Banana Muffins

If you are fortunate enough to have leftover bananas at your house, and have lots of them, this is a great recipe for yummy muffins.


Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
3 banana
2 eggs
1 and 1/4 cup of flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
**optional, add chocolate chips (a handful is enough)

Bake at 350 Degrees for 25 - 30 minutes

Makes a dozen large muffins.

We call these Frogs

My Aunt Babe used to make these chocolate balls covered in coconut.  I am not sure why she called them Frogs, but that's what they are.  OMG, these are sooo good!

Ingredients
2 cups of brown sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup milk

Mix above ingredients in large pot.  Bring to a rolling boil, then take off the burner.

Add the following:
3 cups of quick rolling oats (oatmeal)
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla (okay I confess...I use 1 capful (yes, the cap off the vanilla bottle - ha!)

Mix well.  Let cool until you can comfortably touch and not burn yourself.  (about 10 - 15 mins)
Drop spoonfuls into a bowl of coconut.  Completely cover in coconut...roll into balls.
Place in fridge...they taste absolutely delicious when they are cold.

Makes about 3 dozen frogs.

Shortbread Cookies

I started making these cookies when I was 18 years old.  I had just moved into my first apartment, and was trying to impress my boyfriend (ultimately I think I was trying to prove to myself that I could cook - and not starve to death).
These cookies have been a favorite for years!!
They are firm, but melt in your mouth.  I hate a crumbly cookie.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup soft butter
  
  Mix all ingredient together until moist.  You will need to shape into small balls (squeeze and roll in palm of hand).  Place on cookie sheet and press with spoon or fork.  Decorate as you like.  (I always use the colourful hard sprinkly ball things.) **What do you call those?  heheehee

Bake at 300 Degrees for 15 to 20 mins.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

Memere Boucher's Sugar Cookies

I have wonderful memories of Christmas and holidays past. Memories that involve me sneaking a handful of sugar cookies off the 'treat' platter, 5 mins before my mother served Christmas dinner. I couldn't resist, as they tasted so awesome. Comforting, soft...and they would melt in your mouth. There was no need to add any fancy icing or candy decorations to these cookies...they were divine in plain mode. My Memere Boucher's Family Recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 5 cups of flour

As with most recipes...mix all the wet ingredients first. (Brown sugar, shortening, eggs, milk and vanilla). When mixed well, add all other dry ingredients (baking powder, baking soda, and flour). (For the record, I do not consider brown sugar a dry ingredient!)

Mix well...roll out on counter which you've lightly dusted with flour, and use a small glass or round cookie cutter to make your cookies.

   Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 mins.

Makes a few dozen cookies.