ready in about 190 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • Cookies:
  • all-purpose flour
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • granulated sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • large egg white
  • Cooking spray
  • Icing:
  • powdered sugar
  • unsweetened cocoa
  • fat-free milk
  • semisweet chocolate
  • white chocolate

Delicious

You might need to buy:
  • Ingredients
  • Pudding:
  • eggs
  • cup/180 mL sugar
  • cups/500 mL milk
  • cup/250 mL half and half
  • cup/180 mL raisins
  • Sauce:
  • cup/250 mL sugar
  • cup/125 mL water
  • cup/125 mL heavy cream
  • tsp/5 mL Butter Pecan Extract

Many years ago, cookies were sometimes called “little cakes.” This updated version is soft and spicy, with an extra flavor boost from crystalllized ginger and cardamom. If you don’t have cardamom on hand, you can substitute either a 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice or nutmeg. You can also use the rim of a 2 1/2 inch glass to cut the cookies.

ready in about 25 minutes; serves 48
You might need to buy:
  • finely chopped crystallized ginger
  • all-purpose flour
  • packed brown sugar
  • molasses
  • ground cinnamon
  • ground ginger
  • ground cardamom
  • baking soda
  • butter or stick margarine
  • large egg
  • all-purpose flour
  • Cooking spray
ready in about an hour; serves 32
You might need to buy:
  • all-purpose flour
  • flaked sweetened coconut
  • vanilla extract
  • salt

Think of these as a variation of thumbprint cookies. Vanilla butter cookies are filled with fruit preserves and drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze.

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • granulated sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • large egg white
  • all-purpose flour
  • cornstarch
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • Cooking spray
  • raspberry or apricot preserves
  • powdered sugar
  • fresh lemon juice
  • almond or vanilla extract

Think of these as a variation of thumbprint cookies. Vanilla butter cookies are filled with fruit preserves and drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze.

ready in about 40 minutes; serves 24
You might need to buy:
  • granulated sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • large egg white
  • all-purpose flour
  • cornstarch
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • Cooking spray
  • raspberry or apricot preserves
  • powdered sugar
  • fresh lemon juice
  • almond or vanilla extract
serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • Fresh ground pepper
  • sugar
  • salt
  • Fresh grated parmasean cheese
serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • olive oil
  • Fresh ground pepper
  • sugar
  • salt
  • Fresh grated parmasean cheese

I found this in nmy recipe box, photocopied, originally written on Los Angeles Firemen’s Credit Union notepad. I have no idea where it came from!

You might need to buy:
  • chopped nuts
  • german chocolate cake mix
  • evaporated milk
  • semisweet chocolate bits
ready in about 50 minutes; serves 3
You might need to buy:
  • toasted sesame seeds
  • cornstarch
  • hoisin sauce
  • sesame oil
  • cornstarch