More Wacky Recipes
I'm not done with the 'weird' and unusual recipes. Because I enjoyed the other ones so much, I just had to try this one. It's called 'Vinegar Pie'. I baked my pie crust before I added the mixture....for no other reason than I was reading without my glasses and missed the 'UN' in unbaked.

VINEGAR PIE

1/2 c. butter, softened
2 tbsp. cider vinegar
1 (8 inch) unbaked pie shell
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/4 c. sugar

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vinegar and vanilla. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until inserted knife come out clean.

When you pull the knife out clean the pie will still be jiggly and 'wet'. It will firm up as it cools.

Give it a go. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Wacky Health Night
Last night for our Relief Society monthly activity we had another fun evening. The first part of the night was devoted to cooking. We divided the ladies into groups and revealed some of the ingredients along with the recipes they'd be working with.

The recipes were:

Tomato Soup Cake

Potato Chip Cookies

Velveeta (Cheddar Cheese Spread) Fudge

When these were revealed everyone turned up their nose and thought it was the grown up version of 'mud pies'. While the 'treats' were cooking we got up and were shown a few exercises we can do while we're cleaning our teeth, on the phone, cleaning windows and during commercial breaks on TV. Between each exercise there was a 'word from our sponsor'.

Here are the 'helpful' tips from the 'sponsor':

*    When you go to eat cookies take the broken ones. This is because if they're broken the calories have leaked out and they are calorie free.

*    My new 'low-fat diet' is working. My fat is hanging lower and lower every day.

*    A balanced diet is as easy as a chocolate bar in each hand.

*    Tummy tucks are getting easier. Why this very morning I had a tummy tuck. I tucked my tummy into my pants and went about my business.

Then we got to test our 'creations'. Everyone was quite surprised just how yummy everything was. I think the favourite was the cake then the fudge.


Tomato Soup Cake

* 1 can condensed tomato soup
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 egg
* 1/3 cup butter
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
* 1 cup raisins

Directions

1. Combine the tomato soup and the soda in a bowl, and let it stand.
2. Cream sugar, egg, butter, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix in tomato soup and soda mixture, and then flour. Stir in the raisins, and pour the batter in a greased baking dish.
3. Bake at 165 degrees C for 1 hour, or until done. Cool the cake, and top with cream cheese icing.

With this one we decided that walnuts would be nice to add in the next time we made it.

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Cheddar Cheese Spread Fudge

Ingredients:

* 1 cup butter, softened
* Half a jar Cheddar Cheese Spread
* 5 cups icing sugar, sifted
* 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
* 1/2 cup Powdered milk
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation:
In a large saucepan over medium heat butter and cheese together, stirring frequently; remove from heat. Sift together confectioners' sugar and cocoa; add to cheese, mixing well. Stir in non-fat dry milk, vanilla and nuts. Turn into a 9x9x2-inch pan; chill until firm and cut into squares. Makes about 1 1/2 kg of Fudge.

We made ours without the nuts but will add the nuts next time.

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Potato Chip Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup salted butter, softened
1 cup Icing sugar
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups crushed potato chips
powdered sugar for sprinkling

Step 1: Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
Step 2: In large bowl, cream butter & icing sugar.
Step 3: Add flour, and beat with mixer, when mixing add in vanilla.
Step 4: With spoon, fold in chips.
Step 5: Drop dough by spoonfuls 3cm apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Step 6: Bake 15-18 minutes, until lightly colored.
Step 7: Remove from baking sheet, sprinkle with powdered sugar and let cool.

Makes 20 cookies.

We used plain chips and would like to experiement with different flavours.