Annie's Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup pumpkin
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl-cream sugar and shortening together well.
Add egg, vanilla and pumpkin mixing in until well blended.
Sift together next 5 ingredients; and then add to pumpkin mixture.
Fold in walnuts.
Drop teaspoons of dough onto parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.
Cool completely and ice.

Icing

1/2 cup brown sugar
3 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. milk
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

In a saucepan heat brown sugar, butter and milk until butter is all melted.
Remove from heat and stir in the powdered sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla. 


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No Bake Cookies (Aunt Donna C.)

1 stick of butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup mílk
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
3-3 1/2 cups oatmeal

Add the first five ingredients into a sauce pan.
Bríng to a rollíng boíl and contine cooking for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Add peanut butter ínto the hot míxture and stír untíl melted.
Add ín vanílla.
Míx ín the oats and beat like fudge until glossy.
Drop by tablespoons onto wax paper.Let cool untíl set. (about 1/2 hour).

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Wrapped in "Foil Sandwiches"

12 Homemade Buns

Filling
1/2 pound chipped or shaved ham
3 hard boiled eggs(chopped)
1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup ketchup
1/8 tsp. onion powder
1/8 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350°.
Cut 12 sheets of aluminum foil (enough to cover a completed sandwich).
Mix remaining Filling ingredients together in a large mixing bowl well.
Split buns in half with a serrated knife.
Spoon Filling Mixture evenly among the 12 Buns.
Wrap each sandwich in foil.
Place on cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

This is a great item to have at a luncheon, picnic or "just because".

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cookies made with Chips and Walnuts

2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter flavored Crisco shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
12 oz. bag chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine flour, soda and salt---and set aside.
Combine in large mixing bowl, Crisco and  sugars, beat until creamy.
Add vanilla and eggs and blend well.
Add the dry ingredients, mix in well then stir in the chocolate chips.
On 2 parchment lined (or ungreased ) cookie sheets, drop by heaping tablespoons.
Bake for 14 minutes.

This recipe makes 2 dozen large Chocolate Chip Cookies.
If you would like a smaller cookie, drop by rounded teaspoon and reduce baking time to 11-12 minutes.
***Another variation I like to make with this recipe (that you can see in the above photo,) is the addition of walnuts. I substitute 1 cup chocolate chips and 1 cup chopped walnuts for the 12 oz. bag of chocolate chips. Oh so nutty and delicious! Give it a try!!!

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"Chick"en Paprikas

3 Tbsp shortening
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
1 1/2 Tbsp Hungarian sweet paprika
1 cup water
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 chicken bouillon cube
1/2 tsp garlic powder (just don't tell my sister Barb)
8 chicken thighs, skins removed (if you like legs, you can use 4 legs and 4 thighs)
1/2 cup milk
1/2-3/4 cup sour cream 
2 Tbsp flour
A double batch of spaetzle

Day before: (your choice)
Prepare spaetzle a day ahead, drain well, and store in a covered casserole in the refrigerator. This saves you from making everything on the same day and helps the noodles to be firmer.

Day of dinner:
Melt shortening in a large skillet or dutch oven over medium-low heat.
Add onions and celery and brown slowly.
After browning, add skinless chicken pieces, bone side down, cover with lid, and cook for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, turn chicken, sprinkle the chicken pieces with the paprika, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. 
Cover and cook for 10 minutes more. After this 10 minutes, add 1 cup water and the two chicken bouillon and continue to cook over medium-low heat with lid on for another 10 minutes.

* **After 10 minutes, when it comes to a boil, reduce temperature to low.***Continue cooking with lid on for an additional 35  minutes.
Remove chicken pieces to a casserole, cover and keep warm.

In a gravy shaker, add 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 or 3/4 cup sour cream, and 2 Tbsp flour.
Shake well and add to liquid in pan.
Cook over medium heat until it starts to thicken slightly.
Add the prepared spaetzle and toss gently and heat through.
When hot, layer the chicken pieces right on top of spaetzle, if serving from skillet.
If serving on a very large platter, pour the very hot spaetzle in the center of the platter and arrange the chicken pieces around the edges.

Makes 4 generous servings or 8 smaller servings.

My Grandma Chick taught her daughter-in-law, my mother Anna, how to make this for my dad. It's the best "chick"en dish I've ever eaten or made.

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