Chocolate Lover's Cheesecake

2 pkgs. cream cheese, softened
7/8 C white sugar
1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 C semisweet chocolate chips
1 (8oz) cont. sour cream
1 1/2 C graham cracker crumbs
1/3 C white sugar
1/3 C melted butter
directions:
To make cracker crust, stir together cracker crumbs and 1/3. C sugar. Blend in melted butter or margarine. Press into bottom and 1/2way up sides of 9inch springform pan. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese, 3/4 C sugar, cocoa, and 1 tsp. vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs; blend well. Stir in choc. chips. Pour into the prepared crust.
Bake for 20 min. Remove from oven and let cool for 15 min. Increase oven temp. to 425 degrees F.
In small bowl, stir together sour cream, remaining 2 Tbs. sugar and remaining 2 tsp. vanilla. Stir until smooth. Spread evenly over baked filling. Bake 10 min. Remove from oven to wire rack. With knife, loosen cake from side of pan. Cook completely; remove side of pan. Refrigerate before serving. Cover and refrigerate leftovers-if you have any!

Grammy Buxton's Sugar Cookies

1 C Butter (no substitutions)

½ C Sugar

1 egg

2 tsp. Vanilla

3C flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

Cram butter & Sugar until fluffy. Add egg & vanilla,

mix. Sift dry ingredients. Stir into creamed mixture

gradually. Roll ½ dough to ½" thick on floured wood

surface. Cut in different shapes. Bake in moderate

oven 350 degrees for 12-15 min.

Cram butter & Sugar until fluffy. Add egg & vanilla,
mix. Sift dry ingredients. Stir into creamed mixture
gradually. Keep mixing until dough passes the crumbly state.
Roll ½ dough to ½" thick on floured wood
surface. Cut into different shapes. Bake in moderate
oven 350 degrees for 12-15 min.

Sweet Way to Start the Day French Toast

1 C Milk
1/4 C Sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 loaf Texas Toast bread
olive oil or pam
directions:Heat griddle with oil. Mix all remaining ing. except bread in a wide container that will fit toast without deforming. After well mixed, dip bread and place on hot, oily skillet till golden brown, turn and cook then serve! The oil makes the bread crusty, crispy. We love it this way. If you prefer, use pam instead. Another variation is to cut bread in strips and make them strip dippers with hot syrup. YUM!recipe created by: Michele Alger