pumpkin spice cookies

Katie first made these for us one year in Rockville, couldn't believe how Delicious and EASY!!

1 sm can of pumpkin
1 box of Spice Cake mix
1/3 Cup water
1/2 bag of chocolate chips

Add all ingredients and mix!
Cook at 350* about 8-11 minutes.

***You can drop them onto a cookie sheet for cookies or into muffin papers for muffins.

Make them into whoopie pies:

for the cookies:
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 package spice cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk

for the marshmallow spice filling:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
half of a 7-oz. jar marshmallow cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

1. Preheat oven to 375. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or foil (grease foil, if using).

2. In a large mixing bowl, beat pumpkin and butter on medium until smooth. Add cake mix, eggs, and milk; beat on low speed until combined, and then on medium speed for one minute.

3. By the heaping tablespoon, drop mounds of batter on cookie sheet; keep remaining batter chilled. Bake 15 minutes or until set and lightly browned around edges. Carefully remove from parchment or foil; cool on wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter, using new parchment paper for each batch.

If desired, place cookies in a covered storage container with waxed paper between layers to prevent sticking. Store cookies at room temperature for 24 hours. Prepare marshmallow spice filling up to 2 hours before serving.

4. To make marshmallow spice filling, beat 1/2 cup softened butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar, marshmallow cream, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Beat until well combined.

5. Spread about 2 1/2 tablespoons filling on flat side of one cookie; top with a second cookie. Serve immediately or cover and chill up to 2 hours.

Makes 15 whoopies.

peanut butter cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies Preheat Oven to 350 degree

Megan's class did a geneology cook book and this was in it. I quess it is now old fashion to cook with a cake mix...

1 pkg Yellow cake Mix

1 cup Peanut Butter

½ c oil

2 T Water

2 eggs

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Drop from teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press crisscross on with fork dipped in water or sugar.

Bake 350  10-12 minutes

Peanut Butter Cups: make dough and place a ball in a mini muffin tin. Cook for 8 minutes Remove and press an unwrapped Reeses PB cup into each cookie and bake another 2-4 minutes

Triple  peanut butter cookies:
Add 1 cup reese's pieces and 1 cup peanut butter chips , Roll into balls and bake

Or make them from scratch- from Six Sister's recipes

These cookies are a peanut butter lovers dream come true! Soft, chewy and delicious!

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine (room temperature)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1½ cups peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup Reese's Pieces
• 1 cup peanut butter chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix butter, sugar and peanut butter together. Add eggs, flour, baking soda and vanilla extract. Fold in Reese's Pieces and peanut butter chips. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown.

Pumpkin Dump

This has been Marcus's favorite. I have been trying to pick out recipes for Christmas when everyone is home, this is one he will ask for along with potato cheese soup

1 (29 oz) can pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp cloves)
1/2 tsp salt1 pkg cake mix (I like vanilla, but the original recipe calls for yellow or spice)
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, sugar, salt and spices. Stir in the milk, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Pour into prepared pan.

3. Sprinkle cake mix over the pumpkin mixture, then sprinkle on the pecans. Drizzle melted butter over all. Bake in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Allow to cool.

4. Serve with whip cream, refrigerate leftovers.

I have found that when I drizzle the butter, I sometimes get areas of dry cake mix in the end result, so what I do is take the butter (cold) and slice it thinly and cover the cake mix with the thin slices. It takes a little longer, but I think it is worth it.

Coffee Cake

Megan had to bring treats for early morning seminary and this was fast and easy. I made two and Matt's friends came over after school and ate the other one. Thanks to Rachel L.

1 box yellow cake mix
1 small box instant vanilla pudding, I used sugar free
2 eggs or 4 egg whites
3 Tblspn. vegetable oil
1 1/3 c. water or milk
Mix all ingredients and pour ½ of batter into greased & floured 9-inch square cake pan.

Crumble:
½ c. flour
½ c. brown sugar
2 Tblspn. cinnamon
3 Tblspn. butter
Mix above ingredients and cut in butter to make a “crumble.”
Sprinkle first layer of batter with ½ crumble mixture.
Pour remaining cake batter on top of crumble and then top off with remaining crumble.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.
Drizzle with powdered sugar icing.

GooeyButter Bars

Megan tried this recipe when we first moved to colorado and we love them so we call the our Colorado cookies

1 yellow cake mix
1/2 c butter
1 egg

Mix together and spread in a 9X13 pan.

Beat together:
80z cream cheese, use low fat if want
2 eggs
2 cups powdered sugar

Spread over crust
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
Sprinkle with powdered sugar

Poppy Seed Bread/ Cake

My Sister Kathy, a great cook and she use to make this for her boys

2 eggs
1 1/2c sugar
3/4 c oil
1t vanilla
1/2 c poppy seeds
2 cup flour
1 t salt
1 cup evaporated milk

Beat eggs, sugar & oil. Add & poppy seeds.
Shift dry ingred. & add to egg mixture alternating with milk.

spoon into 1 large greased pan. Bake at 375 for 50 min or 40min if 2 small pans

Glaze when remove from oven with:
1/4 c orange juice
1/2 c sugar
1/2 t almond extract
1/2 t butter flavoring
1/2 t vanilla

Let set for 10 minutes before removing from pan




Poppy Seed Cake

1 regular yellow cake mix
1 small pkg instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/3 c butter
1 teas rum flavoring
1/4 c poopy seeds

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl then beat at medium speed for 5 minutes. Pour batter into well greased, lightly floured bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool 15 minutes then turn over onto a cake rack or plate with a lip.
Glaze with mixture of orange juice and powdered sugar.

Cheesecake for a Crowd

This was a recipe we served at christmas time with Danish Desert... from the Lion House Christmas Recipe Book

serves 24

1 package white cake mix
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese softened at room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
1 pint whipped cream whipped
2 16-ounce cans cherry pie filling


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9x13-inch baking pans. I use a large cookie sheet.

Prepare cake according to package directions, and pour half of cake batter in each pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove from oven and cool.

Whip cream cheese and powdered sugar together till fluffy. Add whipped cream. Spread mixture onto both cakes. Spread pie filling on top of cream cheese layer (raspberry or strawberry pie filling can be substituted for cherry). Refrigerate till ready to serve.

Variation: Instead of pie filling, substitute Danish Dessert prepared according to package directions, and stir in drained fruit of your choice.

oreo cookies

Oreo Cookies

First recipe I tried using a cake mix, introduced to me by Holly Tribett, neighbor in Las Vegas

Cookie:
1 box deviel's food cake mix 3/4 C. solid shortening
2 eggs

Mix together and roll in med size balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake at 350* for 9-10 minutes. Cool

Filling:
1 (8 oz.) Pkg. cream cheese 1/4 C. butter
2 3/4 C. powdered sugar 1 Tbsp. Vanilla

Combine filling. Spread filling between 2 cookies.

For thanksgiving in 2008 we went to Rockville. Katie and her friend Molly make us these pumpkin cookies-so yummy!! I will never make them from scratch again.

Andes Mint Cookies

Make the Oreo Cookie recipe and when you remove from immediately insert an unwrapped andes mint in each cookie.

This was a recipe I used one year in Salt Lake for neighbor gifts. You buy a box of Andes( usually decorated at christmas time) and a chocolate cake mix( in a red box) and tie together with a ribbon and this recipe.

Lemonade Cake

I have never tried these recipes but want to, I love lemon but my family doesn't


1 lemon cake mix
1 c. water
1 1/2 Tblspn. lime zest
4 eggs
1/2 c. oil
1 small pkg. instant lemon pudding
3 drops green food coloring (optional)

Mix all together and pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Remove from oven and pour glaze over hot cake.

Glaze:
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. lime juice

Let cake sit for about 10 minutes, then serve.

Lemonade Cupcakes

white cake mix
3 eggs
8 oz cream cheese, softened
8 oz sour cream
6 oz lemonade concentrate, thawed; reserve 2 T for frosting

Mix together on high for 3 minutes. Fill muffin tins
3/4 full and bake at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes.

Frosting:
1 can cream cheese frosting
2 T reserved lemonade from above

Makes 30 cupcakes