Soft Sugar Cookies

3/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. karo Syrup
1/2 c. shortning
1/4 c. butter

1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c. milk

1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder (really 4 tsp)
1/2 tsp soda
3 1/4 c. flour

1. Mix first 4 ingredients.
2. Add egg, vanilla and milk and mix.
3. Add dry ingredients.

Don't over mix. Refriderate atleast 1 hour before rolling and cutting into desired shapes.

Bake at 350 degrees / time varies on size and thickness of cookies, approx 8 minutes.

Cool and frost. I prefer canned vanilla frosting for these.

Just a really tasty cake

Because sometimes you want cake without the frosting. This is tasty and you can tell yourself it's not so bad, cause it's got a lot of sugar free stuff...except the cake mix.

1 box of Duncan Hines Devil Food cake mix.

1 can of Diet Pepsi (I used Pepsi Max)

A bit of water

Mix cake mix and can of diet soda. Add water as needed until you get to the right cake batter consistency. Pour into baking pan. Bake as directed. Let cool.

1 small box of sugar free Jell-o cheesecake pudding

Make as directed (skim milk) and as soon as it starts to thicken, but not set, spread over cake.

Then top the cake with sugar free cool whip.

Refrigerate until nice and chilled!

Heavenly.

Lemon Cream Cheese Poundcake

Doesn't the name of it sound so tempting?  "Would you like some lemon cream cheese poundcake?" Who would say no to that? I stole this from some blog and made it.  It was delicious. Mine looked better than the one pictured here (picture also stolen from blog) but I was too busy eating it to take a picture.


Lemon Cream Cheese Poundcake

2 sticks butter, softened (1 cup)
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
zest of two lemons
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/4 cups flour

With your mixer, combine butter, cream cheese, and sugar until nicely whipped.  Add in eggs one at a time, mixing to incorporate.  Continue mixing, while adding the zest, juice, vanilla, baking powder and salt.  Slowly add in your flour until everything is mixed.

In two greased bread pans (or four small bread pans) divide your batter evenly.  Bake at 325 for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the size of your loaves.  When a fork or toothpick inserted, comes out clean, your bread is done.

Immediately, brush tops of bread with extra lemon juice.  Then, make a glaze.

Lemon Glaze
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla

Once mixed together, pour over your bread loaves.  It will be absorbed quickly.  When cool, slice and serve.