Angel Food Cake

Angel Food Cake can be finicky, but always rewarding. A fresh angel food cake tastes nothing like those that you can buy in stores, this is one good where mass bakery production can simply not even come close. I serve them with chocolate sauce, and occasionally with a rim of fresh berries, when they're on hand.

Pumpkin Cookies

These pumpkin cookies are great, even for those who aren't normally pumpkin friendly. They have a light, cake-like texture that stays soft for quite a while. The touch of brown sugar icing is wonderful and keeps the spices from being too bold. They are a fall cookie but I make them all year round!

Pumpkin Cookies
Cream together: 3/4 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar

Add: 2 cups pumpkin
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
2 eggs
3 cups of flour

Drop from full tablespoon (and these cookies are better big) onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350. Ice when cool.

Icing
Boil together: 4 tbsp margerine
4 tbsp milk
10 tbsp brown sugar

Boil, let cool. When cool add: 1 tsp vanilla and 1 lb powdered sugar.