Do you have errands to run and have to be gone for a few hours?  How about getting dessert started before you leave? 

1 chocolate cake mix

1 box instant pudding mix

4 eggs

1 pint of sour cream

3/4 cup oil

1 cup water

6 oz. chocolate chips

Mix and pour into  crockpot on low.  Cook for 6-8 hrs.  Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.  DELICIOUS!!!

Now if you really want to make it easy on yourself, tear or chop up some lettuce and add leftovers from the frig.  This could be ham, chicken, tuna, carrots, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, grated cheese, chopped bacon, mushrooms, you name it.  That could be your main course with your choice of dressing.  Now you have dessert and your main course ready to serve. Just pop it into the frig until you get home.

Be stress free and enjoy!

Gogi

Here is a quick bread for breakfast or a brunch.

3 cups baking mix

1/3 cup sugar

3 eggs

3 T. grated orange peel

3/4 cup orange juice (fresh or frozen)

3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Orange glaze:

Makes one loaf 9x5x3- preheat oven 350 degrees

Mix baking mix, sugar, eggs, orange peel and orange juice and beat 1/2 minute on slow speed.  Beat another 2 1/2 minutes on medium.  Stir in nuts and bake for 55 to 60 minutes.

Orange glaze: Mix 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter or margarine melted, 1 T. grated orange peel, 1 T. orange juice.  Mix thoroughly…  If needed add more juice.

Try this some morning with a great cup of your favorite coffee!

Gogi

I just finished making the crust for a cookie pizza.  I took a package of sugar cookie mix from the cupboard, mixed as directed and spread it on an ungreased round pizza pan and baked according to directions.  It is cooling now and later I will put the topping on it. 

1 8 ounce package of cream cheese softened

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts

Mix together first 3 ingredients and spread on cooled crust.  Sprnkle peanuts over top.  Take chocolate ice cream or carmel topping and drizzle across the top.  Makes a great snack or dessert for family or company.  Refrigerate leftovers.

If you are going to eat this right away, slice some granny apples, dip in lemon juice and scatter across the top of pizza before adding the topping.  I prefer not to unless I know it is going to be used right away because the apples might not look so great after a while even if you dipped them. 

Enjoy,

Gogi

Combine 1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cuup brown ssugar

2 unbeaten eggs

Sift together

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

Add to creamed mixture above.

Then add to that mixture

1 cup coconut

1 cup oats

i tsp. vanilla

Drop from a spoon onto a greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

This is  a really quick and inexpensive recipe to make.  You can add raisins, nuts, cranraisins, or any other cut up dried fruits or just leave it plain.

LIKE I ALWAYS SAY- BE CREATIVE!!!

Gogi

1 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup molasses

2 cup flour

2 cup chopped walnuts

 powdered sugar

Bake 325 degrees for 20 minutes.

Roll into approx 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet.  Remove from oven to rack and cool.  Roll in powdered sugar.

I do not know where this recipe came from but I have had it for a very loooooooooong time!.  It is great.

Gogi

2   8 ounce pkgs. shredded coconut

1   15 ounce can sweetened condensed milk

2    tsp. vanilla

Mix ingedients.  Drop from teaspoon onto well greased cookie sheet (or use brown paper liner).  Bake 10-12  minutes.  Cool slightly and remove from pan to rack.  Bake at 350 degrees.  Makes about 4 dozen.

This is certainly an easy recipe and very, very good.  This was given to me by a friend, Judy Boyd, who moved away a few years ago to North Carolina.  We miss her but still get to taste her wonderful recipe.

Thanks Judy.

Enjoy

Gogi