Recipe: Cowboy Cookies

Ever wonder what to do with that left-over box of bran flake cereal? Well – here ya go!  Make some Cowboy Cookies. 
Cowboy Cookies
2 ¼ cups shortening
2 cups sugar
2 ½ cups brown sugar
5 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
¾ cup chunky peanut butter
4 ½ cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3 cups rolled oats
2 ½ [...]

Recipe: Chocolate Crescent Bars

This is a simple, easy recipe for something chocolaty. Five little ingredients, quick prep and 20 minutes later – you have a treat! What more could you ask for? Well – someone else to make them for you, I guess.
Chocolate Crescent Bars
1 package 8 oz. crescent dinner rolls
2/3 cup (packed) brown sugar
2/3 cup butter
1 to [...]

Recipe: Lemon Squares

My mother received this recipe from her friend Diane Davenport way back in 1977. How do I know that? It says so in the top right corner of the recipe page in my spiral bound notebook of dessert recipes. Mom hand wrote all her recipes back in 1981 in a book for me because I’m [...]