Cooking Recipes, Tips, Ideas, and More

What You Need:

• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• Coatings: crushed graham cracker crumbs, confectioner’s sugar, or crushed nuts

How to Make It:

What You Need:

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 oz. red food coloring
• 3 tablespoons Nestle’s Quik cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour, sifted 3 times
• 1 cup buttermilk

What You Need:

• 2/3 cup soft shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 2 1/4 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

How to Make It:

What You Need:

• 3 egg whites
• ¾ cup fine sugar
• ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 ½ cups fat-free whipped topping
• 1 cup sliced, fresh strawberries

How to Make It:

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.”
       — Erma Bombeck

Louisiana Chocolate Cake

What You Need:

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup shortening

What You Need:

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup dates, chopped
• 1 cup shortening, butter or margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 6-ounce pkg. chocolate bits
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Brownies are everyone’s favorite. Frequently, they are one of the first recipes a beginning baker tries. Many of us remember helping our mom bake brownies as a child. Here is a delicious twist on an old favorite.

What You Need:

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

What You Need:

• 1 6-ounce pkg. semisweet chocolate bits
• 2 3-ounce pkgs. cream cheese
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 graham cracker pie crust

What You Need:

• 3 Red Delicious apples, cored and cut into 1-inch slices
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

What You Need:

• 4    eggs
• 1    cup plain yogurt
• 3    cups pumpkin puree
• 1    cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2    cup sugar
• 16    tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 4    cups all-purpose flour
• 2    tablespoons baking powder
• 1    teaspoon baking soda
• 1    teaspoon salt
• 3    tablespoons cinnamon
• 3    tablespoons ginger
• 1 1/2    cups golden raisins