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Triple Chocolate Cookies
1
⁄
cup flour
4
1
⁄
cup unsweetened
4
baking cocoa
1
⁄
teaspoon baking powder
4
1
⁄
teaspoon salt
8
6 tablespoons butter,
room temperature
Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside. With
mixer, beat together butter, sugar, and eggs at MEDIUM speed until smooth. Add
melted chocolate and continue mixing on MEDIUM speed until blended. Reduce
speed to LOW and add dry ingredients. Add chocolate chips and walnuts; mix well.
Drop by tablespoons onto cookie sheets, one inch apart. Bake at 350ºF until cookies
look dry and cracked, but feel soft when lightly pressed, about 11 minutes. Let cookies
stand on sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to racks and cool completely.
Makes about 2 dozen.
Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
1 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
12-ounce container frozen
whipped topping, thawed
In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup butter and brown sugar. Cook over medium
heat until butter is melted and mixture is smooth, stirring frequently. Refrigerate 10
minutes. In large bowl, beat peanut butter and brown sugar mixture at LOW speed
until blended. Increase speed and beat one minute at HIGH speed. Reduce speed
to LOW and add whipped topping; beat one additional minute. Pour into graham
crust and refrigerate. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate, 2 table-
spoons butter, and milk. Stir constantly until smooth. Cool slightly then spread
over top of pie. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight before serving.
Makes one 9-inch pie, cut into 8 servings.
Orange Pineapple Cake
18
1
⁄
-ounce box yellow cake mix
4
4 eggs
11-ounce can mandarin oranges,
undrained
1
⁄
cup vegetable oil
2
15
1
⁄
-ounce can crushed pineapple,
4
undrained
In a large bowl, blend cake mix, eggs, oranges, and oil at MEDIUM speed for 3 to 5
minutes. Divide batter into two greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake
approximately 45 minutes at 325ºF. Let cake cool on wire racks. To make icing, in a
medium bowl, beat pineapple, pudding, and whipped topping mix at LOW speed
for 3 minutes. Ice the cooled cake and store in the refrigerator. Makes 8-12 servings.
(Tip: Cake flavor is enhanced if left overnight in refrigerator.)
8
7 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
8 ounces semisweet baking chocolate,
melted and cooled
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
9-inch graham crust
2 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon milk
1-ounce box vanilla sugar-free instant
pudding
12-ounce container frozen light
whipped topping, thawed