Thursday, December 4, 2008

Recipe: Holiday Favorites from Erin

"Not yo' momma's sugar cookies" or Rose's Sugar Cookies
1 cup Sugar
1 cup powered sugar
2 cubes butter
1 tsp. vanilla

4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda

Cream first 4 ingredients. Combine flour, salt, cream of tartar, & baking soda in seperate bowl. Then mix together with creamed wet mixture. Roll in balls size of walnuts. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Mmmm yummy!


PUMPKIN PIE CAKE
(this is Mikala Hennings recipe....so good,
great alternative to pumpkin pie!)

1 Lg. can Pumpkin Mix-around 32 oz. (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 can Evaporated Milk
4 Eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
2 tbl. cinnamon

2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (or plain granola misxed with a little brown sugar for those who like life nutless!! ha ha ha, I can't stop laughing!)
1 box yellow cake mix
1 cup butter

Mix first 6 ingredients in large bowl. Pour into ungreased 9x13 dish. Layer yellow cake mix on top of pumpkin mix, then sprinkle nuts or granola & pour melted butter over top. BAke @ 325 for 1 hour & 15-30 min. SO GOOD!!
-Erin

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