Sherbet Frappe- Loleen G & Easy Brownies -Beth G

Sherbet Frappe- Loleen G.

This recipe couldn't be easier.  We decided to do at Kole and Kallie's birthday party.  I hadn't realized it would be such a hit and only bought one carton of raspberry sherbet.  Oh well, at least we know everyone liked it.  No picture but you can imagine.  All you have to do is scoop some sherbet in a cup and add the sprite and pineapple juice.   Totally doable.

1 gallon sherbet
Sprite or 7up
pineapple juice

Mix together and drink.

Easy Brownies- Beth Grimshaw

Mom said the brownies were wonderful.  She made them by herself.  She is such a good lady  At our house we were struggling with spring and all of the asthma/allergies issues that come with it.  So after a quick trip to Provo to see Dr. Matheson, hopefully we will survive the coming months and even be able to play outside.  Thank goodness for wonderful mother's who watch your kids and fulfill your duties.

Easy Brownies-
1 C sugar
1/2 C margarine
2 eggs
4-5 T cocoa
3/4 C flour
1/4 t salt
3/4 C coconut or chopped nuts

Mix together and beat three minutes.  Add coconut or nuts.  Bake 20 minute at 350.  Don't overbake.

Strawberry Sparkle Punch by Louise M

This punch was easy, quick, and not expensive, which means I'll probably be serving it at the next opportunity.  It was very good, too.  I wasn't able to do a picture, but it's dark pink in color and almost opaque.  I'm sure our grandmother served this to me at least once out of one of her MANY punch bowls, but I don't remember.  My kids were served straight from the blender, since the 1/4 batch fit in there just fine.

Strawberry Sparkly Punch
2 C fresh strawberries, hulled
1 3 oz package strawberry flavor gelatin
1 C boiling water
1 quart cranberry juice cocktail
1 6 oz. can frozen lemonade
3 C cold water
1 28 oz bottle 7up

Put berries in blender on low speed until fruit is pureed.  Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.  Stir in lemonade until melted.  Add cold water, juice, chilled and pureed strawberries.  Pour over ice in large punch bowl.  Slowly pour in chilled 7up or ginger ale.  Makes 30 (small) servings.  Also delicious made with raspberries.  Frozen fruit may be used if fresh are not available.

Cherry Balls - Helen J.

Sorry this is late, we decided to paint our 17 ft high room and 15 ft high entry, needless to say, my neck hurts.  But I am happy.

Almost as happy as this recipe made me.  You know how it was decided a 4-star rating for a recipe meant "our life was never complete without this recipe, I will share it with all my friends, it was amazing!!"?  Well, this recipe exceeds all those qualifiers.  It was amazing.  I took it to my church ladies' luncheon and was told I can make it whenever I want.  It uses butter, and since I didn't take a photo and had to remake them I thought, "I should use cream cheese instead of butter, it will taste more like cheesecake."  Bad thinking, one should always listen to Helen and do exactly as she says.  The cream cheese was so "runny" it was next to impossible to put the coating on the cherry and it ended up having too much.  I also think margarine would have the same problem so use BUTTER.  That said, I did roll some in Oreos and that was delicious.

The only problem I had with the original recipe was that it didn't indicate how much coconut to use.  I kind of just dumped it in until it looked like a good consistency, approx. 3/4 C.  Also, when you are wrapping the dough around the cherry, have the cherries dried, and ice nearby to cool your hands.  The dough is difficult to work with if your hands are warm.  Lastly, there wasn't a measurement for the graham cracker crumbs so I just used a package and put them in my food processor to make crumbs.  There were some left over, but it worked well.

I also made these GF just by changing the flour.  I didn't feel that xanthan gum was necessary, but if you want to use it, it would be about 1/8 tsp.

Side note, mom said that these were served at Aunt Carolyn's wedding reception.  I had hoped so, because if my Mother-in-law had a recipe like this and she didn't serve it at the reception I would feel insulted.  Since she did, I consider it a sign you were truly loved.

Cherry Balls
1 1/2 C powdered sugar
1/2 C butter (not marg or cream cheese, BUTTER!)
4 T flour
1/8 t salt
1 T milk
1 t vanilla
3/4 C coconut
18 maraschino cherries
1 C graham cracker crumbs

Mix first six ingredients then add coconut and chill for about an hour or more.  Roll into walnut size ball and then flatten and wrap around the cherry.  Roll in the crumbs and chill for 15-20 minutes or freeze.  Makes 18.

Frappe - Lillian G.

I found this recipe to be simple and easy.  The water amounts are listed separately for a reason.  The instructions are clear and simple.  The slush is quite sweet and has a slight pineapple flavor so it could go with about anything.  I was going to serve it for family night but our friends were unable to make it so I didn't do it until this morning.  Sorry I am late posting. I thought I would try something fun to see if  food coloring added interest to the look.  I dropped a drop of red color on top of the slush before I poured the 7up over.  I mixed it just a little and look what I got.  The yellow is without added color so I poured the two together.  And didn't mix it.  This could make a fun and pretty drink for a smaller party or shower.  If doing several cups I would chill the 7up/Ginger Ale and cups first, the slush melts quite quickly.  I was going to serve it for family night but our friends were unable to make it so I didn't do it until this morning.  Sorry I am late posting.

FRAPPE - Lillian G.

1 envelope Gelatin                                                    9 C. Cold Water
1/2  C. Cold Water                                                  6 C Pineapple Juice
5 C. Sugar                                                               1 tsp. Salt
3 C. Water                                                              6 Tbs. Lemon Juice
1 to 2,   2 Lt rs. Ginger Ale, 7up or Limeade (amount would depend on how far you want to stretch it.)

Dissolve gelatin in 1/2 C cold water, let sit about 5 min.  Boil sugar and 3 C water for 3 min.  Take from heat and add softened gelatin to hot syrup.  Add 9 C cold water, juice, salt and lemon juice.  Mix well.  Freeze without stirring.  To serve, mash with potato masher.  Add ginger ale to desired consistency.  One large bottle added to recipe makes 30 punch cup size servings.

Banana Frappe and Thumbprint Cookies

I am the only one who had 2 recipes in the Wedding section so I decided to make both.  The kids loved it!

I have never met a frappe I didn't like, and this was no exception.  It would make a great smoothie too.

Banana Frappe by Helen J.

6 c water
3 c sugar
6 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate
juice of 2 lemons (about 1/2 c)
6 c pineapple juice
5 ripe bananas
3-4 2 liter bottles 7-up or Sprite

Bring sugar and water to boil, cool.  Mash the bananas or puree them in the blender.  Stir sugar-water, bananas, and fruit juices together.  Freeze in a shallow container so it will break up better.  To serve, mix together with 7-up.  Makes 1 gallon of fruit mixture.






 I am not sure why these cookies ended up in the wedding section instead of the cookie section.  Maybe Maurine was known for them and made them for everyone's wedding.  They would be really cute at a wedding reception.  They are bite size, and you could make the frosting to match any color scheme.  I used chocolate because it was leftover in the fridge and because my it is my husband's favorite.  I don't like nuts, so I left them off a few of the cookies.  It is interesting to see how much more the cookies spread when they aren't dipped in the egg whites.  So, if you don't want to coat them in nuts, dip them in the egg whites anyway.


Thumb Print Cookies 
by Maurine G.

1/2 c butter or margerine
1/4 c brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1 c flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 slightly beaten egg white
3/4 c chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolk and vanilla.  Stir in flour and salt.  Make 1 inch balls.  Dip in egg white and roll in nuts.  Bake at 375 for 5 minutes.  Remove from oven and press your thumb in the top of each cookie.  Return to oven to continue baking for 7-8 more minutes.  Cool.  Fill thumbprint with frosting.  Makes 2 dozen.