WHITE CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN COOKIES

2 1/4 cups All-purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cups Butter, Softened
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Pumpkin Puree
1 whole Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 cup White Chocolate Chips





Preheat oven to 350ºF. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars. Add the pumpkin, egg, and vanilla and combine thoroughly. Slowly add the dry ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop spoonfuls of dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for a couple minutes on the cookie sheet. The recipe makes 36 small cookies or 18 large cookies.

Mandarin Pineapple Cake

1 box golden yellow cake mix I had a classic yellow cake mix here already with pudding in the mix
11oz can mandarin oranges use the juice also
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil Mix together thoroughly with a wire whisk
Bake in a 13x9 pan i sprayed it with butter flavored Pam.

350 oven it took exactly 22 mins in my oven

Let cool
Topping---------
1 12 oz cool whip
1 small box instant french vanilla pudding
1 large can crushed pineapple use the juice also
Mix together by hand make sure you mix it really well
Chill well covered in the fridge

Fried Peanut Butter "Nana" Sandwiches

For each sandwich:

2 pieces of sandwich bread
peanut butter
half a banana sliced into "coins"
cinnamon
powdered sugar
butter

Heat skillet with a dollop or so of butter, not too much to make bread soggy but enough to toast it well.

Take 2 pieces of bread and put peanut butter on each side. Place banana slices on one side, put together as sandwich.


While frying one side, sprinkle cinnamon on "raw" buttered top piece. Then flip and do the same.


It is done when it looks toasty enough for you and peanut butter is melted.

Plate it with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.

Your grandchildren will think you are genius and didn't know you just didn't feel like baking a cake. ;)

Banana Nut Bread

I erased the other recipe, it sucked compared to this one.


4-6 mashed bananas
2 c all purpose flour
2 large eggs
1/2 c white sugar
1/2 c light brown sugar
1/2 c oil
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 c crushed pecans

Preheat oven to 350.
Spray Pam into loaf pans, I use the 3 for 1.00 size you get for Walmart, (aluminum throw away, you can re-use them a bunch though). This is the cooking time I give for, may take more or less depending on if you use a big loaf pan or mini loaf pans.



Mix together sugars, oil and eggs.
Add mashed bananas, mix more.
Add rest of dry ingredients, mix in.
Stir in pecans.

Bake for about 45 minutes (in pans like I use)

This bread is SO moist and flavorful.
You can wrap it cooled in saran wrap then aluminum foil and freeze it for later.

Enjoy!