Sour Cream Pound Cake

1 cup butter

3 cups sugar

6 eggs

1 Tbsp vanilla

1/4 tsp. almond extract

1/2 pint sour cream(8oz)

3 cups flour

1tsp baking powder

1tsp salt

Cream butter, sugar, eggs and extract( use lemon if you don't like almond) till fluffy

Add dry ingredients and sour cream alternately till mixed. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake 325degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until done

Peanut Butter Balls

Peanut Butter Balls...

2 cups creamy peanut butter
1 lb. box/bag powdered sugar
1 stick of butter
Chocolate chips

cream together first 3 ingredients, roll in melted chips.  Walah!

Southern Biscuits and Jam Christmas Basket

This was my idea for Christmas baskets this year... I put some biscuit mix in a jar, and some jams in the basket, I also had my four-year-old make ornaments to keep it festive.  I've titled it Southern Biscuit and Jam Breakfast Basket because I just had an idea... I've always given Jam as gifts... usually Georgia Peach since I've been in GA.  I also have some Blueberry Jam in these!  I will fill them with round peppermint candies just so that they look really full and have included directions to make the biscuits as well as a Christmas greeting and signature at the bottom.

Great Grandma Lindsey's Chocolate Cake

Every year at Daddy's birthday, and usually around Reagan's, we make this chocolate cake.  TRUST ME!  It's much better than ANY mix and way worth the time!  :)  Tonight we are celebrating birthdays with giving presents, eating Israeli Salad, Swedish Chicken, and Watermelon, followed by Cake and Ice Cream!!!  YUMMO!!!  Enjoy! Cream 1/2 cup crisco 2 cups sugar and 1/2 cup cocoa Add 1/2 cup buttermilk 11/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 2 level cups regular flour then add 1 cup boiling water (let cool for a few minutes after adding, and alternate the hot water and flour-- it gets really thick if you don't) add 2 beat eggs and 1 tsp. vanilla Bake 325 I use Duncan Hines' icing, but if you want to make it homemade: Glace 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup sugar, milk to moisten, Beat when thick

Another Cinnamon Roll recipe

Cinnamon Roll Biscuits

• 4 1/2 cups Homemade Baking Mix
• 1 1/3 cup milk
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar or raw sugar
• 2 Tablespoons cinnamon

Glaze (I made a little extra since we like lots of glaze around here!)

• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 2-3 Tablespoons milk

Combine Baking Mix and milk. Turn onto a well-floured surface and knead at least ten times (the dough will be sticky). Roll dough out into a rectangle.

Melt butter and brush over rolled out dough. Mix together cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over melted butter. Roll up and cut into 12 rolls.

Place in a greased baking pan and bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Mix glaze ingredients together and drizzle over Cinnamon Roll Biscuits as soon as they come out of the oven. Serve warm.

Cinnamon Rolls

I'm going to make these with Wheat biscuits and Splenda... I'm sure they will be good for me then... :)

Rolls:

2 cans of buttermilk biscuits (5 per can)
1/2 stick butter
1/4 cup cinnamon
1/2 cup of sugar or Splenda
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Icing:

powdered sugar
milk

Preheat oven at 350°F.

Separate biscuits from can and pat each one down to flatten. Overlapping each biscuit make two rows (there should be two rows of five over lapping each other).

In a small bowl, melt butter and mix in the cinnamon, sugar and vanilla extract. Brush generously over biscuits coating entire surface. Roll the biscuits to form a 6-8 inch log. Cut both ends off, then cut 2 inch slices.

Place in cake pan, forming a circle and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.

In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar and milk to the consistency of thick syrup. Once rolls are cooked, remove from oven and drizzle the icing all over the rolls.

Let stand for about 10 minutes or until icing hardens.

Cucumber Salad

1 c. plain yogurt

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 T. dried mint

1 T. dried parsley

1/2t. salt

1/4 t. pepper

4 cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced.

Garnish with a fresh mint sprig.

Stir together yogurt and next 5 ingredients. Add cucumbers and toss. Garnish if desired.