Aunt Cheryl Ruth (Ruthie) Allred

Ruthie's Sugar Cookies

1/2 Cup white sugar                               2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup soften butter                               1/2 salt

2 Eggs

      Mix all of these with a wire whisk until well blended.  Add to mixture:

2 and a half cups flour,  Use hands to add last of flour if needed.  Place in bowl and refrigerate for a hour.  

Then roll to 1/4 inch and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 mins, cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.   This recipe will yield about 25 cookies, so I like to double it. 

Cream cheese frosting

1 package cream cheese softened       1 Tablespoon milk

3 Teaspoons of vanilla                            3-4 cups of powder sugar

1/2 stick butter softened

Combine all ingredients but start with 2-3 cups powdered sugar, and add to taste and texture. Add food color and candy to make more decorative. Frost and enjoy!  YUM!!!!

3-Ingredient White Chocolate Oreo Truffles

Yields: 40 truffles

Ingredients

• 36 Oreo cookies (with filling)
• 8 oz/227 g cream cheese, at room temperature
• 12 oz/340 g white chocolate, melted

Instructions

1. Process Oreo cookies in a food processor until finely ground. If you don’t have a food processor, place cookies in a plastic bag and crush finely using a rolling pin.
2. In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until well combined. Refrigerate mixture for about an hour, then shape into 1-inch/2.5-cm balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Freeze until firm, about one hour (freezing will make the balls firm and easier to dip into the chocolate).
3. Using two forks, dip and coat balls with melted white chocolate and place on parchment paper. Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs. Place in the fridge for 10 minutes, until chocolate hardens.
4. Keep in the refrigerator and serve chilled, so the chocolate won’t melt. Truffles will keep for up to 4 days in an airtight container.
5. Drizzle melted milk chocolate over the top and Wallah the best cookies around, we used to give these to neighbors over Christmas time, but my kids have a hard time not eating them all, they are still learning to share!!!!
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8. Crockpot Reece's Lava Fudge Cake
   
   
   
   

   THE CAKE

   1. 1 Box of Yellow Cake Mix,
   2. 1 Cup of Water.
   3. 3 Eggs.
   4. 1/2 Cup of Creamy Peanut Butter.  I like to use Smiths Natural peanut butter, in the bulk section, it's cheaper and tastes better.
   5. 1/3 Cup of Unsalted Butter, Softened.
   6. 1/2 Cup of Chocolate Syrup.

   The Topping

   1. 3 Tablespoons of Creamy Peanut Butter.  Again the natural peanut butter is the BEST
   2. 3 Tablespoons of Milk.
   3. 1 Cup of Powdered Sugar.
   4. 2 Tablespoons of Chocolate Syrup.
   5. 10-12 Miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Halved.

   FOR THE CAKE

   1. Spray your slow cooker with baker's spray and turn your slow cooker on high to preheat.
   2. In a large bowl, place your cake mix, water, eggs, peanut butter, and butter and beat until well mixed.
   3. Remove 2/3 of a cup of the cake batter and place into a separate small bowl and stir in 1/2 cup of the chocolate syrup, set aside.
   4. Now pour in about half of the remaining cake batter into your crockpot, then pour all of the cake batter/chocolate syrup mixture on top of the batter in the crockpot.
   5. Now pour the remaining cake batter into your crockpot and with a knife swirl the cake batter with the chocolate syrup/cake batter mixture.
   6. Place the cover on top of your crockpot and bake on high for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 1 hour and 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
   7. Remove the ceramic pot from the base and let cool a bit while you make the topping.

   FOR THE TOPPING (OPTIONAL)

   1. In a small bowl, mix all of the ingredients together except the miniature Reese's drizzle over your warm cake and throw on some miniature Reese's for good measure and enjoy!

This recipe is solid gold, the kids love this one for their birthday's it never last long.  Can you tell I am a bit of a sugar addict?