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Whipped cream cheese frosting

Talk about a delicious dessert topping!
The whipped cream mixed with cream cheese makes this light and airy, but still very tasty.
This frosting is a great topping on the banana bars, as I’m sure it would be on many other desserts.
Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups [...]

Banana bars

Many of my holiday memories include people, places and food. While this recipe isn’t a tradition, it’s good enough that it will be.
These are great banana bars!
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 cup mini [...]

Pork taco salad

A friend of ours gave us this recipe for a pork taco salad. It’s now one of our favorite dishes. True there are a lot of ingredients, but it’s well worth the effort.
Pork Taco Salad
Pork
4 pound pork roast
4 8 ounce cans tomato sauce
3 teaspoons pressed garlic
3 cups brown sugar
4 teaspoons cumin
4 cups Dr. Pepper
4 tablespoons [...]

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

One of my favorite treats is the chocolate chip cookie served by Great Harvest Bread Company. I love its whole-grain taste.
I have experimented with a recipe to get just the right flavor and texture and have one that’s pretty close to the real thing.
Great Harvest serves their chocolate chip cookie as a large, flat cookie. [...]

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies

One of our family’s favorite cookie recipes is a peanut butter cookie with a Reese’s peanut butter cup in the middle. If you like chocolate and peanut butter, you’ll love these cookies.
Ingredients:

½ cup butter
½ cup chunky peanut butter
1 ¼ cup flour
½ cup sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon [...]