GIANT sugar cookie

1/2 cup melted salted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup sour cream
2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda

Preheat oven to 350° F. Mix melted butter, sugar, vanilla, sour cream in large bowl; beat in egg. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda in seperate, smaller bowl. Add to butter mixture. Mix together well. Pour in dough into a pizza pan, covered with tin foil. Put flour on your hands, and flaten the dough evernly around the pan. Bake for about 10-15 min. (after 10 min., check on it and keep baking until lightly brown). This cookie barely lasted five minutes... my family gobbled it right up quickly! You will enjoy this delicious, huge cookie I quarentee!

Cake Mix Cookie

This is my version of a recipe we learned at school... it's quick, easy and delicious:

2 eggs
1 package cake mix (use any flavor)
1/3 cup vegetable oil

In this recipe, you can pick your FAVORITE cake mix and create it into cookies!! Preheat oven to 350° F. Mix all the ingredients together in large bowl and mix well. Stop when soft dough forms. Place tin foil on cookie sheet. Roll dough into balls (if you want cute, little cookies make smaller balls. If you want large cookies, make larger balls). Bake for about 9-10 minutes. Let it cool of and there you go! Enjoy your cookies!

Tahitian Banana Poe

By: My Aunt Lina
2 cup of banana
1 cup of tapioca
1/2 cup of Sugar
4 can of cream of coconut

Preheat oven for 350 F. Smash the bananas, add tapioca, and mix together. Put a little coconut cream in the pan and add your banana/tapioca mixture. Cook it for 1 hour. In seperate bowl, put the rest of the coconut cream in it and sugar. Mix them well. When your bananas/tapioca micture is cooked, add the sugary coconut cream and do not cover. Eat in one hour. YUMMY YUMMY! VERY GOOD!

Dad's famous guacomole

Here is the list of ingredients you need:

1 avocado
1 Tbs. mayonaise
1/2 Tbs. sour cream
pinch of tomatoes
pinch of onions
dash of salt
1/3 tsp. lemon juice

Now the hard part:

Split the avocado in half. Scoop the inside of the avocado out (take out the seed too) and into a bowl. Add mayonaise, sour cream, tomatoes, onions, salt, and lemon juice.

Mix everything together

...and voila!!! Enjoy.

Mom's famous pink lemonade pie

This is SOOO good!!! My mom made it and it was wonderful... you NEED to try this one:

1 baked pie crust
1 (6 oz.) can frozen pink lemonade, thawed
1 (8 oz.) pkg cream cheese, softened
few drops food coloring
1 can condensed milk
1 container non dairy whipped topping (thawed)
1/2 c. coconut, tinted pink-

In large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. gradually beat in condensed milk lemonade and food coloring. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into the prepared crust. Chill 4 hours. Garnish with coconut.

No Bake Cookies

By: Josee Hutchinson

You'll need:
2 Cups of Sugar
3 Tablespoons of Cocoa
1/2 cup of Milk
One stick of butter
1/2 a cup of peanut butter
3 or 4 cups of oats

Directions:
1. Put the sugar, cocoa, milk, and butter in a pot, stir and mix and wait till boil
2. When boil turn off the stove and add in a 1/2 cup of peanut butter, stir
3. after you stir add in oats! take out with a cookies scooper!

Sparkling Punch

1 (2 -liter) bottle of Sprite or Fresca
crunched ice to your desired amount
1 (12 oz.) frozen can juice concentrate






Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl and serve. It's absoloutly delicious and perfect for weddings, parties, e.t.c. When I made this recipe, I used white grape juice concentrate, but you can use whatever you like.

Soft Sugar Cookie

1 cup salted butter (If the butter isn't salted, add 1/2 tsp. salt)
1 2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream
4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda

Preheat to 350°. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Add sour cream. Mix dry ingredients in sepertate bowl and add to butter mixture. Cover the cookie sheet with tin foil (this is so you don't have to clean it afterwards). Referigate for an hour. Roll into balls; bake on sheet for 8-10 minutes, or until brown. This is one of the recipes my family begs me to make almost every Sunday. I hope you will enjoy them too.

Strawberry/ mixed berry smoothie

This is a delicious treat I created one day! It took me only about 5 minutes, and it's so good.

1 bag of strawberries
1 bag of mixed berries
1 can of frozen fruit juice - mixed berry flavor
1 cup of strawberry yogurt

If you don't want mixed berries or you'd like to try another fruity taste, use any fruit, yogurt, or frozen juice to create your own smoothie.

Cinamellow Rolls

This is the my version of a cinnamon roll. Except for these ones are smaller, cuter, and more delicious!

1 10 count can of biscuits
about 1 tbs. cinnamon
about 5 or 6 tbs. brown sugar
1/3 stick of melted butter
5 marshmellows

Preheat oven to 350°. Cover a cookie sheet with tin foil, and put biscuits on sheet. Flaten it with the palm of your hand. Taking one biscuit at a time, spoon some butter onto the biscuit. Mix cinnamon and brown sugar together; spoon it onto the biscuits. Rip the marshmellows in half and place it on the biscuit. Roll them all up and pinch it to keep it closed. Bake for 9 to 11 min. or until lightly browned. Take it out and let it cool. If desired, make this cream cheese frosting below to go on top. I personally LOVE it with this frosting!

8oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup softened butter
1-2 tbs. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)

Blend everything together. If not sweet enough, add more sugar!

Mocha Cooler

By: Josee Hutchinson
Measure 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup vanilla ice cream, 1 tablespoon of instant hot chocolate mix, and 1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup into a blender. Ask a parent to blend until smooth. Pour the shake into a glass, add whipped cream on top, and serve immediately.

Easy Smoothie

By: Josee Hutchinson
Add your favorite fruit, your favorite flavor of ice cream, and some milk to a blender. Ask an adult to blend until smooth. Now you have a sweet and tasty treat!

Fruit Splash

By: Josee Hutchinson
My favorite snack is a Fruit Splash Smoothie. I start with a mixture of fruits: such as strawberries and bananas. Then I add 1/2 cup of orange juice and 1 cup of vanilla yogurt. Ask an adult to mix the ingredients together in a blender. On a hot day, add some ice too.

Magic Cookie Bars

1/2 cup margerine or butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker
1 (14 oz.) sweetend condensed milk
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
(optional) 1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In 13x9 baking pan, pour in melted butter and graham cracker crumbs. Mix well. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Sprinkle chips, then coconut. If desired, add nuts; but I personally don't like nuts. Press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 min. or until brown. Cool and cut into bars.

This is just the "basic" recipe. If you want, have some fun by replacing graham cracker with another kind of crumb. Or add a different flavor of chips to your recipe... just have a little fun with it!

Baked Apples with Cream

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter, divided
3 large baking apples
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup Half and Half

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using part of the butter, spread butter on a 9x9 baking dish, then set aside.
Wash, core and slice apples into halves. Cut apple into thin slices (do not peel). Arrange apple halves in buttered dish, and slightly spread out (peel side up). Combine water and lemon juice, and pour over apples. Place little dots of butter on the apples. Stir together white sugar, brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg; sprinkle over apples. Cover dish and bake 40-55 minutes or until apples are tender. Take it out of the oven and let it partially cool off (keep it a little warm).

While still warm, pour Half and Half in small individual serving dishes. Carefully scoop half an apple and place in individual dish, drizzle apple with syrup from baking dish. If desired, sprinkle with additional brown sugar and cinnamon/nutmeg. Serve right after. Bon appetit! You now have this delicious recipe, which is also good with ice cream.

Cheese Cake Cookie Cup

This is a personal favorite of mine:

Ingredients
1 pkg. (16.5 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
2 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, room temperature
1 can (14 oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions
PREHEAT oven to 325° F. Paper-line 24 muffin cups. Place one piece of cookie dough in each muffin cup.
BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookie has spread to edge of cup.
BEAT cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, eggs and vanilla extract in medium bowl until smooth. Pour about 3 tablespoons cream cheese mixture over each cookie in cup.
BAKE for additional 15 to 18 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate for 1 hour