Chocolate Summer Dessert (Easy) :)

Best Chocolate Summer Dessert

Layer 9 x 13

Ice Cream Sandwiches
Cool Whip
Chocolate Fudge Sauce
Caramel Sauce
Heath Bar Bits

Freeze. Leave in Freezer for company that stops by.
Had it at The Carlson's spontaneous Summer Pool Party!

Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

4 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 3/4 tsp nutmeg 3/4 tsp salt (regular not kosher) 1 cup softened butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 3/4 cup sour cream

sift all dry ingredients; cream butter & sugar w/ vanilla; beat in eggs; add dry ingredients alternately w/ sour cream chill dough @ least 1 hour (can chill overnight)

roll out 1/3 dough at time to 1/4 inch thickness (leave rest in fridge 'cuz it gets sticky)

flour your surface, knead flour into dough to prevent stickiness; cut out w/ floured cutters; sprinkle w/ sugar & bake @ 375 8-10 minutes

*my mother-in-law swears by using parchment paper on cookie sheets to keep from sticking & browning

Sugar Cookie Frosting 1/2 cup softened butter 1/2 cup Criso (hard block) 4 cups confectioners sugar 1 tsp vanilla 2 TBS whole milk

sift sugar into bowl & set aside; beat butter, crisco in small bowl until creamy; add sugar 1/2 cup at time & beat until creamy; add vanilla, then milk, beat until creamy again

if it's too thick, add more milk

can make ahead & store in fridge but want to pull out & get to room temp before frosting cookies

**Both the cookie & frosting recipes can be halved

Let me know how they turn out!

jill

Brushetta (Jill's)

Brushetta
grape tomatoes, chopped (few handfuls) fresh basil leaves, chopped fresh garlic, finely minced (@ least garlic powder (few sprinkles) salt (about 12 twists from grinder) pepper (about 20 twists from grinder) olive oil (enough to just coat tom) balsamic vinegar (enough to cover all tom. this is the key--gotta be good brand, sweet) mix all together & let set

Jill B's excellent recipe. She brought it the year we celebrated New Year's and had a sleepover here with their kids.