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Whether it is for a school group to buy
new playground equipment, an athletic
group to buy new soccer goals or a church
social group to take a weekend shopping
trip, Bake Sales have long been a staple
of fund raising. Here are some recipes for
goodies that are sure to attract those
sweet seekers to the table!
Snickerdoodles
2 cups shortening
3 cups sugar
4 eggs
5 1/2 cups flour
4 tbsp. cream of tartar
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
4 tbsp. sugar
4 tbsp. cinnamon
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix shortening,
sugar and eggs thoroughly. Stir together
flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and
salt. Blend flour mixture into the
shortening mixture. Form in balls. Rollin
mixture of 2 tbsp. sugar and cinnamon.
Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased
baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes.
Cream sugar and shortening, add eggs. Sift
dry ingredients. Add to cream mixture, add
vanilla. Form dough into balls, size of
walnuts. Roll in sugar. Bake on greased
cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to
10 minutes.
Makes about 12 dozen cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies
1/2 cup golden Crisco shortening
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream
shortening, peanut butter, sugar, brown
sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl at
medium speed until well blended. Beat in
egg. Combine flour, baking soda, baking
powder and salt. Mix into creamed mixture.
Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 2
inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork
dipped in flour. Bake at 375 degrees for
8-10 minutes.
Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to
cooling rack. Makes 2 dozen.
Peanut Butter Fudge
1 1/2 cup sugar
pinch of salt
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup milk
2 tbls. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts
Combine first 4 ingredients and cook to
soft ball stage (237 º F )
remove and all remaining ingredients stir
until peanut butter is melted beat 2
minutes and spread in greased pan
Yield: 3 dozen
Florida Orange Snowballs
1 stick of butter or margarine
1 teaspoon butter flavoring
1-1 pound box powdered sugar
1-12 ounce box of vanilla wafers, crushed
well
1-6 ounce can frozen orange juice
1 small bag flaked coconut
Mix everything except coconut. Form
mixture into small balls. Roll the balls
in coconut and refridgerate.
Makes 5 dozen pieces.
Chocolate
Cherry Cups
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
2/3 cup shortening
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups miniature semi-sweet Hershey's
Chipets
1/2 cup whipping cream
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
48 red candied cherries (or maraschino
cherries patted dry on paper towels)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place sheets
of foil on countertop for cooling cookies.
Combine brown sugar, shortening, water and
vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium
speed until well blended. Beat eggs into
creamed mixture. Combine flour, cocoa,
baking soda and salt. Mix into creamed
mixture on low speed just until blended.
Stir in Hershey's Chipets. Press dough
onto sides, but not bottom of ungreased
miniature muffin pans. Bake two muffin
pans at a time at 375 degrees for 7 to 9
minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Press a dowel
into the center of each warm cup to make
an indentation. Cool 10 minutes in muffin
tin. Remove cups to foil to cool
completely. Heat cream in small saucepan
over low heat just until hot. Add chopped
chocolate. Stir until chocolate is
completely melted and mixture is smooth
and shiny. Cool mixture until thickened.
Drop 1 teaspoonful of mixture into each
cup. Place 1 cherry on top of chocolate.
Cool until set.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat large
baking sheet with cooking spray. In a
large bowl combine honey, Dijon mustard,
mustard powder, and cayenne, and set
aside. Divide dough into 8 equal pieces.
On lightly floured surface roll each piece
into a 15" long rope. On baking sheet
shape each rope into heart shapes with
rounded bottoms. Twist dough ends, press
onto curved bottom of heart to form
pretzel shape. Brush with 1/2 of reserved
honey sauce, and sprinkle with salt and
caraway seeds. Bake for 25 mins. or until
bottoms are lightly brown. Serve with
remaining sauce.
Create My Own Soup
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Finding a way to get vegetables into the mouths of kids is easy if they are part of the fun. Creating ways to
get kids to help with the preparation and the cooking of kids' recipes is part of the fun.