Butter 9″ square pan.  Line bottom with 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts.

Mix and cook over high heat, stirring constantly:

1 cup butter
2 T water
1 cup sugar

Pour into pan.  Let stand 5 minutes.

Put 5 Hershey chocolate bars on top.  When melted, spread evening and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

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8 eggs
2 cups milk
1 cup flour
1/8 cup salt
1/2 cup butter, melted in pan

Beat after each addition and pour into a 9 x 13″ pan.  Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes.  Cut into squares and serve with syrup.

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1/2 cup margarine
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 – 3 cups flour
chocolate chips

Mix margarine, shortening, sugars, eggs, vanilla and cocoa until creamy.  Add baking soda, salt and flour.  Dough should be stiff (bake a test cookie for best results.)  Roll balls of dough in powdered sugar and place on greased cookie sheet.  Bake 8 minutes at 350 degrees.  (If cookies bake any longer, they’ll get hard.)_

Note:  This was a college favorite.  I’d make a batch at night and by the next morning they’d be gone!

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1/2 cup soft margarine
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
3 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda

Mix margarine, shortening, sugar and eggs until creamy.  Add honey, vanilla and soda.  Stir in flour.  Drop by spoonful onto cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.  Let cool 5 minute.s  When cooled, take a cookie and put 1-2 tsp of favorite jam on bottom, then place a second cookie on jam to make a sandwich or yo-yo.

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1/2 cup melted shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 tsp lemon juice
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Mix shortening, sugar and eggs until creamy.  Add bananas, lemon juice, baking powder and salt.  Stir in flour.  Add 1 cup nuts if desired.  Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

Variety:  Add 1 cup cranberries instead of nuts (or 1/2 cup of each) for a festive touch.  The cranberry-banana bread was a college favorite.


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