Category: Desserts

• Apple Slices

  Perfect for a snack on the go, and a favorite of the twin. Ingredients: 1 package Pillsbury All-Ready pie crusts 4 large Braeburn or Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced 1/8 cup all-purpose flour 1/8 cup sugar 1 cup sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tsp. apple pie spice or cinnamon Pinch of salt…

  jmart0131

  May 25, 2015

  Desserts

  apple pie spice, apple slices, confectioner’s sugar, Granny Smith apples, pie crust

• Mom’s Whoopie Cakes

  Better than anything Little Debbie could do, and the official snack of all Gatlinburg trips in college. Cookie Directions:  1 chocolate cake mix (best with Duncan Hines Swiss Chocolate) 1/2 cup of Crisco shortening 2 eggs 2 or 3 tbsp. water Mix ingredients above, and place into balls on cookie sheet like you are baking…

  jmart0131

  May 25, 2015

  Desserts

  chocolate cake mix, cookie sheet, Duncan Hines Swiss Chocolate, whoopie cakes

• Mom’s Famous Sugar Cookies

  There was not a classroom event growing up in which my mom’s famous sugar cookies did not make an appearance. Even today I am still excited to get a bunnie, ghost, or christmas tree on a stick. Ingredients: 1 tsp. vanilla 2/3 cup of crisco 2 eggs 1 1/4 cups of sugar 1 tsp. milk 3…

  jmart0131

  May 25, 2015

  Desserts

  sugar cookies

• Auntie M’s Strawberry Pretzel Salad

  Made famous by Auntie M. Ingredients: 2 cups of pretzels, crushed 3 tbsp. sugar 3/4 margarine, melted 8 oz. cream cheese, melted 1 cup sugar 8 oz. tube cool whip 6 oz. pkg. strawberry gelatin 1 cup boiling water 2, 10 oz. pkg. frozen sliced strawberries Directions: Mix together pretzels, margarine and sugar (3 tbsp.),…

  jmart0131

  May 25, 2015

  Desserts

  cool whip, cream cheese, pretzels, strawberries, strawberry gelatin, strawberry pretzel salad

• Buckeyes

  For bonding time with dad. My dad and I make what feels like hundreds of these every holiday, and I will always remember that. Ingredients: 2 lbs. of smooth peanut butter 3 lbs. of confectious sugar 1 lbs. of butter 24 oz of chocolate chips 1 bar paraffin wax Directions: Mix the first three (3)…

  jmart0131

  May 25, 2015

  Desserts

  buckeyes, candy, chocolate, chocolate chips, peanut butter