Pecan Supremes

OH MY GOSH! I LOVE THESE!! I got them out of a "Mrs. Fields Cookie Book". Ya, It's phenomenal. I needed a little baking therapy, and decided on these. YUM!!

Pecan Supremes
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. quick oats
3/4 c. dark brown sugar
3/4 c. white sugar
1 c. salted butter , softened
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. (4oz) chopped pecans
1 c. (6 oz) chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 300. In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, soda and oats. Mix well, set aside. In a large bowl, blend sugars with electric mixer. Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste. Add eggs ad vanilla, beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the flour mix, pecans and choc. chips, and blend at low speed until combined, do not over mix. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets, 1.5 inches apart. Bake for 20-22 minutes. Immediately transfer cookies with a spatula to a cool, flat surface.

Better Than Sex Cake

Aaron requested this as his "Birthday" cake, even though it's over a week early. As you can tell from the pictures, he really thinks it's better than sex...just kidding (big) Kristen--his wife!



Better Than Sex Cake



1 pkg Devil's food cake mix

1 jar caramel ice cream topping

1 can sweetened condensed milk

cool whip

heath bar (crunched up)



bake cake as directed. After it comes out of the oven, poke about 40 holes in cake with the end of a wooden spoon. Pour caramel sauce over it, then the milk. Once it cools, top with cool whip and candy bar. Serve...ENJOY!

Strawberry Amaretto Pastries

This is a Pampered Chef recipe, and a favorite of (big) Kristen's.

Strawberry Amaretto Pastries
1/2 pkg frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
1/2 c. sliced almonds, divided
1 tbsp. sugar
1 c. sour cream
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. almond extract
1 1/2 c. cool whip
12 large strawberries, sliced
1 orange

Preheat oven to 400. Unfold pastry & cut into 12 squares. Chop 1/2 of almonds and combine with sugar. Sprinkle pastries & press into. Bake 16-18 min. or until puffed and golden brown. Toast remaining almonds and chop. Whisk sour cream, powdered sugar & almond extract together. Fold in whipped topping. Split open each pastry. Arrange 1/2 of strawberries into bottom of each shell. Top with 2 tbsp of filling & sprinkle with almonds. Zest orange over almonds and top with remaining strawberries & top of pastry.

*strawberries can be substituted with peaches or nectarines.

Sweet Tater Pie

Mmmm...I got this recipe from our Georgia Church Cook Book, and the credit for the recipe goes to Corinne Holton. It's Oh so good! We had it at a little potluck last night and I had people making sure that it would be posted on my blog.
I wasn't thrilled with the crust, I just made a simple recipe out of my Betty Crocker cook book, so use whatever you like for the crust...

Sweet Tater Pie
3 large sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
2 sticks butter or margarine, melted
4 eggs
2 c sugar
1/2 tbsp. nutmeg
1/2 tbsp. vanilla
2 tbsp. flour
1/2 c. evaporated milk
2 nine inch pie shells

Stir butter into sweet potatoes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. Add remaining ingredients, mix thoroughly. Pour into pie shells, bake 1 hour at 350.

Grandma Jeffers Cookies

Ashlee's Grandma is the master mind behind these cookies, I love them!



Grandma Jeffers Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 c. shortening

1 c brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 tbsp (heaping) peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp salt

1 tsp soda

2 1/2 c flour

1 small bag chocolate chips



Cream shortening, sugar, eggs, & peanut butter together. Add salt and vanilla. Mix 1 1/2 c. flour with soda and add to creamed mixture. Blend. Add remaining flour and chocolate chips and stir by hand until all the flour is mixed.



Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until light brown.

Banana Bread, an old family recipe

My Mom made this for us when we were kids, and I think it was my Great Grandma Beth's recipe, but I'm not sure on that. What I do know, it's SO GOOD!



Banana Bread

2/3 c. shortening

2 c. sugar

2 eggs

7 ripe bananas, mashed

2 tsp. vanilla

2 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. baking powder

pinch salt

4 c. flour

1/3 c. milk (or whipping cream or buttermilk)

brown sugar

nuts, chopped (optional)



Mix shortening & sugar. Add eggs, mashed bananas and vanilla, mix. Add baking soda, baking powder and salt, mix. Add flour and milk, alternating between the two. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking pan or loaf pans. Sprinkle brown sugar and nuts on top.



Bake at 350 for 45 min. to an hour. Check with a knife. If still gooey, cover with tin foil and finish cooking for 15 min.