Chocolate Fondue

½ pt whipping cream
4-4 oz Hershey bars
1 tsp vanilla

Melt chocolate and add remaining ingredients. Stir constantly until well mixed and smooth. Keep at 175*.
For dipping use banana bits, maraschino cherries, strawberries, orange slices (real or candy), angel food cake or lady fingers cut in pieces.

Holly’s Microwave Fudge

1 lb powder sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
¼ cup milk
1 cube butter
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup nuts

Sift sugar and cocoa in bowl. Add milk, margarine. Don’t stir. Cook high 2 minutes. Now stir. Add vanilla and nuts. Stir again. Pour in Pyrex 9x5. Refrigerate 1 hour. Freezer for 20 minutes.

Jolly Gingerbread men

½ cup butter
½ cup shortening
1 cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg

Cream together the above ingredients

¼ cup light molasses
3 ½ cup flour (maybe 1/3 cup less)
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
½ tsp cloves

Bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes. Makes 3 dozen.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 Tbs water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
1 ½ cups flour
1 ¼ cup chocolate chips

Bake at 375* for 8-10 minutes.

Carmelitas – Katie Baird

2 cups oatmeal
2 cups flour
1 ½ cups brown sugar
3 cubes butter (melted)
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
12 oz milk chocolate chips
1 jar Mrs. Richardson’s caramel

Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips and caramel. Take half and press in a greased 9x13 pan. Bake for 17 minutes at 325*. Take out and spread chocolate ships then caramel. Top with the rest of the batter. Bake for another 17 minutes at 325*. Let set up for 3-4 hours.

Stay Soft Cowboy Cookies

1 ½ cup shortening
4 eggs
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla

Mix above ingredients together

½ cup applesauce
2 cups coconut
4 cups oatmeal (old fashion rolled oats)
12 oz bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
4-5 cups flour

Add ingredients in order above. With the flour we normally use 5 cups but it can differ from time to time. Just judge by the stickiness of the dough. Mix well. Bake at 350* on a greased cookie sheet for 13 minutes. Let sit on cookie sheet for a couple of minutes, let cool and enjoy!

Becky’s Jello

1 package small jello
8 oz tub whip cream
2 cups cottage cheese
Strawberries