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Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• corn husk
• corn masa dough
• water
• butter
• vegetable shortening
• sugar
• pineapple

Instructions

1. 1 Place corn husks in a bowl, cover with boiling water, and soak for 30 to 60 minutes. Drain, place on a work surface, and cover with a clean, damp towel.
2. 2 While corn husks are soaking, combine masa dough, baking soda, and water in a bowl. Knead until dough has a smooth and even consistency, adding more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, as needed. Take care not to add too much water.
3. 3 Beat butter, vegetable shortening, and sugar together in a second bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Slowly add masa dough and knead until mixture has a uniform consistency. Mix in chopped pineapple.
4. 4 Spread about 1 tablespoon masa mixture onto a corn husk. Fold the bottom of the husk over the filling, then fold sides of husk together, one over the other. Finally fold the top of the husk into the tamale, making a little package. Repeat with remaining husks.
5. 5 Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low. Add tamales with the open side up and cook covered until filling is heated through and separates from the husk, about 1 hour.

By gem

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• brown sugar
• shortening
• egg
• milk
• vanilla extract
• molasses
• cinnamon
• all-purpose flour
• egg

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. 2 Beat brown sugar and shortening together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in 1 egg, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in molasses, baking soda, and cinnamon. Mix in flour until the dough is stiff enough to roll out.
3. 3 Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into cookies using a pig-shaped cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush the tops of the cookies with beaten egg.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until risen and edges are lightly browned, about 15 to 17 minutes. Cool briefly on cookie sheets; serve warm or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

By Mayson

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• cocoa powder
• white sugar
• cinnamon
• margarine
• vegetable oil
• water
• sour milk
• egg
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12x18 inch pan.
2. 2 In a large bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and cinnamon. Add the margarine, oil, water, sour milk, eggs and vanilla, mix until smooth. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

By Valerie

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• rolled oat
• mexican chocolate
• butter
• brown sugar
• white sugar
• egg
• vanilla extract
• all-purpose flour
• cinnamon
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Place the oatmeal in a blender and pulse the blender on high for 2 seconds, 5 or 6 times; transfer to a bowl.
3. 3 Break the chocolate along the scores and pulse until it reaches a powdered form. Make sure to stir with a spoon between pulses so the heat from the blender doesn't melt the chocolate. Add the chocolate to the oatmeal; set aside.
4. 4 Beat the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat one egg into the mixture until completely incorporated. Add the second egg along with the vanilla extract and continue beating.
5. 5 Stir the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to the butter mixture and stir until combined. Mix the oatmeal and chocolate into the mixture. Drop teaspoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until golden-brown on the edges and set in the middle, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool briefly on the baking sheets before being moved to cooking racks to cool completely.

By swooda

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• white sugar
• butter
• vanilla extract
• salt
• egg
• cream of tartar
• cocoa powder
• cinnamon
• cayenne pepper
• all-purpose flour
• semisweet chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. 2 Beat together 1 1/2 cups sugar, butter, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in cream of tartar and baking soda. Beat in cocoa powder, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and cayenne powder. Beat in flour. Stir chocolate chips into dough until incorporated.
3. 3 Mix together remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl.
4. 4 Roll heaping tablespoons of dough into balls. Roll balls in sugar-cinnamon mixture and place 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until centers are set and edges are slightly cracked, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

By Brandi Rose

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• cajeta
• all-purpose flour
• cocoa powder
• baking powder
• butter
• sugar
• egg
• coffee
• milk
• evaporated milk
• sweetened condensed milk
• egg
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt), then lightly dust with flour; tap to remove excess.
2. 2 Fill a shallow baking pan with enough water to come 1/3 up the sides of the tube pan. Place water bath in the oven to warm up while it is preheating.
3. 3 Pour cajeta caramel sauce into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until warm and pourable, about 1 minute. Pour into the prepared tube pan, completely covering the bottom.
4. 4 Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder together in a bowl.
5. 5 Beat 10 ½ tablespoons butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and coffee. Add flour mixture, alternating with milk, mixing well after each addition. Pour batter over caramel in tube pan.
6. 6 Combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, 4 eggs, and vanilla extract in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until smooth. Pour over cake batter through a fine-mesh sieve.
7. 7 Bake in the water bath in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
8. 8 Cool on a wire rack for about 1 hour. Carefully run a thin knife around the edges to loosen, tap pan firmly a few times then shake gently. Place a serving plate over the pan and invert to release cake onto the plate.

By gem

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• almond
• confectioners' sugar
• sweetened condensed milk
• instant coffee granules
• cocoa powder
• margarine
• vanilla extract
• egg
• sweetened condensed milk
• instant coffee granules
• cocoa powder
• water
• margarine
• salt
• cinnamon
• brown sugar
• all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 10x15 inch jelly roll pan. Combine the flour, baking soda, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
2. 2 In a small saucepan, melt 1 cup margarine. Stir in water, 1/4 cup cocoa and 1 tablespoon instant coffee. Bring mixture to a boil, then remove from heat.
3. 3 Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour in the cocoa mixture, then stir in 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk, eggs and vanilla. Mix until blended.
4. 4 Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Allow to cool.
5. 5 For the coffee glaze: In a small saucepan, melt 1/4 cup margarine. Mix in 1/4 cup cocoa, 1 tablespoon instant coffee and sweetened condensed milk, and confectioners' sugar. Stir until blended. Fold in the almonds. Spread glaze over warm cake.

By Ann

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• cinnamon
• whipped topping
• sweetened condensed milk
• half and half
• evaporated milk
• ginger
• clove
• nutmeg
• salt
• cinnamon
• all-purpose flour
• vanilla extract
• sour cream
• pumpkin
• egg
• butter
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2. 2 Make cake: Beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add pumpkin, sour cream, and vanilla while the mixer is running.
3. 3 Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger in a medium bowl. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture to pumpkin batter and mix until well combined. Add remaining flour mixture to batter and mix on medium-high speed for 2 minutes more. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and let cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
5. 5 Meanwhile, make tres leches: Mix together evaporated milk, half-and-half, and sweetened condensed milk in a medium bowl until well combined. Set aside.
6. 6 Poke a generous amount of holes into cake using a drinking straw, making sure to get the corners and sides as well. Pour tres leches mixture over cake, cover with plastic wrap, and cool in the refrigerator for 1 hour to overnight.
7. 7 Add topping: Frost the top of cooled cake with whipped topping and sprinkle with cinnamon.

By Peggy Jane

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• vanilla extract
• white sugar
• heavy cream
• milk
• evaporated milk
• sweetened condensed milk
• white sugar
• cream of tartar
• almond extract
• whole milk
• salt
• baking powder
• all-purpose flour
• egg
• butter
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Cream 1 1/2 cup sugar and unsalted butter in a large bowl until mixture is fluffy and pale yellow, 3 to 5 minutes. Mix 6 egg yolks into the butter mixture, stirring in each one before adding the next. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl; gradually stir the flour mixture into the egg yolk mixture, alternating with 1 1/2 cup milk, to make a smooth batter. Stir in almond extract.
3. 3 Beat 6 egg whites with cream of tartar in a bowl with an electric mixer until frothy; gradually beat in 2 tablespoons sugar until the egg whites form stiff peaks. Gently fold the egg white mixture into the batter, retaining as much volume as possible. Pour the cake batter into prepared baking pan.
4. 4 Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on a rack.
5. 5 Whisk sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and 2 tablespoons whole milk in a bowl. Use a large fork or skewer to poke holes all over the cake; pour the three-milk mixture over the cake.
6. 6 Beat cream with 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until the whipped cream holds stiff peaks. Top the cake with whipped cream; refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour. Refrigerate leftovers. Cake is better a day or two after making.

By Garnet B

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• vanilla extract
• cocoa powder
• milk
• confectioners sugar
• butter
• milk
• cinnamon
• salt
• instant coffee granules
• baking powder
• cocoa powder
• all-purpose flour
• vanilla extract
• egg
• butter
• brown sugar
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
2. 2 Beat white sugar, brown sugar, and butter together in the bowl of a stand mixer until thoroughly blended and creamy. Add egg; beat well. Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
3. 3 Combine flour, 2/3 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, coffee, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon in a second bowl. Blend with a whisk until fluffy and no clumps appear. Alternate adding the flour mixture and 1 cup milk into the butter mixture, mixing until just combined. Fill muffin cups 2/3-full of batter.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 17 minutes. Move to a wire rack to cool completely, at least 25 minutes.
5. 5 Beat butter in the bowl of the stand mixer; add confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating until creamy. Add 2 tablespoons milk; mix until frosting is creamy. Mix in 1/2 cup cocoa powder and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
6. 6 Fit a piping bag with a coupler and tip. Drop piping bag into a tall glass and fold edges down around the glass. Spoon frosting into the bag. Gather edges and twist together. Pipe frosting onto the cupcakes.

By Erin Brocklehurst

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• yellow cake mix
• banana

Instructions

1. 1 Prepare yellow cake mix according to package directions.
2. 2 Mash the bananas with the baking soda and stir into the cake mix batter. Pour batter into one greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan.
3. 3 Do not preheat oven. Place uncooked cake in oven and turn oven on to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 1 hour. Let cake cool thoroughly and then refrigerate.

By Carolyn Micklas

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• white sugar
• semisweet chocolate chip
• brown sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Combine the flour, baking soda, white sugar, and the chocolate chips. Place 1/2 of the mixture in a clean quart sized glass jar, and pack firmly. Place the brown sugar on top, again packing firmly. Place the remaining flour mixture on top. Cover with a lid.
2. 2 Attach an index card with the following directions: Empty contents of jar into a large bowl. In separate bowl combine 3/4 cup of butter, 1 1/2 eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until creamy. Add to dry mixture. Drop by tablespoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake in a preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

By Julia

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• golden syrup

Instructions

1. 1 Grease an 8-inch square cake pan. Fill a bowl with cold water.
2. 2 Bring sugar and golden syrup to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer until a small amount of syrup dropped into the water turns brittle, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. 3 Remove from heat and carefully add baking soda; stir quickly until foaming subsides and mixture turns golden. Pour into prepared cake pan. Cool until set, about 15 minutes. Break into bite-size chunks to serve.

By Nicola

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• cream of tartar
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, cream of tartar, and sugar. Stir with a whisk, then place into a one quart canning jar.
2. 2 Attach a tag with the following recipe to the jar: Snickerdoodles 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2. In a large bowl, cream 1 cup of butter and 2 eggs. Pour in the snickerdoodle mix, and stir until a dough forms. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls, roll the balls in the cinnamon-sugar mixture, and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. 3. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be light brown. Cool on wire racks.

By Diane

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• oat
• all-purpose flour
• brown sugar
• shortening

Instructions

1. 1 In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, flour, baking soda and brown sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles cornmeal. There should be no lumps of shortening left. Measure 1/2 cup of the mixture into re-sealable bags or containers for storage. Label and date each bag. This mix can be stored in a cool dry place for up to 12 weeks.
2. 2 To make the cookies, empty one package of the mix into a bowl. Stir in 2 teaspoons of water, 1 tablespoon of raisins and 1 tablespoon of mini semisweet chocolate chips. Mix well and shape teaspoonfuls of dough into small balls. Place balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with the buttered bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Follow you oven's instructions for baking.

By Nancy

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• brown sugar
• white sugar
• semi-sweet chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Pour into a 1-quart canning jar. Layer with brown sugar, white sugar, and chocolate chips (in that order), making sure to pack down all the ingredients.
2. 2 Cover and decorate the jar as desired. Copy baking instructions onto a tag and attach to the jar.

By Marie Angel Cat

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• graham cracker crumb
• salt
• egg
• vanilla extract
• chocolate-hazelnut spread

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Combine the graham cracker crumbs, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; add the egg, vanilla, and chocolate-hazelnut spread and mix by hand until well blended. Form the mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls and place on a baking sheet 2 inches apart.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until crispy on the outside, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to rest on cookie sheet a few minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool.

By mommascookin

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• water
• vanilla extract
• white sugar
• water
• corn syrup
• pecan
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat. Mix together baking soda, 1 teaspoon water, and vanilla in a small bowl; set aside.
2. 2 Mix together sugar, 1 cup water, and corn syrup in a 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches 240 degrees F (115 degrees C) on a candy thermometer, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water and placed on a flat surface, about 25 minutes.
3. 3 Stir in pecans and butter. Heat to 300 degrees F (149 degrees C) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads, about 13 minutes. Immediately remove from the heat and stir in reserved baking soda mixture, until candy is light and foamy.
4. 4 Pour mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and allow to cool until hardened, 1 to 2 hours. Break into pieces.

By Fall

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• corn syrup
• white vinegar
• semisweet chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 Grease a disposable 8x8 inch baking pan. Stir sugar, corn syrup, and vinegar together in a heavy saucepan until the sugar is just mixed in, and the mixture looks like dirty sand.
2. 2 Place pan over medium-low heat. Cook to 307 degrees F on a candy thermometer, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; gently stir in baking soda. Pour candy into prepared pan and let cool in a draft free area.
3. 3 Break cooled candy into bite-size pieces. Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler. Dip candy pieces in chocolate to coat. Let chocolate harden; store candy in an airtight container.

By Lisa Marie Hardin

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• corn syrup
• white vinegar
• chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together the sugar, corn syrup and vinegar. Bring to a boil, and heat to the hard crack stage, 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Do not stir once the mixture begins to boil.
2. 2 While you wait for the sugar to come up to temperature, grease a 7x11 inch baking dish. When the mixture reaches the hard crack stage, remove from heat, and quickly stir in the baking soda with a long handled spoon; it will become very foamy. Pour immediately into the prepared dish, and set aside to cool. Cut into little pieces when cool.
3. 3 If you wish to coat the candies with chocolate, melt the chocolate chips in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. If the chocolate is too thick, some vegetable oil may be added. Dip pieces of candy in chocolate, and place on waxed paper until set.

By GOLIZ114

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• peanut
• sugar
• corn syrup
• water

Instructions

1. 1 Lay out several sheets of foil to spoon the hot peanut brittle onto.
2. 2 In a large skillet mix the sugar, syrup, and water together. Cook at a medium-high heat, stirring regularly. Heat until the mixture has a hard ball consistency. Heat to 250 to 265 degrees F (121 to 129 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball. If you don't own a candy thermometer, occasionally hold spoon above mixture, allowing it to drip off spoon. When mixture is at hard ball stage, it will 'hair' off the spoon when falling, looking like a clear spider web.
3. 3 Once mixture is at hard ball consistency, add raw peanuts. (They will pop a little.) When mixture starts to turn a light clear-brown, as if it's starting to burn, remove from stove. Add soda and stir. Mixture will foam up.
4. 4 Spoon out bite-size pieces onto unbuttered foil, stirring constantly between each couple of pieces. Mixture can also be poured onto unbuttered foil as one big piece and broken into smaller pieces once cooled.

By Gina

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• cooking spray
• banana
• chocolate cake mix

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. 2 Mix bananas and baking soda together in a bowl. Add cake mix; stir to create a thick batter. Spread into the prepared baking pan.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

By Sandra B

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• white sugar
• egg
• pineapple
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15 inch sheet pan.
2. 2 Sift together the flour, sugar and baking soda into a large bowl. Stir together the eggs, pineapple with juice and vanilla. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the pineapple mixture. Mix well and spread into prepared pan.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

By Beverly

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• white sugar
• corn syrup
• water
• honey

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Line a baking dish with parchment paper, measure out baking soda in a small bowl, and have a heat-proof spatula ready before starting.
3. 3 Whisk sugar, corn syrup, water, and honey together in a saucepan with a candy thermometer attached. Heat over medium heat until the mixture is thinner but still cloudy. Let bubble until the mixture is clear and the thermometer registers 300 degrees F (149 degrees C).
4. 4 Remove from heat. Whisk in baking soda until just incorporated.
5. 5 Switch to a spatula and very carefully pour into the lined dish. Do not spread it out with your spatula or compress the mixture at all, or the bubbles will deflate. Let cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
6. 6 Remove candy from the pan by lifting out the parchment paper. Rap against the counter and use your fingers to break it into individual pieces.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• butter
• white sugar
• egg
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. 2 Mix flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl.
3. 3 Beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; stir in egg and vanilla extract. Gradually blend flour mixture into butter mixture. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and toss in remaining 1/4 cup sugar; place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
4. 4 Bake in preheated oven until golden, 8 to 9 minutes. Let stand on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.

By Sue Lavey

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• white sugar
• heavy cream
• butter
• vanilla extract
• pecan

Instructions

1. 1 Butter a 9x13-inch dish and a medium, heavy saucepan.
2. 2 Combine 4 cups sugar and cream in the buttered saucepan. Set aside.
3. 3 Pour remaining 2 cups sugar in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar begins to melt.
4. 4 Place the saucepan with sugar and cream over low heat, stirring occasionally.
5. 5 Continue to cook and stir sugar in the skillet until completely melted and light brown. Pour melted sugar very slowly, in a thin stream, into the lightly simmering cream, stirring constantly. This step may take about 5 minutes, and works best if someone pours the melted sugar very slowly.
6. 6 Heat, without stirring, to 242 to 248 degrees F (116 to 120 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a firm but pliable ball. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda (mixture will foam). Drop the butter into the foaming mixture and let rest without stirring for 30 minutes.
7. 7 Stir in vanilla with a wooden spoon and continue to stir vigorously until mixture loses its gloss, 10 to 15 minutes. Then fold in pecans and quickly turn candy into the prepared 9x13-inch dish. Let cool until just warm and cut into 1-inch pieces.

By Karen Rodgers

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• all-purpose flour
• mayonnaise
• salt
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Mix together sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt. Add mayonnaise and vanilla. Mix together very well.
2. 2 Shape into walnut sized balls. (The dough will be crumbly). Mash with a fork, sprinkle with sugar. Bake 12 minutes in a 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven.

By Kay Mettlen

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• peanut butter
• white sugar
• egg
• salt
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. 2 In a medium bowl, stir peanut butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Press a criss-cross into the top using the back of a fork.
3. 3 Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

By BAKINGNUTS

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• buttermilk
• white sugar
• butter
• egg
• all-purpose flour
• cocoa powder

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x12-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Stir buttermilk and baking soda together in a bowl until dissolved and foaming.
3. 3 Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat the first egg into butter mixture until completely blended; beat in the second egg until incorporated.
4. 4 Whisk flour and cocoa powder together in a bowl. Beat flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk mixture, into creamed butter mixture using an electric mixer until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool cake for 30 minutes.

By MarkWayne

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• sugar
• salt
• water
• mayonnaise
• unsweetened chocolate

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.
2. 2 In a large bowl, sift together flour, soda, sugar, and salt. Add the water, mayonnaise, and melted chocolate. Mix together well.
3. 3 Bake for 35 minutes, or until done. Frost with your favorite icing.

By Sue Dorfler