Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 c shortening
1 1/2 c sugar
3/4 c brown sugar
3 eggs
3+ c flour
1 1/2 t salt
1 1/2 t soda
3 t vanilla
1 pkg chocolate chips

Cream together shortening and sugars. Add eggs. Add 3 c flour. Add remaining dry ingredients. Add vanilla. Add chips. Add more flour if needed to obtain correct consistency. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 11-12 minutes at 375 degrees.

Oatmeal Cookies

3 c flour
2 t Salt
2 c shortening
1 1/2 c brown sugar
1 1/2 c sugar
2 t vanilla
2 t soda
2 T hot water
4 c quick oats
4 eggs
OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS: 1 c raisins, chocolate chips, etc.
Cream together sugar and shortening. Add eggs one at a time. Dissolve soda in hot water and add to mixture a little at a time, alternating with dry ingredients. Mix oats in with wooden spoon. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

Peanut Butter Candy

1 pkg graham crackers (in crumbs)
1 pkg powdered sugar (approx. 3 c)
3 c peanut butter
1 c butter (room temp)
1 lg Hershey bar

Mix sugar and crumbs. Add peanut butter and butter. Mix all together and press onto cookie sheet. Melt Hershey bar and spread over top.

Tastes like Cup of Gold. Keep refrigerated!

Pumpkin Cookies

2 eggs
2 C pumpkin
1 1/2 c shortening
2 t vanilla
1 1/2 c chopped nuts (optional)
12 oz pk butterscotch chips
Dry ingredients:
1 t salt
3 c flour
1 1/2 c sugar
2 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t nutmeg
2 t cinnamon

Cream sugar and shortening together. Add eggs one at a time and mix until creamy. Add pumpkin, and mix thoroughly. Add dry ingredients until mixed. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.

Lea's Rocky Road Candy

1 cube butter
12 oz bag milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 cups marshmallows
nuts

In a large saucepan, melt butter and chips. When completely melted, take off heat and add marshmallows and nuts - stir to coat marshmallows completely. Spread mixture into a buttered 9X13 pan and refrigerate until solid. Cut into squares and enjoy.

"Cheater" Pepper Jack Potato Soup

Soup is ready in about an hour.

2 cans cream of potato soup
2 cans water
1 pt cream
2 c milk
1 c onions, finely chopped
1 c potatoes, finely diced
1/2 c butter
pepper to taste
bacon, chopped, to taste

In large saucepan, cook bacon to desired crispness. Remove to napkin covered plate to drain grease. Add potatoes and onions to bacon grease in pan and cook to desired doneness (about 5-10 minutes). Add the soup and the 2 cansful of water to the crockpot and turn on high. Add remaining, except the cheese, and the potatoes, onions, and bacon. Stir until bubbly. Add optional cubes of pepper jack and stir until melted.

Pepper Jack Potato Soup

2 c water
1 c onions, finely chopped
1 c potatoes, diced into chunks
1/2 t sugar
3/4 c butter
3/4 c flour
1 pt cream
1 pt milk
1 1/2 t salt
pepper to taste
bacon, chopped, to taste
1 sm pkg pepper jack cheese (optional), cubed

Traditional:
In large saucepan, cook bacon to desired crispness. Remove bacon to napkin covered plate to drain grease. Add water to bacon fat and stir. Add potatoes and onions, cook until done (about 15 minutes). Add the remaining ingredients, except 1/2 cup milk, cheese, and the flour. Cook and stir until bubbly. In the meantime, mix remaining milk and flour. Pour into saucepan and stir. Add optional cheese cubes. Stir until melted.

Crock Pot:
In a large saudepan, cook bacon to desired crispness. Remove bacon to napkin covered plate to drain grease. Add water to bacon fat and stir. Add potatoes and onions, cook until done (about 15 minutes). Put remaining ingredients into crock pot and turn on low. Add bacon and potato mixture. Cover and simmer for at least 6 hours (8 is better). Just before serving, add optional cheese cubes. Stir until melted.