Buried Treasure Cookies Recipe

         
      1 c  Blue Bonnet Margarine
      1 t  baking soda
      1 c  brown sugar
      1 t  salt
    1/2 c  sugar
      1 c  peanut butter chips
  1 1/2 t  vanilla
  1 1/4 c  crisp rice cereal
      2    eggs
  1 1/4 c  Wheaties cereal,crushed
  1 1/2 c  unbleached white flour
      1 c  semi-sweet chocolate chips
    3/4 c  wheat flour

Cream margarine and sugars. Mix in eggs and vanilla until light and
fluffy. Sift flours, soda and salt, and add to creamed mixture. Mix
well. In a separate bowl, melt peanut butter chips in microwave at 20
second intervals stirring at each interval until smooth. Stir rice
cereal, Wheaties cereal, semi-sweet chocolate chips into melted peanut
butter chips until coated. Stir cereal mixture into dough mixture. Drop
by rounded teaspoons onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake in a
preheated 375 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove to rack to cool. Makes
approximately 5 dozen cookies.

2nd place NC State Fair

Buttercream Icing
        
      4 c  confectioners' sugar
      1 c  Hi-Ration shortening,or
           -Crisco
    1/4 c  milk
    1/4 c  Fudge Icing Base (optional)
      1 t  vanilla,or white vanilla

Makes enough to frost a 2-layer cake.

Buttermilk Cheese Loaf
        
      2 c  flour
    1/2 t  baking soda
  1 1/2 t  baking powder
      2 t  dry mustard
      1 t  salt
      1 c  cheddar cheese,shredded
      1 c  buttermilk
    1/4 c  oil
      2    eggs

In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients & cheese.  Set aside.  Beat
buttermilk, oil & eggs with rotary beater until well blended.  Add all
at once to flour mixture & mix just until moist.  pour into a greased
9x5x3 inch pan & bake at 375 degrees for 45-50 minuts or until
toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool in pan for 10
minutes.  Invert on rack & cool.  Makes one loaf.

1st place  Wisconsin State Fair