Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Sara Lee pound cake (found in frozen food)
Cool Whip
1 lg. package of vanilla pudding (instant)
Strawberries
Cut the pound cake into squares. Make pudding according to directions. Cut strawberries. Then to assemble in the bottom of your dish put a layer of cake then pour some pudding, then a layer of cool whip and then top with strawberries. REPEAT until you are out.
Put in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving.
This is one of my kids very favorite!!!

Sugar cookies

Paula Dean Sugar Cookies

1 C butter, softened

1 C sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp almond extract

3 1/2 cups of flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

-In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs and extracts.

-In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to sugar mixture, beating until combined. Cover and refrigerate dough for 1 hour.

-Preheat over to 350. Spray baking sheets with nonstick spray.

-On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4" thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Bake for 10 minutes, or until bottom edges are very lightly browned.

Icing: I put about 2 cups of powder sugar in a bowl. I added a little milk (maybe 3-4 tsp.) Then I added 1/2 tsp vanilla and about 2 tsp. of light Karo syrup. Then as I mixed it was a little thick so I added a little more Karo syrup. I just mixed until it was the texture I wanted my icing to be. You don't want it too runny. It hardened up pretty quick.

Pumpkin Cheese Coffee Cake

I got this recipe out of the Taste of Homes years ago and it is one of my favorites.

2 cups Sugar
2 eggs
1-1/4 cups canned pumpkin
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

FILLING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 tablespoon sugar

TOPPING:
3/4 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup brown Sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions: In a large bowl, beat sugar, eggs, pumpkin, oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, egg and sugar until smooth. Drop tablespoonfuls over batter; cut through batter with a knife to swirl. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over top. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Lamb Family Recipes

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Banana Cookies

These are YUMMY cookies. They are almost like the texture of pumpkin cookies. It makes about 30 cookies so it is not a ton but enough.

1/2 C shortening
1 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1 C mashed bananas
2 C flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Mix first 4 ingredients together, then add rest and mix. Use a cookie scoop to drop on sheet. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

Banana Cookie Frosting
1/3 cup butter, browned (In a deep bowl with wax paper over it, cook in microwave for 3 minutes. Then add 1 minute at a time until brown.
3 C powder sugar
3-4 T milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix and spread over cookies while frosting is still warm