ThriftyFun Recipes
Volume One, Number 115, October 19, 2005
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Today's Recipes
Dracula's Blood Bank Pie
Ingredients
- 6 oz. can lemonade
- 14 oz. can condensed milk
- red food coloring
- 8 oz. carton cool whip
- graham cracker crust
Directions
Stir lemonade and condensed milk until blended.
Add a few drops of red food coloring to make it yukky pink and stir well.
Fold in cool whip and blend again.
Pour into graham cracker crust and chill before serving.
By Carolyn from East Northport, NY
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Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3 cups oatmeal
Directions
Beat butter, sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, soda and salt; add to butter mixture. Stir in oatmeal. Bake at 350 degrees F for 11-12 minutes or until set. Don't overbake!
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Chocolate Drop Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup milk
- 1 large Tbsp. cocoa
- 4 tsp. vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. soda
- 1 pkg. chocolate chips
Directions
Cream margarine and sugar
Add the rest of ingredients. Bake in 350 degree F oven for about 10 minutes.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Chocolate Crinkles
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 sq. unsweetened chocolate
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cup flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Directions
Mix oil, chocolate and granulated sugar. Blend in 1 egg at a time until well mixed; add vanilla. Stir flour, baking powder and salt into oil mixture. Chill several hours or overnight. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Drop teaspoonfulls of dough into powdered sugar. Roll in powdered sugar; shape into balls. Place about 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Do not overbake! Makes about 6 dozen.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies I
Ingredients:
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 2 unbeaten eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1 - 2 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
Sift the flour and salt together. In separate bowl cream butter, margarine, sugars, eggs & vanilla. Combine baking soda & water. Add to butter mixture. Add chocolate chips, nuts, and sifted mixture. Drop by 1/2 tsp onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 350F.
By http://www.CanadianCountryGifts.com
Chocolate Chip Cookies II
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 pkg. chocolate chips
Directions
Beat shortening and margarine or butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or until softened. Add about 1/2 of the flour, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, baking soda and vanilla to shortening mixture. Beat until combined. Beat or stir in remaining flour; add chocolate chips.
Drop dough from a rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in 375 degree F. oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden. Makes about 48 cookies
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Wormy Gelatin (Halloween Recipe)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1 large pkg. orange jello (8 serving)
- 1 1/2 cups cold water
- gummy worms (candy)
Directions
Spray a 9 inch pie plate with cooking spray.
In large bowl, stir boiling water into gelatin.
Stir till completely dissolved.
Stir in cold water; pour into pie plate.
Refrigerate for about 1 1/2 hours, or until partially thickened.
Push gummy worms into gelatin.
Refrigerate until firm (about 2 hrs.)
To unmold, dip pie plate in warm water for 15 seconds then gently loosen edges with moistened fingers.
Place a moistened plate over pie plate and invert, holding plates together.
Garnish with more gummy worms.
Serves about 8.
By Carolyn from East Northport, NY
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