Spindles Designs

Category: desserts

  • Carrot Cookies with Orange Frosting

    Carrot Cookies with Orange Frosting

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    Margaret
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     “Carrot cookies?” my sweet husband said in that, “okay my wife is nuts” tone. I promise they are good. The sweet flavors from sugar and carrots make a yummy combination. You don’t even realize your eating carrots. Carrot Cookies 1 cup cooked mashed carrots1 cup shortening1 cup sugar1/2 tsp. lemon or orange flavor2 1/2 cups…

  • Grandma’s Banana Bread

    Grandma’s Banana Bread

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    Margaret
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    Grandma almost always had banana bread in her freezer when I was growing up. I thought she just really liked banana bread. Now I know why – no one wants to eat a brown banana. No matter how many bananas I buy, I almost always have a couple that don’t get eaten.

  • Marble Cake

    Marble Cake

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    Margaret
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    As a young mother it was, and still is, tradition to make a special dessert for Sunday dinner one of our favorites was cake, in particular any kind of chocolate cake.  One day I decided to try making a marble cake and it soon became my son Robert’s favorite and after over baking it one…

  • Chocolate Chip Cookies at their Best

    Chocolate Chip Cookies at their Best

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    Margaret
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    Chocolate Chip cookies are a staple in my families diet. My husband and son are big cookie monsters. One batch of these never lasts long. I know every family probably has at least 2 recipes for Chocolate chip cookies but here is another one. I’ve been making this recipe since I was a little girl…