Play Dough/Fun Dough

Play Dough
by Emily
1 cup flour
½ cup salt
1 Tbsp Cream of tarter
1 cup of water
1 Tbsp oil
8-9 drops of food coloring

Mix flour, salt, and cream of tarter. Boil water, oil and food coloring. Pour over flour mixture. Knead.  Store in Ziploc bags.

Fun Dough
Prep 20 min

½ to ¾ c warm water, divided
1 t white vinegar
2 c all-purpose flour
1 c salt
Food coloring paste

1. Stir together ½ c warm water and 1 t vinegar

2. Combine flour and salt in a large bowel. Slowly stir in water mixture with a wooden spoon until a stiff dough forms, adding up to ¼ c more water, if necessary. Knead until smooth and workable. Divide dough into portions, and add desired amount of food coloring paste. Shape dough portions into blocks. Store in refrigerator in a sip-top plastic bag.

Makes about 2 ½ c nonedible dough.

Crepes

1 ½ cups milk
1 cup flour
2 eggs
3 T melted butter
2 Tbsp sugar
1 t vanilla
Mix in a blender and pour a couple of tablespoons of batter into a greased skillet and cook.

*This is a slightly adapted version of crepes from my sister Emily.  Lovely.

Carmels

3 c. light brown sugar

1 c. Karo syrup
1 can Eagle brand sweet condensed milk
3 cubes butter

On med heat slow boil for 20 minutes, until it forms a soft ball stage. Then pour into a buttered 9 x13 pan. Let set up, cut into small rectangles and wrap in waxed paper.

Cheesecake for a Group

1 White cake mix
2 8 oz. cream cheese
4 Cups powder sugar
1 pound whipped cream
2 cans strawberry pie filling
Make cake mix according to direction on box. Bake ½ mixture in each 9 x 13 pan for 20 min. at 350. Can make cake regular and ½ the other ingredients. Whip until fluffy cream cheese and powder sugar. Then sir in whipped cream.

Spread over cake and add fruit topping. Refrigerate.

Oreo Freeze Dessert

1 pkg oreos, chopped

½ gallon vanilla ice cream
Caramel dessert topping
small tub cool whip

Put ½ of the crushed oreos on the bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Layer ice cream, caramel, cool whip over the oreos. Top with remaining oreos. Freeze. (Takes 2-3 hours to freeze completely).

Easy Fruit Crisp Dump Cake

1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling (or whatever flavor)

1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, undrained
1 pkg yellow cake mix
½ cup margarine, melted
Heat oven to 350. Spread pie filling and pineapple in ungreased 9 x 13 pan. Stir together cake mix (dry) and margarine in large bowl until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over fruit. Bake 35-40 minutes or until light brown. Serve warm or cool.

Carmel Brownies

1 box German Chocolate cake mix

50 kraft caramels
1/3 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup melted butter
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
6 oz. chocolate chips

Combine caramels and 1/3 cup evaporated milk. Cook over low heat and melt. Grease 9 x 13 pan. In large bowl, combine cake mix, butter and evaporated milk. Mix well.

Press ½ of dough into pan. Bake at 350 for 6 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over baked crust. Then spread melted caramel mixture over chips. Crumble rest of dough over the top. Bake for another 15-18 minutes. Cool, cut, and eat.