Easy Sugar Cookies for Fruit Pizzas and Frosting

1 c. Vegetable oil
1 c. margarine (butter will make them cook faster)
1 c. powdered sugar
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs
4 1/2 c. flour
1 t. salt
1 t. cream of tartar
1 t. baking soda

Beat first five ingredients together with mixer. Add flour, salt, cream of tartar, and baking soda to the blended mixture. Roll into Tbsp sized balls and flatten onto cookie sheet. Bake 375 for 10 minutes or until set. Makes 100 cookies

Frosting
2  8 oz packages cream cheese
1 c. white sugar
4 t. vanilla
Mix together and refrigerate 2-3 hours.

Frost cookies and top with fruit.

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Creamy Lemon or Lime Bars

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/04/creamy-lemon-bars/

Banana Muffins

This recipe I got from my friend Viv. It's awesome!

1 1/2 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt

4 mashed bananas
3/4 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. butter
dollop sour cream
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. cinnamon

Topping:
1/3 c. brown sugar
1 T. flour
1/8 t. cinnamon
1 T. cold butter

Preheat oven to 375. Combine first four ingredients in a big mixing bowl and set aside. In a smaller bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients. Stir into dry ingredients until just moist. Scoop into muffin cups. For topping: mix brown sugar, flour and cinnamon together; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle topping over batter. Bake 18-20 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing. Makes 1 dozen.

Cinnamon Flavored Raspberry Salad

This is a favorite Christmas salad that my Grandma England makes. This is her recipe.
1 pkg raspberry jello
1 apple, peeled and grated
1 c. crushed pineapple
1 1/3 c. water
1/3 c. red hots
Whipped Cream

Dissolve red hots in boiling water. Add to jell-o and stir until dissolved. Add pineapple and apple. Set until firm. Top with whipped cream.

Grandma Nielsen's Famous Fruit Cocktail

This was my grandma England's mother's recipe. Grandma England used to set the table so beautifully for Thanksgiving, and there was always a dish of this cocktail in the middle of each plate. It has become a tradition to serve this as an appetizer at Thanksgiving. My mom and my sisters and I always get together every Fall to make this cocktail with the fruit from our trees. Then we have yummy fresh fruit all Winter long!

3 qt. syrup (2 parts water, 1 part sugar), cooked and chilled
46 oz. orange juice
46 oz. pineapple juice
1/3 bunch peaches, peeled and diced
1/3 bunch pears, peeled and diced
5 lbs green grapes, halved
4 cans pineapple tidbits
1 large bottle maraschino cherries, cut in halves

Add all fruit to the juice and cold syrup. Put in containers and freeze. I think it's best when served partially frozen with a shot of Sprite in it.

Cream Cheese Fruit Dip

3 oz cream cheese, whipped
1/3 c. sugar
1 t. grated lemon peel
2 T. lemon juice
1/2 pint whipping cream

Mix first four ingredients together then gently fold in whipping cream. Serve with fruit.