Sweet Fest
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Nancy's Chocolate Treats
From Nancy B., 13, Missouri

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Crisco(sticks of butter)
• 1 1/4 cups sifted flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pkg. choc. chips
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk

How to make it!

Mix till light and fluffy in mixer. In separate bowl mix flour, salt and baking soda. Fold half of flour mixture into mixer. Roll with rolling pin.Melt choc. chips in pan. Cool slightly, then spread over dough. Roll it like a jelly roll. Chill 1/2 hour. Slice cookies 1/4 inch thick. Put on a cookie sheet, grease and bake at 375 in oven 8-10 mins. Take out of oven and let cool for 2 mins. Then eat!

Chantel's Italian Sugar Cookies
From Chantel C., 14, Colorado

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup of butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cup of sugar
• 3 cups of flour
• 3 tsp. of vanilla
• 3 tsp. of baking powder
• 8 tsp. aniseed*

How to make it!

• 1) Beat eggs; beat in sugar and vanilla
• 2) Beat in butter
• 3) Sift flour and baking powder together; stir into butter mixture
• 4) Add aniseed; mix to easily handled dough
• 5) Roll with palms of hands into 4 long rolls
• 6) Place on a cookie sheet
• 7) Bake at 350 degrees, until lightly brown; about 20 minutes
• 8) Slice diagonally while hot
• 9) Enjoy!
• *Aniseed is a spice that smells and tastes like licourice
• Makes 5-6 servings

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  Home-made Peanut Butter cookies:
  From Kristina A

  Ingredients

  • 2 & 1/2 cups of flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1 cup fat (margarine, butter or shortening)
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown suger, packed
  • 2 eggs

  How to make it!

  • Mix flour,salt and baking soda. Set aside.
  • Mix fat and peanut butter.
  • Add both kinds of sugar. Mix well together.
  • Add eggs and beat well.
  • Stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture.
  • Drop dough from a teaspoon on baking pan.
  • Flatten with a fork.
  • Bake at 375F (moderate oven) 10 to 15 mintues until lightly browned.
  • Makes 4 to 5 dozen cookies..

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  Banana Bread Bonanza!
  From Tracy-Lee I., 10, Quebec, Canada

  Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups of flour
  • 2 spoons of baking soda
  • 2/3 cups of sugar
  • 1/3 cup of shortening or butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup of squashed bananas(about 3)

  How to make it!

  • Mix all the ingredients together.
  • Put all the ingredients into a bread pan
  • Put the bread in the oven at 350'F for 1 hour
  • After an hour let the bread cool down.
  • Then sit down and enjoy!

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