Candy Bar Salad

Ingredients:

1 large 16 ounce carton of whipped topping
1 small box of powdered vanilla instant pudding
1 large (King Size) frozen candy bar
1 granny smith apple

You should really plan to make this salad weekly throughout the summer so you can try a different kind of candy bar each week. Our personal favorites are Butterfingers, Baby Ruth and Snickers.
I just keep a bunch of candy bars in the freezer for when the motivation for this meal hits.

Directions:

1. Freeze the candy bar
2. Put the candy bar into a zip lock bag and hit with a hammer or meat tenderizer to break ti apart into small pieces
3. Peel and core the apple
4. Cut the apple into small pieces
5. Mix everything together
6. Put in the fridge for at least an hour

Peanut Butter Squares

1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c corn syrup
1 c peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla

Melt ingredients together. Put the 1 cup rice crispies and 2 cups corn flakes in a large bowl.
Pour the melted stuff on top and stir well to combine..
Spread into a 9x9-inch greased pan. Put 1/2 half a package of chocolate chips on top and then put the pan in a warm oven to melt the chocolate. When melted, you can spread the chocolate all over the top like a frosting. Cool a bit, then cut into squares and serve.

Aggression Cookies

GG got this recipe from a friend- they were served to us when we visited one day. (and since I love oatmeal cookies I had my mom get the recipe-LS)

Ingredients:
3 c brown sugar, packed
3 c margarine
6 c uncooked oatmeal
1 tsp soda
3 c flour

Directions:

• with clean hands, mash, knead and squeeze all ingredients until well mixed and a firm dough
• form into small balls
• place on ungreased cookie sheets
• dip the bottom of a small water glass into granulated sugar and flatten each ball
• bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes

Anytime there was an opportunity for boys to cook - this was my recipe of choice. I let Birke's cub pack make them and also Kirt's scouts. Boys love to get their hands all messy with cookie dough. When having the boys make the cookies we make a slight adjustment- instead of making lots of little balls I have them form the cookie dough into 3 long tubes, we wrap them in waxed paper and pop them into the freezer for slice and bake cookies later. When we want to get really exotic I have them add chocolate chips, or raisins, or both.

Fruit Cocktail Dessert

GG makes this easy and very tasty dessert quite often. It is yummy!

1 cup flour
1 c sugar
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 15 ounce can of fruit cocktail (undrained)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Grease a 9 x 9 pan
Put all the ingredients in a bowl and stir.
Pour into the pan.
Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar with 1/2 cup chopped nuts and sprinkle them on top.
Bake at 325 for approximately 35 minutes.
Serve with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on top.

Matt Hawkins & Birke Stout at the reunion 2010

Birke turns 21

Colorful Popcorn Balls

Color them with different flavors/colors of Jello for different holidays

9 cups popped popcorn
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 package (10 ounces) large marshmallows
6 tbsp fruit-flavored gelatin (lime for St. Patrick's Day)

Place popcorn in a large bowl; set aside. In a saucepan, melt butter and marshmallows over low heat. Stir in gelatin until dissolved. Pour over popcorn and toss to coat. When cool enough to handle, lightly butter hands and quickly shape mixture into balls. Yield: 1 dozen
You can also just press into a pan and cut them.

You could also just color the butter green with food coloring.

N.Y. Cheese Cake

2 graham cracker crusts

Mix together 2 large and 1 small cream cheese, 1 c sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 2 eggs, then blend in 1 pint of sour cream. Put in pie shells and bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
Cool, serve with cherry or blueberry pie filling.