Kim's Frosting

1 c solid white shortening

1 tsp Wilton Flavor (vanilla or butter)
2 tbl milk or water
1 lb or 4 cups powder sugar
1 tbl wilton meringue powder
pinch of salt

cream shortening flavoring and water, add dry ingredients on medium speed until all mixed together. add milk to soften more powdered sugar to thicken *Great for decorating or just eating with your fingers, yummm

*Chocolate Version

Add 3/4 cup cocoa or three 1 oz chocolate squares, melted and additional 1 to 2 tbl water to recipe. mix until well blended

courtesy of Wilton Cake Decorating and Kim Bates

Texas Sheet Cake

2 sticks margarine                            ½ t. salt

1 c water                                              2 eggs

4 Tbs cocoa                                         ½ c soured cream (1 ½ tsp vinegar-1/2 c milk) let stand 5 min.

2 c flour                                                1 tsp soda

2 c sugar

Bring to boil margarine, water and cocoa. Remove from heat and add to the flour, sugar and salt. Beat in two eggs, soured cram and soda. Pour into greased jelly roll pan (10x15x1) I use cookie sheet.

Batter will be runny, bake at 375 for 20-22 minutes

Frosting for Texas Sheet Cake and Brownies

1 stick margarine              1 lb powdered sugar

4 Tbs cocoa                         1 tsp Vanilla

6 Tbs milk

Bring to boil. (I do this in Microwave) Revmove from ehat and add:

1 lb powdered sugar (2 cups or more) and vanilla

Beat well and spread over cake immediately after removing from the oven

NaNaimo Bars

Bottom Layer

½ c Margarine

¼ c Sugar

5 Tbs Cocoa

1 tsp Vanilla

1 Egg

2 c Graham Cracker Crumbs

1 c coconut

½ c chopped pecans

Middle Layer

¾ Tbs milk

¼ c vanilla pudding mix

½ c melted margarine

4 c powdered sugar

Top Layer

½ c semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 Tbs margarine

Bottom Layer: combine margarine, sugar, cocoa, vanilla and egg in pot. Stir constantly over med heat until like thick custard. Put in separate bowl with graham crumbs, coconut and pecans. Pack firmly into 9x13 pan and refrigerate.

Middle Layer: mix with whisk. melt milk, pudding and margarine together. Add to powdered sugar slowly (don’t use it all) until it has a pudding like consistency. Spread over bottom layer and refridgerate until hard.

Top Layer: Melt chocolate chips and margarine over very low heat (double broiler) then spread over middle layer, let hard in fridge, then cut into squares and enjoy!

Crispy Clusters

1 cup small marshmallows
1 cup rice crispies
I cup cheerios
1 cup peanuts
(if you have allergies to peanuts, add 1 more cup of cereal,
maybe a cup of corn checks, Maybe even broken pretzels?)

1 lb Block candy coating
Melt the candy coating and pour over the dry ingredients, stir it all together
Spoon teaspoons size drops onto wax paper and let cool.
Voila! Easy peasy

Creamy Italian Chicken‏

1 cream cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 packet of italian salad dressing (it's a seasoning packet next to the salad dressings)
4-5 thawed chicken breasts {cut in half}

mix the sauce together and cook in a crock-pot on low for 3-4 hours. 
Serve over rice!  Super rich!

It's the perfect Sunday dinner