Memère's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients for Memère's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies: Shortening, Butter, Brown Sugar, Granulated Sugar, Baking Soda, Salt, Eggs, Vanilla, Chocolate Chips, Flour and Walnuts or Pecans.
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Deep Dark Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients for Memère's Deep Dark Chocolate Cake: Sugar, Flour, Cocoa, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Salt, Eggs, Milk, Oil, Vanilla Extract and Water.
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Banker's Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have dubbed these banker's cookies as I believe that Memère acquired the recipe during her days working as a bank teller. I love her use of a deposit slip here. She often spoke fondly of her co-workers & their love of her confections.

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Ingredients for Memère's "Banker's Chocolate Chip Cookies": Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, Sugar, Butter, Shortening, Vanilla, Water, Eggs, Nuts and Chocolate Chips.
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Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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Ingredients for Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies: Butter Brown, Sugar, Eggs, Oats, Flour, Baking Soda, Sweetened Dried Cranberries and White Chocolate Chunks.


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To see this recipe on the Ocean Spray website & more great recipes right mouse click the can below.

Chocolate Trifle Newpaper Clipping

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This clipping is most likely from the Sun-Sentinel of Boynton Beach, Florida.


Ingredients for Chocolate Trifle Newpaper Clipping: Devil's Food Cake Mix, Rum, Cherry Pie Filling, Chocolate Custard, Whipped Cream, Powdered Sugar, Toasted Almond Slivers, Sugar, Cocoa, Salt, Eggs & Milk.


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Don't forget to use a pretty & simple trifle bowl like the Libby's Bowl below.

Neiman Marcus Cookies - Hoax

This 1994 email was found amongst Memère’s recipes. A version of this email has circulated on the Internet for years. It's amazing how false information can appear true, simply by its perpetuation.

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Ingredients for Neiman Marcus Cookies - Hoax: Butter, Baking Soda, Oatmeal, Brown Sugar, Chocolate Bar, Baking Powder, Vanilla, Flour, Sugar, Chocolate Chips, Salt, Eggs, and Chopped Nuts.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge

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Ingredients for Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge: Peanut Butter Chips, Condensed Milk, Butter, Chopped Peanuts and Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bits.

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Magic Cookie Bar

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Ingredients for Magic Cookie Bar: Butter, Graham Cracker Crumbs, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bits, Condensed Milk, Coconut, and Chopped Nuts.

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Fool Proof Chocolate Fudge

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Ingredients for Fool Proof Chocolate Fudge: Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bits, Condensed Milk, Vanilla and Chopped Nuts.

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Mocha-Chocolate Cheesecake

Memere LOVED to make cheesecake. If she saw a new recipe she could not resist, it had to be cut out & added to her collection. So here is her clipped copy of Mocha-Chocolate Cheesecake from an unknown source.





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Ingredients for Mocha-Chocolate Cheesecake: Chocolate Wafer Crumbs, Butter, Almonds, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Sugar, Eggs, Coffee Granules, Kahlúa, Vanilla, Sour Cream, Powdered Sugar And Chocolate Curls.


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For more great recipes using Kahlúa, right mouse click on the food network logo below.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I call these Linda's Chocolate Chip Cookies. Linda had written this recipe for Memere many years ago. Memere used this recipe throughout her baking years. The recipe yields a very dense & yummy cookie.

Ingredients for Linda's Chocolate Chip Cookies: Maragerine, Flower, Brown Sugar, Water, Eggs, Salt, Baking Soda & Chocolate Bits.

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Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients for Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies: Vegetable Shortening, Brown Sugar, Milk, Vanilla, Egg, Flour, Salt, Baking Soda, Chocolate Chips and Pecans.

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For some interesting information on pecans click the photo below from the Mountain States Pecan group. They are located in Roswell, NM and share photos of their harvesting process & also some great pecan recipes.

Touchdown Peanut Butter Marbled Brownies

I found this cut out recipe in Memère’s collection just in time for the Super Bowl on Sunday! The recipe is from an unknown source.





Ingredients for Touchdown Peanut Butter Marbled Brownies: Cream Cheese, Peanut Butter, Sugar, Egg, Milk, Butter, Vanilla, Cocoa, Flour, Baking Powder, Salt and Chocolate Chips.


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Philly Marbled Brownies

This is a Philadelphia brand cream cheese recipe, taken from the inside of one of their boxes. The recipe is not on their website, but there is another recipe with the same name listed there. Also, be aware that BAKER'S Brand no longer offers Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips.



Ingredients for Philly Marbled Brownies: Box Brownie Mix, Cream Cheese, Sugar, Vanilla, Egg, Chocolate Chips.

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If you are interested in more Baker's Brand or Philadelphia brand cream cheese recipes right mouse click on the photos below to navigate to their websites.

Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake

Found amidst Memère’s favorite recipes was this cut out recipe from Family Circle Magazine. I remember Memère reading this publication as far back as my days in elementary school. Over the years it has become one of my favorite reads.






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Ingredients for Family Circle's Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake: Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Salt, Unsweetened Chocolate Squares, Water, Sugar, Vanilla, Butter, Eggs, Buttermilk and Confectioner's Sugar.


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For more great dessert recipes from Family Circle right mouse click on their logo below.

Old Fashioned Triple Chocolate Cake

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Ingredient's for Memere's Old Fashioned Triple Chocolate Cake: Flour, Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Baking Soda, Salt, Water, Oil, Vanilla, Chocolate Chips, Butter, Confectioner's Sugar and Milk.


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Perfectly Chocolate - Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients for Perfectly Chocolate - Chocolate Chip Cookies: Flour, Cocoa, Baking Soda, Margarine, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Vanilla Flavoring, Eggs, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips And Nuts if desired.


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For more great Gold Medal Flour recipes right mouse click on the bag to navigate to their site.

Memere's Toll House Cookies

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Ingredients for Memere's Toll House Cookies: Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, Butter, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Vanilla, Water & Eggs.


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Try using Whole Wheat Flour to make these treats a bit more healthy!


For a FREE Gold Medal Cook Book using Whole Wheat, right mouse click the booklet cover below.


Follow the directions on the opened webpage.

Chocolate Rum Balls

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Ingredients for Chocolate Rum Balls: Crushed Vanilla Wafers, Chopped Pecans, Powdered Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cocoa Powder, Butter and Rum.


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Special Party Dessert - Chocolate and Lady Fingers

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Ingredients for Memere's Special Party Dessert: Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar, Milk, Eggs, Butter, Salt, Confectioner's Sugar, Vanilla or Rum Flavoring, Heavy Cream, Shaved Chocolate & Walnuts.

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