Mom's Apple Crisp

In a 9x9 buttered dish place:
4 cups sliced apples

Sprinkle with:
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup water with 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla as part of it (put the vanilla in the measuring cup and fill with water)

Mix together with pastry cutter:
1/2 cup butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
Crumble on top of apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Mock Whipped Cream Frosting

1/4 cup flour
1 cup milk
Combine in saucepan, stirring continually over medium heat until thickened. Cool to room temperature.

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup butter-flavored Crisco
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Whip well. Add cooled flour mixture and whip well again.

Chocolate cake

3/4 cup butter
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/3 cup water
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and water. Beat for at least three minutes. Bake at 350 degrees. Cupcakes 20 - 25 minutes; 8-inch layer pans 35 - 40 minutes.
Recipe from the back of a Hersey's container 30 years ago.

Cream cheese frosting

Cream cheese frosting

This is THE frosting for so many cakes – carrot cake, red velvet cake, pineapple cake, etc. It is so delicious that some cakes just aren’t as enjoyable without the delectable taste of cream cheese frosting on top. It’s also perfect for cinnamon rolls.

It’s so easy to make and so versatile that it will become a standard!

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat well until smooth.