Our Clan's Favorite Recipes

My daughter discovered this recipe the year I was diagnosed with a wheat allergy.  She makes two versions - one with regular flour and one with a cup for cup gluten-free flour.  It's super!  Great to take to pot luck dinners. Pumpkin Sheet Cake Ingredients:   16 oz can pumpkin 2 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs, beaten 2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 tsp. salt In a mixing bowl, beat the pumpkin, sugar and oil.  Add eggs and mix well.  Combine the dry ingredients and add to the pumpkin mixture, beating until well blended.  Pour into a greased 10×15 inch baking pan.  Bake for 25-35 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool the cake completely and then frost it with the cream cheese frosting.   Cream Cheese Frosting: 5 Tbs. butter, softened 3 oz cream cheese, softened 1 tsp. vanilla 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar 3-4 tsp. milk chopped nuts for the top, if desired Beat the butter and cream chees...

Chocolate Raspberry Sandwich Cookies makes about 24 sandwiches I got this from a website that is no longer available on the web.  Good thing I saved the recipe! For the cookies: 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil For filling: 6 ounces cream cheese, softened 3 Tablespoons butter, softened 1 teaspoon milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups powdered sugar 3 tablespoons raspberry jam (you can add an extra tablespoon of jam to make the color darker if desired) In a large mixing bowl add cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.  Stir together to combine.  In a small bowl add egg and vegetable oil.  Beat well with a fork.  Add egg mixture to flour mixture.  Beat with an electric mixer until all ingredients are well combined.  The dough will be thick ...

This is from a YW leader in Iona that Crystal and Savannah had.  She made it one year and the girls begged for the recipe. 3 c sugar 2/3 c evaporated milk 1 jar marshmallow creme 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 c butter 12 squares semisweet baking chocolate 1 c chopped walnuts Line a 9x9 pan with foil.  Place sugar, butter and milk in saucepan.  Bring to a boil stirring constantly.  Boil to 234* about 4 min.  Remove from heat.  Add marshmallow creme and chocolate squares.  Stir until melted.  Add vanilla and walnuts.  Mix well.  Pour into pan and let stand until completely cool.  (Abt 4 hours)  Cut into squares. Makes 3 lbs (about 40 pieces)

OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES (can make into bar cookies) Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter) 3 cups quick-cooking oats 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips Directions: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). (May increase to 335 F) In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth.  Cream butter and sugar until very light and fluffy 4 or 5 mins. if you like.  Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt;  Add the dry ingredients and mix by hand just 'till blended. This way your cookies will always stay nice and full.   Mix in the quick oats, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. ...