Mema's Sweet Tooth

  Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 10 plain Hershey's bars, melted
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 pinch baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup nuts - almonds, pecans, walnuts, peanuts.. Whatever you like!

Preparation:  
 

1. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time mixing well with each egg. Add vanilla and chocolate. 
2. In another bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt together. Mix flour mixture and sour cream alternately into butter mixture. 
3.  Bake in a tube pan for 1 1/2 -2 hours at 300 F.

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks butter (1 cup)
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 12 oz box vanilla wafers, crushed fine
• 7 oz coconut
• 2 cups chopped nuts - pecans, almonds, walnuts

Preparation:  

1. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix well with each addition.
2. Alternately, add milk and crushed vanilla wafers . Mix well with each addition.
3. Add Coconut and nuts. Mix well.
4. Bake in a tube pan for 1 1/2 hours at 320 F.

 Makes 5 dozen  

Ingredients: 

• 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
•  3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon salted butter
•  1 cup sugar
•  2 teaaspoons vanilla flavoring
•  3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cup crumbled plain potato chips
•  1 1/2 pecans, chopped
•  Powdered sugar 

  Preparation:  

1.  Cream butters and sugar together. 
2. Add remaining ingredients, except powdered sugar. Mix well.
3. Drop by rounded teaspoonful onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake 350 F for 12 - 15 minutes.
4. Cool on racks. When cool roll each cookie in powdered sugar.

Ingredients: 

• 2 sticks (1 cup) butter
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 1  teaspoon lemon flavoring

  Preparation:  

1. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time, beat well with each addition. 
3. Add flavorings to egg and butter mixture.  Mix well.
4. In a separate large bowl, mix salt and flour together.  
5. Add flour a little at a time to egg mix until all flour is added and the mixture is smooth. 
6. Bake in a greased and floured tube pan at 275 F for 1 hour .

 Ingredients: 

• 2  sticks butter, (1 cup)
• 2 cups graham crackers crumbs
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 5 bananas, sliced
• 1 large can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 large carton cool whip
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped

  Preparation:  

1. Melt one stick (1/2 cup) butter and mix into graham cracker crumbs. Pour into a 9" x 13" pan.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat remaining butter, eggs and powdered sugar until smooth. Spread over crust. 
3. Layer bananas, pineapple, cherries and pecans alternately with cool whip. Make sure cool whip is last layer on top.
4. Cover and chill overnight.