simple than it sounds. After you try this you'll never buy the canned german chocolate frosting again.

KD's favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup Butter (real butter, not margarine or shortening)
3/4 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tablespoon Vanilla
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
1/4 cup corn starch
2 cups chocolate chips

Mix butter and sugar in electric mixer for 4 to 5 min. Must be very fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and whip and addition 3 min. Then gentle mix in flour, soda and salt. Add in the chocolate chips.
Preheat oven to 350 degree's.
Drop by teaspoons on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper and bake 7 to 8 min.
These cookies are soft and wonderful.