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Cookie Recipes - to reward
yourself when the diet is going well - to console yourself when the diet
STINKS!!
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Banana-Nut Bars
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup sugar
1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 medium)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Cream Cheese Frosting -- (recipe follows)
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese -- softened
1/3 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
Heat oven to 350. Grease rectangular pan, 13 x 9 x 2 inches. Mix
sugar, bananas, oil and eggs in large bowl with spoon. Stir in flour,
baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir in nuts.
Spread batter in pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted
in center comes out clean. Cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese
Frosting. Cut into 6 row by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
Mix cream cheese, butter and vanilla in medium bowl. Gradually beat
in powdered sugar with spoon until smooth and spreadable.
Black-Eyed Susans
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3/4 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
12 drops yellow food color
1 egg
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese -- softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 dozen (about) large semisweet chocolate chips
Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, food color, egg and cream cheese in large
bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in
flour. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
Heat oven to 375. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 2
inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Make 3 cuts with scissors in
top of each ball about three-fourths of the way through to make 6
wedges. Spread wedges apart slightly to form flower petals (cookies
will flatten as they bake).
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set and edges begin to brown.
Immediately press 1 chocolate chip in center of each cookie. Remove
from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Cut balls from top into 6 wedges about 3/4 way through dough.
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