Recipes, Lemon Chess Squares, Fluffy White Frosting

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Recipes

Lemon Chess Squares

18-ounce package yellow cake mix	1-pound box confectioners
1 egg	sugar
1⁄2 cup butter or margarine, melted	2 eggs
8-ounce package cream cheese,	1⁄4	teaspoon lemon extract
room temperature	1⁄2	teaspoon vanilla extract

In a large mixing bowl combine dry cake mix, 1 egg, and butter. Mix until com- bined at Speed 1. Pat into ungreased 9x13-inch pan. With same mixing bowl and same beaters (not necessary to wash) beat cream cheese and sugar at Speed 2 until smooth. Add eggs and extract; beat at Speed 3 until well blended. Pour cream cheese mixture over top of cake in pan. Bake at 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool then cut into bars. Yield: About 36 bars.

Fluffy White Frosting

Not as sweet as traditional butter cream frosting.

3⁄4 cup vegetable shortening	5 to 6 tablespoons milk
1-pound box confectioners sugar	2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt

Beat ingredients at Speed 4 for 3 minutes. Makes enough to frost two 9-inch round layers.

Ginger Cookie Bars

3⁄4	cup vegetable shortening	2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup sugar		1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1⁄4	cup molasses	1⁄2	teaspoon ground cloves
1 egg		1⁄2	teaspoon ground ginger
1⁄2	teaspoon vanilla	1⁄2	teaspoon salt
2 cups flour

In a mixing bowl, using beaters combine shortening, sugar, molasses, egg, and vanil- la at Speed 2 until smooth. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt. Mix at Speed 2 until blended. Spread in an ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake at 375ºF for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Do not overbake. Cool on a wire rack before cutting. Makes about 4 dozen bars.

Brown Sugar Butterscotch Cookies

1 cup butter, room temperature	21⁄2 cups flour
1 cup white sugar	1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar	1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs	4 cups crispy rice cereal
2 teaspoon vanilla	2 cups butterscotch chips

In a large mixing bowl, using beaters cream butter and sugars at Speed 2. Add eggs and vanilla and continue mixing. Add flour, salt, and baking soda and mix at Speed 3. Add rice cereal and chips and mix on Speed 3. Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350ºF for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes 6 dozen.