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Chocolate Boiled Cookies

1 ½ C. granulated sugar
¼ C. butter or margarine
1/8 tsp. salt
1 ½ Tbsp. cocoa
¼ C. milk
1 ½ C. quick cooking oatmeal
½ C. shredded coconut
½ Tbsp. vanilla
1 C. chopped nuts

Directions:

Mix sugar, butter, salt, cocoa, and milk in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in oatmeal, coconut, vanilla, and nuts. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and let cool until firm.

Cherry Berry Cheescake

Ingredients:

1 graham cracker crumb crust
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ C. lemon juice
1 can cherry (or any berry) pie filling

Directions:

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Slowly add milk and continue to stir until blended well. Add vanilla and lemon juice. Mix well. Pour into piecrust. Chill until firm, about 3 hours. Top with cherry, blueberry or strawberry pie filling. Refrigerate over night.

Sweet Spice Bars

Ingredients:

½ pkg. spice cake mix
1 egg
½ C. cooking oil
1 C. quick cooking oatmeal
½ C. raisins
½ C. chopped nuts
½ C. plain yogurt

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well until cake mix is moist. Grease an 8 inch square baking pan. Pour mixture into pan and bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. Remove from oven when center is done and allow to cool. Cut into bars and serve. For an added treat, serve slightly warm with a dollop of strawberry yogurt or ice cream.

Booming Fourth of July Cake

Ingredients:

1 (16 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
20 caramels
1/4 cup butter, cubed
10 cups popped popcorn
1 1/2 cups salted peanuts
1 cup M&Ms plain chocolate candies (the red, white and blue ones if you can find them)

Instructions:

Place the marshmallows, caramels and butter into a large saucepan. Place pan over low heat and cook until all the ingredients have melted and is smooth.  Place the popcorn in a 9X13 cake pan.  Pour the marshmallow mixture over the popcorn.  Use a rubber spatula to mix all together being sure to coat the popcorn well.  You will have to do this quickly before the caramels start to harden again.  Add the peanuts and M&M’s.  Spread out evenly.  Cool until firm.

Yummy Berry Muffins

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup frozen strawberries
4 teaspoons sugar

Instructions:

Place the flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl. Mix a little to combine ingredients. Make a well in the center of the ingredients. In a separate bowl mix the milk, oil and eggs together. Slowly add to the dry ingredients place the liquid into the well made in the dry ingredients. Carefully fold together until dry ingredients are just moistened through. Divide batter into two bowls. Add the blueberries to one and the strawberries to the other. Mix them in well. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 muffin tin cups or use baking cups. Fill each full with batter. Six blueberry muffins and six strawberry muffins. Sprinkle the tops with the 4 teaspoons of sugar. Bake 23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. The tops should be light brown. Remove from tin immediately and cool on a wire rack.