Recipes of my yummies!

I've been doing some Holiday baking.....and have been asked to share 2 of the recipes.

Here you go!

Pudding cookies:
you can make the whole recipe which makes Lord knows how many...or you can 1/2 it....this is the 1/2 recipe and it makes about 30 cookies depending on how big they are

Ingredients
2 1/4 C APF
1 tsp baking soda
1 C softened butter
3/4 C packed br sugar
1/4 C white sugar
1 small package of instant vanilla pudding mix
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 C choc chips....you can use milk, semi sweet, white, etc....or mix a few kinds

Oven 350
Small bowl:  sift flour and bs
Large bowl:  cream butter, br sugar, white sugar
Beat in pudding mix until blended
stir in eggs and vanilla .... will be thick
Blend in flour mixture.... dry into wet....in a few stages
Stir in chips

Drop cookies on sprayed Pam cookie sheet
bake 10-12 min
*****My oven is electric and takes 11 min.  DO NOT OVERCOOK!  Take them out the sec the edges brown.....they will settle and cook a bit more out of the oven.


Cranberry Bliss Bars:
Total copycat of the amazing CBB at Starbucks!!

Ingredients:
Cake: 
3/4 C softened butter
1 1/4 C packed br sugar
3 eggs
2 Tbl minced crystalized ginger
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 C APF
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 C chopped dried cranberries
4 oz white choc chunks....I've also used 4 oz of white choc chips

Frosting:
4 oz cream cheese
3 C powderd sugar
4 tsp lemon juice....I don't always include this....up to you
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 C chopped cranberries

Icing:
1/2 C powdered sugar
1 Tbl milk
2 tsp veg shortening.....I don't usually include this.....I just modify the amount of milk to allow it to be thick

Mix
Flour and bs in bowl...set aside
Butter and bs in lg bowl
Add eggs, ginger, vanilla, salt and beat
Gradually mix in flour and bp  mixturej
mix in cranberries and white choc by hand

spread batter onto 9x13 in buttered dish
bake 350   25-30 min....COOL COMPLETELY

Combine softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla
Spread over cake

Sprinkle 1/4 C cranberries on top

Drizzle Icing (powdered sugar, milk) over cake.

CHILL before cutting!!!! 
Cut into squares then into triangles

Merry Baking!!