Soft Pretzels (Quick, Easy & Yummy)

Soft Pretzels (Frozen Bread Dough)

(www.cdkitchen.com)

 INGREDIENTS:

2 loaves (16 ounce size) frozen bread dough
1 egg white, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon water
coarse salt

DIRECTIONS:

Separate thawed bread into 1 1/2" balls. Roll each ball into a rope 14 1/2" long. Have children plan and design pretzel shapes (letters or numerals).

Put pretzels one inch apart on greased cookie sheet. Let stand for 20 minutes and brush with combined egg white and water. Sprinkle with coarse salt.

Place a shallow pan containing 1" of boiling water on bottom rack of oven; bake pretzels at 350 degrees F on rack above water for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Chocolate Quesadillas

Chocolate Quesadillas (www.hersheys.com)

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 (7 to 8 in. each) flour tortillas
• Non-stick cooking spray
• 1/4 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/4 cup marshmallow creme
• 2 small bananas, sliced
• 1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips, HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

DIRECTIONS

1. 1 Lightly coat one side of each tortilla with cooking spray. Place tortillas on clean work surface, coated sides down.
2. 2 Spread 1 tablespoon each peanut butter and marshmallow creme on half of each tortilla. Arrange 1/4 of the banana slices and 2 tablespoons chocolate chips over marshmallow creme; fold each tortilla over to cover filling.
3. 3 Heat large non-stick skillet over medium heat 1 minute. Add two quesadillas; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until tortillas are golden brown and crisp, turning once. Repeat with remaining quesadillas. Serve warm. 4 servings.

Strawberry Short Cake Cake

This short cake recipe has been passed down through the
generations in my family. I remember my great grandmother making this when I was very young and we continue to make it today.

Short Cake (for a two layer round cake)
3 cups of flour
5 teaspoons of baking powder
½ teaspoon of salt
½ shortening
1 ½ cups of sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk

Beat all ingredients until smooth. Pour into greased cake pans and bake at 350
degrees F for 25 mins.
*Note for this recipe I used torte pans to make it easier to
put the filling inside. You can use regular cake pans and pipe some frosting
around the first layer to make edges so your filling will not run out the sides
and down the cake.

Strawberry Filling

1 – 21 oz can of Strawberry Pie Filling

Or
1 c. sugar
3 ½ tbsp. cornstarch
3 tbsp. Karo syrup
1 1/2 c. water
4 tbsp. strawberry Jello
1 qt. strawberries
Mix sugar and cornstarch, add Karo syrup and water. Bring to boil and cook 6 minutes, stirring constantly. Add Jello, cool mixture. Slice strawberries into mixture. Let cool. Place first torte cake on platter pour strawberry filling into the center, being careful it doesn’t run over the sides. Place second torte cake on top. Frost with Duncan Hines Flavor Creations Strawberry Short Cake Frosting. Decorate top with strawberries or however you like.