Strawberry Sauce

From Lori Colledge

3 cups fresh strawberries
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 TBSP cornstarch
dash salt
1 tsp butter

Wash and hull strawberries; crush 1 cup. Slice remainder  and set aside. Combine crushed berries, sugar, water, cornstarch, and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Add butter, fold in sliced berries. Enjoy

Favorite Oatmeal Cookies

From A Flood of Recipes from the 12th Ward, Ann Heron, p. 125
Makes about 2 dozen

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. flour
3 c. oatmeal

Mix first four ingredients. Add next four. Then add oatmeal last. You may also add 1/4 tsp. cinnamon or raisins or walnuts (I never have). Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Remove while slightly underdone for more chewy cookies.

These are the best oatmeal cookies ever. So chewy and soft. You gotta love them. My hubby's personal favorite.

Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie Babies

From Food & Family Spring '09 p. 39
Makes 18-20

1. Prepare a box of brownies or use another brownie recipe and spoon the batter into 20 paper-lined muffin cups. (I did 18)
2. Beat 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese , 1/3 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/4 cup peanut butter and 1/2 tsp. vanilla with mixer until blended.
3. Spoon into center of brownie batter cups and pressing lightly into the batter.
4. Bake 30 minutes. Cool. Top with Cool Whip and maraschino cherries.

Um, hello... Peanut Butter, Brownie, Cheesecake...why wouldn't this be good? Well, it turns out, they are pretty good, but not exactly what I expected. It's somewhat of an odd mix. My hubby didn't even finish his, so... there you have it.

Coconut Goddess Cake

From PaperCrafts Gourmet (p.78-Ana Cabrera)
makes one 13"x9" pan

1. Prepare yellow cake mix according to box directions.
2. While cake is baking, pour 1 can crushed pineapple into small saucepan. Add 1 c. sugar. Heat over medium heat until sugar dissolves completely. Bring to a boil, then immediately remove from heat. When cake is done, remove from oven. Using a fork, poke holes in cake about 1/2" apart. Slather cake with pineapple and juices. Let cool completely.
3. Make 2 pkg. (small box) instant french vanilla pudding. Let set up in fridge.
4. Spread 1 1/2 c. shredded coconut onto baking sheet and toast in oven at 325 degrees, stirring often.
5. Once cake is cool and pudding set up, spread pudding over pineapple layer. Then spread 1 tub whipped topping over the tip of the pudding and sprinkle with toasted coconut. Chill for one hour.

This was a pretty tasty cake. It was a crowd pleaser at my baby's birthday party (I made it for the adults). I didn't care for the coconut on top so much, but it was alright. Even my hubby liked this one, which kinda surprised me.

Jello Poke Cake

From Jello.com or something like that
Makes 1 delicious cake

Cake mix (We like white)
Flavored gelatin (AKA Jello-we like strawberry)
1 cup boiling water
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

1. Bake cake according to package directions. Let cool.

2. Using a straw, poke holes all over the top of the cake. (About 1/4" apart?)

3. Stir boiling water into 1 pkg. (4 serving) JELL-O Gelatin in medium bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Carefully pour gelatin evenly over the cake, trying to get jello into holes. Refrigerate 3 hours.

4. Top cake with Cool Whip. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Decorate as desired. Store leftover cake in refrigerator.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Cake

From Amanda Randall

Makes 1 delicious cake

1. Bake a White Cake according to directions on cake mix box. Let cool slightly.

2. Mix 8 oz. cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 2 teas. lemon juice together. Fold in Dream Whip (made to package instructions-or use Cool Whip). Spread on cake.

3. Make one package Danish Dessert (this comes in Strawberry or Raspberry)according to pie glaze package instructions. Let cool. Spread on top. Add strawberries or rasberries as desired.

Sister Bednar's Peach Pie

From Sharon Hall
Makes 1 pie

1. Mix and cool to room temp: 1/2 cup boiling water, 3 oz. package lemon jello

2. Whip: 1 pkg. Dream Whip according to directions on box, reserve 1 cup to put on top of pie*
Whip the jello into the Dream Whip mix, then fold in about 5-6 cups freshly sliced peaches. Place in baked and cooled pie crust. (You can make it or just buy the refrigerated kind...which is easier and pretty tasty in my opinion).

*Note: I like to use freshly whipped cream on top of the pie instead of the 1 cup Dream Whip. And I usually make two pies/1 package of Dream Whip.

*This is an absolutely delicious pie-our favorite as well as our former Bishop's. I can't wait till the peaches come on so that we can make this little number.

Cornflake Candy

From Annie Brantner
Makes one 9"x 13" pan

1. Combine 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup corn syrup in a saucepan; boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup peanut butter.

2. Pour mixture into bowl with 7 cups corn flakes. Stir and mix until thoroughly and evenly coated. Then press into lightly sprayed 9" x 13" pan.

3. Let cool, cut, and enjoy.

*My hubby grew up on these treats. They are slightly addictive.

Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies

From A Flood of Recipes From the 12th Ward p. 123 (Ashley Mecham) & my special touch
Makes a lot

1 pkg. cake mix (Red Velvet is the BEST)
2 cups flour
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teas. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup water

Mix together (Kitchen Aid) and drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.

Pound Cake Muffins

From ________ (an email from my sister)
Makes..... I don't remember

2 cups flour
3 teas. poppyseeds
1/2 teas. salt
1/4 teas. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup yogurt (plain unless you want a little flavor)
1 teas. vanilla or almond flavoring

1. Stir first four ingredients together.
2. Cream the sugar and butter together.
3. Add eggs, yogurt, and vanilla or almond flavoring to creamed mixture.
4. Add the flour mixture to the rest.

Pour into muffin pan. Bake at 400 degrees from 15-20 minutes.