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CARROT CAKE

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Sorry no actual picture. I don’t have one, and none seems to exist online.
This recipe is from the mid 50s so it’s a bit ancient!

I took the easy way out and scanned the recipe cards with my phone. Sorry they look a bit wonky.

PECAN SANDIES

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Ingredients

2 sticks butter, unsalted (1/2 lb., softened)

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup sugar, granulated

1 cup confectioner’s sugar (sifted)

2 eggs (large)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cups flour, all purpose (500 gr.)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups pecans (chopped)

1/2 cup sugar, granulated (for decoration)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, vegetable oil, 1 cup white sugar and confectioners’ sugar until smooth.

Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.

Combine the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the pecans.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll each ball in remaining white sugar.

Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto un~greased cookie sheets.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are golden.

Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

OATMEAL BUTTERSCOTCH CHIP COOKIES

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These are some of the best cookies I have ever eaten. A handful with a glass of cold milk makes the perfect evening snack. (I need to go take a new picture, because obviously this one is my Pumpkin Snickerdoodles.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup butter, softened
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups rolled oats
  • 1 ⅔ cups butterscotch chips
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla .
  4. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until blended .
  5. Mix in oats and butterscotch chips until combined .DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
  6. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes .
  7. (I obviously need to update this graphic!)

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