Craisins Salad

I LOVE this salad! I got the recipe out of the The Essential Mormon Cookbook.

Craisins Salad

1 head red leaf lettuce
1 head green leaf lettuce
1 head iceberg lettuce
1 (8 oz) package shredded mozzarella cheese
1 (8oz) package shredded Parmesan cheese
1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 (8 oz) package Craisins
1 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1 recipe Crasins Salad Dressing (see below)

Break red and green leaf lettuce into pieces. Shred iceberg lettuce. Toss together with the other ingredients just before serving. Pass dressing with salad.

Craisins Salad Dressing

1/2 cup red wind vinegar
1 cup sugar
1/2 onion. chopped
2 teaspoons mustard
1 cup salad oil

In blender mix all ingredients, except oil. Add oil and blend again.

Gingerbread or Gingercake

Years ago gingerbread was often served as bread with supper and this bread reminds me of the bread they bring to your table at Mimi's Cafe. Soup and gingerbread make a great combination. With four more tablespoons of sugar added, the flavors are more dessertlike, and the gingerbread becomes Gingercake.

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon group cloves
1 cup boiling water

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and lightly flour a 7 x 11-inch baking dish.

Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until creamy and blended. Add the egg and molasses and mix well. Add the flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, and beat until well blended. Stir in the boiling water and quickly pour into the baking dish. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake, or the sides of the cake shrink a little around the edge of the baking dish. Serve warm.

Katy's Oatmeal Kookies

1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Vegetable Shortening
2 Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla
2 Tbsp Milk
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
2 cups Quick Oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease cookie sheet. Beat shortening and sugars until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla and milk; mix well. Combine flour, baking powder baking soda and salt. Add to shorening mixture; mix well. Stir in oatmeal and Additions** if desired. Using rounded tablespoons, spoon drops of dough onto prepared cookie sheet, placing 2 inches apart. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Let stand 5 minutes before removing to racks to cool.

Additions**: 1 cup Chocolate Chips or Peanut Butter Chips*;
OR 1 cup Raisins and 1 cup Chopped Walnuts or Pecans; OR 2 cups Coconut

Chile Verde