Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Homemade Oreo Cookies

Homemade Oreo Cookies

COOKIES:

1 devil's food cake mix
1/2 c. shortening
2 eggs

Mix the above ingredients together. Roll the dough into dime-sized balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Cool cookies.

FROSTING:
8 oz. cream cheese

1/2 square butter
2 tsp. vanilla
2 to 4 c. powdered sugar

Mix all of frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost BACKS of cookies and place together to make sandwich cookie.

White Texas Sheet Cake

White Texas Sheet Cake

1 c butter
1 c water
2 c flour
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 c sour cream
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

In a large saucepan, melt together butter and water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, salt and baking soda. Beat until smooth. Pour into a greased 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Bake at 375 for 18-22 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes.

Frosting

Combine:
1/4 c butter
4 1/2 c powdered sugar
1/2 tsp almond extract
water or milk to the right consistency

Spread over warm cake.