Ingredients:
- 2 C sugar
- 1 C water
- 3 lemon rinds cut into thin strips
- Juice of 8 lemons
- optional extras for experimentation – cloves, basil, various fruits
The final product is a syrup that you add to bubbly water (club soda, seltzer, etc).
Orange Delight
Ingredients:
- 3 oz package of Orange Jello
- 1 C boiling water
- 1 C mini-marshmallows
- 1/3 C sugar
- 8 oz block of cream cheese
- 3 oz can crushed pineapple
- 12 oz Cool Whip
- 1 C chopped pecans – save some to put on top
Party Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 9 oz. cool whip
- 1 package instant vanilla pudding
- 1 lb. can crushed pineapple
- 1 C milk
- 1 small can shredded coconut
- 1 8oz. package cream cheese
- Crushed walnuts
- Cherries – fresh or chemicalized
Pecan Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 C white corn syrup
- 1 C dark brown sugar
- 1/3 tsp. salt
- 1/3 C melted butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 eggs (slightly beaten)
- 1 heaping C shelled whole pecans
Pecan Sandies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
- 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
Ingredients:
- 1 Box chocolate fudge brownies
- eggs, oil, water as per box instructions
- 1 C peanut butter
- 1/4 C powdered sugar
Popcorn Balls
Ingredients:
- 1 C butter
- 1 C brown sugar
- a large bag of mini marshmallows (or 6 Cups)
- lots of popcorn
- a bowl of cold water
Raspberry Tartlets
Ingredients:
- 8oz. container mascarpone cheese
- 1/3 C heavy cream
- 1/4 C sugar
- 20 nilla wafer cookies
- 1 C berries – rinsed and ready to eat
Simple Peanut Butter Cookies
Super Simple Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell
- 1 15oz. can pumpkin
- 1 14oz. can sweetened condensed milk – not evaporated milk!
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. salt