MACAROONS

YOU WILL NEED:

Oven at 350 degrees
Foil lined cookie sheet
Lg. bowl
Lg. spoon
Can opener


INGREDIENTS:

8 oz. Shredded coconut
1 Sm. Can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. Vanilla



1.  Mix all ingredients and drop by tbsp. on the foil lined cookie sheet, about an inch apart.

2.  Bake for about 8 minutes, just until the tops start to get brown.  Cool and enjoy.


SERVES:  2 or more

SERVING HINTS:  You could drizzle some chocolate syrup over them or drop a teaspoon of jam or jelly on each macaroon.  I haven't tried it, but you could add a tbsp. of cocoa powder into the mix before you bake them.

COLLEGE COOKBOOK and BLOG

The basis for my cookbook and blog is to help college students and singles learn to cook, manage their budget and have great food.  When my granddaughter started college, money was tight!  She had to pay for rent and books which left very little money left over for food.  I didn't want her to have to exist on Ramen noodles so I wrote my cookbook.

It is more than a cookbook, it is a tool to teach you how to manage your kitchen and save money.  How?  By showing that you only need three (3) pans to cook any meal, not just in the cookbook, but any meal. 

You also learn how to take one pound of hamburger and make three or four meals, all different.  You can also learn to cook one chuck roast and make four different meals.  The recipes are easy and I show which pans and utensils to use.  These are the same recipes I use at home.  Some of the recipes are fast and some take several hours (which gives you time to study or clean the apartment).

CAKE MIX COOKIES

YOU WILL NEED:

Oven to 350 degrees
Lg. bowl
Lg. spoon
Foil lined cookie sheet
Spatula or fork


1 box of cake mix (your favorite: lemon, strawberry, or chocolate)
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Icing in a can (any flavor you like)


1.  Mix first 3 ingredients, mix well

2.  Place mixture by spoonfuls on foil lined cookie sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart

3.  Bake for 7-9 minutes, poke a toothpick in one cookie, if it comes out clean
         they are done

4.  Cool, cover with icing and store in an airtight plastic container.


SERVES:  4 to 6  (makes 30 3inch cookies, you can make them smaller.

SERVING HINTS:  You could add nuts or raisens to the batter, if you like]
                    or a splash of vanilla extract.  You could also use a tub of icing
                    of a different flavor then the cookies.  (Strawberry cookies &
                    chocolate icing or vice versa).  Or if you have jam or jelly you
                    could put a spoonful on the top of each cookie.  For you
                    peanut butter lovers you can ice them with peanut butter.