These are my favorite cookies to make. I make them so often that I actually don't need to look at the recipe any more.

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Yield: 4 dozen

Ingredients

1 cup White Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Softened Butter
2 Eggs
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
3 cup Flour
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking soda
1 heaping cup...

Pumpkin pie is my Dad's favorite pie. Growing up my Mom would make one for Dad and one for everyone else. I still make the base recipe that my Mom uses quite often but sometimes I need to amp up the pie a bit, check out the substitution listed below.

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Crust Ingredients

2 Tbsp Sugar
2 cups flou...

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Crust Ingredients

2 Tbsp Sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup lard (in most stores you can buy Tenderflake lard right next to the shortening). I know it sounds horrible to use lard, but it really makes the best crusts!
6-7 Tbsp Ice cold vodka

Crust Directions

  1. Place dry ingredients...

This is a great way to make pumpkin pie fit in the palm of your hand.

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Ingredients

1 pkg. Phyllo dough, defrosted
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
1 egg, beaten
1 cup white sugar (or half brown /half white)
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Cloves
Pinch of nutmeg
1 cup chopped pe...

Sometimes even my sweet tooth needs a change from the chocolate and this lemon tart does the job! These were a big hit at the big fundraiser held for my school. My students made 300 of these beautiful little flowers and 300 of the mini 2 bite brownies as well and there was not a crumb leftover.

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