Wagon Wheel Cookies

1/2 cup oil
4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
2 cups sugar
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup powdered sugar

With a double broiler, melt chocolate and cool to room temperature. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix together oil, chocolate and sugar; mix well to fully incorporate ingredients. Blend in eggs, in fourths, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients. Place covered in fridge and chill several hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 350. Shape dough into balls and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Cinnamon Jumbles

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

Cream shortening, egg, and sugar until fluffy. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in flour, soda, and salt. Drop in cookie sheet. Sprinkle tops with sugar and cinnamon.  Bake at 350 for about 9-10 minutes.

Ice Cream Cake

1 package oreo's
1/4 cup butter (melted)
1/2 can evaporated milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 square baking unsweetened chocolate
ice cream
whip cream

Make crust out of crushed oreo's and butter. Flatten on bottom of pan and refrigerate 30 minutes. In saucepan combine milk, sugar, butter, chocolate and cook on medium heat about 8-10 minutes. Cool completely. Cut ice cream into even chunks and lay on top of crust layer. Then layer with chocolate sauce. Freeze for 45 minutes. Add whip cream and garnish with chocolate savings.

Caramel Corn

1 cube butter
1 cup karo syrup
2 cups brown sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla
4 bags popcorn

Begin popping popcorn in the microwave. Once bags have cooled slightly, slowly empty into a large bowl while sifting out any unpopped kernels.

Add butter, syrup and sugar in medium saucepan over med/high heat and boil two minutes.  Add condensed milk and bring back to a boil. Once boiling again, add the vanilla.  Pour carmel sauce over popcorn and quickly stir until evenly coated.

Beware, this makes a GIANT batch but you just might want it all because it is so delicious.