Bourbon = one part vanilla extract plus two parts water for each tablespoon of bourbon.

Sounds simple and great.  Looking forward to trying it out in a pecan pie recipe.

2 C brown sugar

2 C pumpkin

1 C vegetable oil

2 tsp vanilla

4 C flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ginger

2 C raisins, nuts or mini chocolate chips

Mix ingredients as usual for cookis, bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

• whipped cream cheese
• 1 whole small chicken breast
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 onion chopped finely(if desired)
• seasoning salt
• poultry seasoning
• 1 package won ton skins
• cooking oil or shorting for deep-fat fryer
• sweet and sour sauce, chinese mustard and/or soy sauce

DIRECTIONS

• Skin, bone, and finely chop chicken.  In skillet cook chicken, garlic, onion (if desired) and seasonings in 1 T of cooking oil.  Combine whipped cream cheese with chicken mixture and put onto a wonton skin.  Fold wonton skin over to shape a triangle or fold 4 corner to make a square.
• Place in deep-fat fryer until wonton skin is golden brown.
• Serve with sweet and sour sauce, chinese mustard and soy sauce

INGREDIENTS

• Frozen bread dough divided and rolled into sticks
• Butter
• Garlic Powder
• Salad Supreme
• Parmesan Cheese

DIRECTIONS

• Add all ingredients to the rolled out bread sticks by brushing melted butter on the top and sprinkling seasonings over sticks.
• Bake 350 until golden brown on the bottom

INGREDIENTS

• Package of Ritz Crackers
• Parmesan Cheese
• Mozzarella Cheese
• Basil

DIRECTIONS

• Spread out Ritz Crackers on a platter to your liking.
• Sprinkle Parmesan Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese and basil on top of crackers.
• Microwave or bake until melted.

 CRUST

• 1 C Flour
• 1/2 C Butter
• 1/2 C Nuts

Bake 350 degrees
10-15 minutes

• 8oz Cream Cheese
• 1 C Powder Sugar
• 1/2 C Cool Whip
• 1 large box Chocolate Pudding

Finishing Directions

• Spread the cream cheese filling on to bottom of the crust, next add chocolate pudding on top of cream cheese filling and then add the rest of the cool whip to the top of the chocolate pudding.
• Garnish top of dessert with shavings of chocolate.

Ingredients

• 500 gram (2.2 C) rye flour
• 750 gram (3.3 C) wheat flour
• 3 eggs
• 25 gram (2 T) salt
• 250 gram (1.1 C) brown sugar
• 125 gram (^1/2 C) treacle (molasses)
• 10 deciliter (4 ^1/4 C) water
• some smoked bacon
• German sausage

Directions

• Stir all ingredients, (except the bacon and sausage), with lukewarm water into a smooth batter.
• Put some of the batter on a waffle-iron, add a few pieces of bacon and sausage on top and bake a waffle.

Note: In Groningen, these are traditional New-Year cakes

Ingredients

• 375 gram (US-13.2 oz) self raising flour
• 1 or 2 eggs
• 4 deciliter (1.7 cups) cold milk
• 1/2 T salt
• 100 gram (3.5 oz) currants
• 100 gram raisins (3.5 oz) (no stones)

Directions
1. Put the flour in a bowl, break the eggs and add them to the flour.
2. Also add the salt and some of the milk, and stir.
3. Make sure you get a nice smooth dough without lumps.
4. Then add the rest of the milk, the washed currants and raisins, and stir it.
5. Put the dough in a mold for raisin cake, (butter the mold first) and put it in the oven.
6. Bake it for about 1 hour on 175C or 350F.
7. You can eat it when warm or cold with butter and brown sugar.
8. Instead of the currants you can use 100 gram (3.5 oz) bacon and 100 gram (3.5 oz) smoked sausage.

Portions: 6 to 8