Titi's Candied Yams

Ingredients:
5 large RED yams/sweet potatoes
1/2-3/4 cup light brown sugar
1 stick of butter
1 20 oz can of crushed pineapple juice, in pineapple juice; not syrup
Half a bag of mini marshmallows

Recipes:
Preheat oven at 450 degrees
Place the washed yams/sweet potatoes on a cookie sheet and into the oven
Bake until soft; turn them over partially through
Remove from the oven and peel once they have cooled.
Mash the yams/sweet potatoes
Add the light brown sugar and butter
Mix
Then add the pineapple, mix again
Place into a 350 degree oven to heat just the yam mixture
Once hot, add the marshmallows on top bake on top rack until marshmallows have browned

Titi's Pound Cake

Grease and flour pan bake 350 degrees – 1 hour
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 ½ cups milk
4 eggs
3 teas baking powder
3 cups flour
1 teas vanilla

Recipe
Whip sugar and butter, add eggs, whip till smooth, mix flour baking powder, add milk alternating with

flour mixture, mix, add vanilla, mix till smooth. Pour in pan bake till golden brown

Titi's Creme Caramel

8 eggs
6 cups milk
¼ teaspoon vanilla
10 Tbls sugar
Caramel (dark brown- not burnt)
1 cup sugar
½ cup water
2 Tbls lemon juice
¼ teas vanilla



Recipe
Cook on med-low heat
Place caramel in mold while hot and cover sides, let cool to harden
Whip all ingredients together and pour into mold on top of caramel
Bake in water bath 400 degrees till top is golden brown, cool, refrigerate overnight.

Tayta's Basboosa

24 oz sour cream
24 oz sugar
24 oz cream of wheat (farina)
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder

Recipe
Put in cookie sheet after greasing pan and let it sit for 3 hours.
Cook on 350 until golden brown.
Take out of oven and put 2 sticks of melted sweet butter on top. Let it soak in, so apply slowly.
Then put cooled sugar mixture on top slowly.
Sugar mixture is 1 or 2 cups sugar and 1 or 2 cups of water. When boiling squeeze half a lemon on mixture. Put on simmer for 10 minutes then let cool.

Tayta's Kahk

2 cups sweet butter or Crisco - Blend together until smooth
1 cup half & half or milk or water - Blend in until smooth (add slowly)
5 cups flour
½ teaspoon vanilla extract – Add with milk
2 teaspoon baking powder – Add with flour
1/8 cup vegetable oil - Not olive oil

First mix flour & baking powder. Then add melted butter. Knead dough adding milk slowly a little at time.
Knead the flour in and at the end add oil. Let dough sit for 10 minutes while covered.


Inside stuffing

1 heaping tablespoon Crisco or butter
1 heaping tablespoon flour
1 cup honey
½ cup of chopped walnuts
Melt Crisco, add flour stirring over low heat until light gold in color. Add honey and stir until boiling ( 3 minutes) Let cool until it forms together. Add nuts
Cook in oven @ 400 degrees for 15 minutes (until bottom is light light gold), then move to top rack in oven for 7 – 10 minutes until golden color.

Tayta's Pound Cake

2 sticks sweet butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1½ cups milk
3 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe:
1. Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl.
2. Grease a cake pan and dust with flour.
3. Bake for 1 hour at 350

Ally's Special K Bars

1 ½ cup sugar
1 ½ cup Karo Syrup
1 ½ cup peanut butter
1 box of Special K cereal
1 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips
1 bag butterscotch chips

Butter 9x13 inch pan. Measure 6 cups of cereal and pour into very large bowl. In saucepan over medium heat, dissolve syrup and sugar. Bring to a soft boil and remove from heat. Add peanut butter and stir until smooth. Pour syrup mixture over cereal and make sure cereal is well coated. (I usually add a little bit more cereal until it doesn’t look too goopy. Be careful not to add too much cereal or the bars will be dry. Pour cereal mix into buttered pan and spread evenly. Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in microwave by putting them in a glass dish, microwaving a bit, then stir, a little more, then stir, and so on. When smooth spread over cereal bars.

Ally's S'mores Cookie Bars

Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 (1.55 oz. each) HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bars
1 cup marshmallow creme


Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 8-inch square baking pan.

2 Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Press half of dough into prepared pan.

3 Arrange chocolate bars over dough, breaking as needed to fit. Spread with marshmallow creme. Scatter bits of remaining dough over marshmallow; carefully press to form a layer.

4 Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. 16 bars.