Gloria's Sweet Treats

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GLORIA'S SWEET TREATS

I bake when I am happy, I bake when I am sad, and I bake when it is Tuesday. Here are my favorite sweet recipes. Calories do not count on the Internet.

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~~ Sweet Recipes ~~

Blue Ribbon Snickerdoodles
Serves 4 dozen

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
Cinnamon sugar for rolling

Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the eggs, stir in the dry stuff. Roll into balls, roll the balls in cinnamon sugar, bake at 400 for 8 to 10 minutes. Won first place at the 1994 county fair.

Peanut Butter Fudge (No Fail)
Serves 36 squares

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1 jar marshmallow creme

Boil the sugar and milk for 3 minutes, stirring. Take off the heat, stir in the peanut butter and the marshmallow creme. Pour into a buttered pan. Hide it from your husband.

Frosted Sugar Cookie Cutouts
Serves 3 dozen

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
Powdered sugar frosting
Sprinkles!!!

Mix, chill 2 hours, roll out, cut into shapes, bake at 375 for 7 minutes. Frost when cool. Let the kids do the sprinkles and then sweep the whole kitchen.

Lime Jiggle Party Salad
Serves 12

2 boxes lime gelatin
1 can crushed pineapple
1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup mini marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Make the gelatin with a little less cold water than the box says. Chill until syrupy, stir in everything else, pour into a ring mold and chill overnight. Unmold onto lettuce. Everyone will ask what it is. Do not tell them.