Welcome to the Virtual Great American Bake Sale. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these ebooks will go toward Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale program. Funds raised through Great American Bake Sale are donated to after-school and summer feeding programs–food programs that many kids depend on when school is not in session. Great American Bake Sale is a program of Share Our Strength, a national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry.
The ebooks are a compilation of recipes from submitters across the blogosphere and beyond. The ebooks are available for purchase based on any donation amount of the buyer’s choosing.
The following recipes were my contibution to the Virtual Great American Bake Sale.
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Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup milk
1 pinch salt
3 cups quick cooking oats
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a saucepan bring sugar, margarine, milk, and salt to a rolling boil. Let boil for 1 minute.***
Add quick cooking oats, peanut butter, and vanilla; mix well.
Working quickly, drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper, and let cool.
Note: Stirring too much with make the cookies have a dull finish instead of a shiny luster.
***To make the regular chocolate no-bake cookies, add 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder in the first step.
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Neiman Marcus Brownies
18 oz. box plain yellow cake mix
1 stick butter
4 eggs
8 oz. cream cheese
16 oz. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom and sides of 9×13 pan/dish.
In a large bowl, mix together:
18 oz. box plain yellow cake mix
1 stick butter
2 eggs, beaten
Mix well; it will be rather dry. Press into the bottom of greased pan. (Greasing your hands will help the batter from sticking to your fingers and keep it in the pan better.)
In bowl, mix together:
2 eggs
8 oz. cream cheese
16 oz. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Spread on cake mixture layer – do not mix the batters. Bake for 35 minutes or until lightly browned. Recommend making day before and refrigerated.
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Russian Tea Cakes
1 cup butter (salted)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar
2 cups minus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar for decoration
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, cream butter and vanilla until smooth. Combine the 6 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar and flour; stir into the butter mixture just until blended. Mix in the chopped walnuts.
Press dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 12 minutes in preheated oven. When cool enough to handle but still warm, roll in remaining confectioner’s sugar. Rolling a second time is optional.
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Hummingbird Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup vegetable oil
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
8 ounce can crushed pineapple (undrained)
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cups bananas, chopped or mashed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or 325 degrees for dark pan). Grease Bundt pan or 9x 13 inch cake pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add eggs and oil, stirring until moistened. Do NOT beat. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, pecans and bananas.
Bake for 50 – 60 minutes. Cool. Frost cooled cake with cream cheese icing.
Cream Cheese Icing
1 8-ounce package of cream cheese (softened)
1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened)
1 pound powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Beat ingredients until fluffy; then frost cooled cake.
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The Complete 2009 VGABS Recipes Ebook
Features all 170 of the submitted recipes. Many of the recipes include pictures.
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Because we know file size may be an issue for some, the below ebooks have split the 170 recipes into 4 categorized ebooks so that you can choose just 1 or 2 of your favorites, if you’d prefer. Just like for the Complete ebook, many of these recipes include pictures. And again, they are available for purchase based on any donation amount of the buyer’s choosing.
Muffins & Breads
Features 24 recipes.
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Cookies, Candy, Cakes, Bars & Brownies
Features 50 recipes.
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Desserts
Features 49 recipes.
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Beyond Baked Goods (Appetizers, Breakfast, Main Dishes, etc.)
Features 47 recipes.
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