Banana Bread
Ingredients: White sugar, margarine, eggs, bananas, all-purpose flour, baking soda
Carrot Cake Muffins
These moist carrot cake muffins aren't overly sweet, making them perfect for an on-the-go breakfast or an after-school treat. You can sprinkle the muffins with a cinnamon-sugar mixture before baking if you like.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
The key to the best chocolate chip cookies is in the details. Here, that means simmering melted butter until the milk solids turn golden brown and give off a nutty aroma. Don’t even think about straining out those brown bits: they’re imbued with toasty, rich flavor that will enhance the cookies’ caramel-like notes.
Classic Butter Balls Cookies
The page shares a classic Italian butter ball cookie recipe, which is a family favorite and surprisingly easy to make.
Ingredients: The cookies are made with butter, powdered sugar, flour, vanilla, and chopped walnuts. After baking, they are rolled in powdered sugar.
Serving: The recipe yields 25 to 30 cookies..
Grandma's Lace Cookies
Ingredients: Butter, white sugar, beaten egg, quick cooking oats, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, salt, and baking powder.
The recipe yields about 10 cookies
Outrageous Brownies
Ingredients: Includes unsalted butter, semisweet chocolate chips, unsweetened chocolate, extra-large eggs, instant coffee granules, pure vanilla extract, sugar, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, and chopped walnuts.
Spiced Rum Fruitcake
Ingredients: The recipe includes all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, chopped walnuts, pitted dates, maraschino cherries, dried mangoes, eggs, brown sugar, and spiced rum.
Storage: The fruitcake can be made weeks ahead and stored in a cool, dry place. It tastes better with time.
St. Louis Style Gooey Butter Cake
This cake is a rich and sweet dessert that's a local favorite in St. Louis.
Ingredients: The recipe calls for butter, yellow cake mix, eggs, cream cheese, almond or vanilla extract, and confectioners' sugar.
Wyoming Cowboy Cookies
These cookies are known for their crispy edges and chewy centers, making them a delightful treat for any occasion.
Ingredients: The recipe includes sweetened shredded coconut, chopped pecans, old-fashioned oats, chocolate chips, butter, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt.