3 Cups Flour 1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking soda 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon
2 Cups Sugar 2 Cups Pumpkin
4 Eggs, beaten 1 1/2 Cups Oil
1/2 Cup Nut, chopped
Mix dry ingredients in large bowl. Make a well in center and add the other ingredients. Stir enough to mix well. Pour into 2 ungreased loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
Brown Sugar Apple Pie
2 Pie crusts, one for the bottom crust and one for the top
1/2 Cup Sugar 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
1/2 Cup Brown sugar 1/8 tsp. Salt
2 Tbsp. Flour 6 Cups thinly sliced peeled cooking apples
3/4 tsp. Cinnamon 1 Tbsp. Butter or margarine, cut up
Prepare the two crusts, placing one in a 9-inch pie plate. Roll the second crust into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. Cut slits to allow steam to escape. Cover flattened pastry and set aside.
In a large bowl stir together the sugars, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add the apples and toss to coat. Transfer apple mixture to the pastry-lined pie plate. Dot filling with butter. Trim pastry to the edge of pie plate. Place top pastry crust over filling. Trim to 1/2 inch beyond edge of plate. Fold top pastry under bottom pastry. Crimp edge as desired. To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of pie with foil. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake 25 minutes longer or until golden and bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.
Cookie Press Sugar Cookies
1 1/2 Cups Butter or Margarine, softened
1 Cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 1/2 Cups Flour
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, beat butter on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy. Add sugar, egg and vanilla; beat well. Add flour, 1 cup at a time; mix well. Dough will be soft; do not refrigerate. Fill cookie press, fitted with disk of your choice, with dough. Press dough onto cookie sheet 1 inch apart. Decorate cookies with colored sugar or sprinkles, if desired. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until firm but not brown. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes 6 to 7 dozen cookies.
Thumbprint Cookies
1 batch of Cookie Press Sugar Cookie dough prepared according to directions
Finely chopped pecans
Jam of your choice
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and roll into the pecans; place on cookie sheet. Make a well in the center of each cookie, using either your thumb or melon baller. Fill each well with a teaspoonful of jam. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until firm but not brown. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.
Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
1 batch of Cookie Press Sugar Cookie dough prepared according to directions
1 Cup Mini-Chocolate chips
Powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare dough as directed; stir in mini-chocolate chips. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until firm but not brown. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet. Roll each cookie in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack.
