Cherry Squares

These are very simple little cakes that my mom made that everyone seemed to love. They look difficult but are really easy to make.

CHERRY SQUARES

• 1 and 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup margarine
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sifted all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 can cherry pie filling (my mom always used cherry but you can use other flavors)
• Powdered sugar sifted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl cream sugar and margarine together. Add eggs, flour and vanilla extract. beat well; spread batter evenly into greased jelly-roll pan. With a knife mark batter into 20-24 squares and place one tablespoon of pie filling in the center of each square. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes (watch them)! Remove from oven and cool and sprinkle with the powdered sugar. The cherry filling absorb the sugar and they will look beautiful. Cut into squares.

Mom's refrigerator cookies or "Bubbe Cookies"

These are my mom's famous vanilla sugar cookie. Very easy. My kids call them Bubbe cookies. Even when she was very sick she still made these for everyone.

• Bubbe Cookies
• 1/2 cup butter or margerine
• 1/2 cup vegatable shortening (like Crisco)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• Cream butter, shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla together. Add flour. Using wax paper, shape the dough into logs and then roll in sprinkles. Wrap in the wax paper. Refridgerate for 4 hours or more (if you put these in the freezer the cookies will be ready in about an hour). Slice and back at 350 degrees until just turning golden. Cool and eat! makes dozens!

Day One

My mother, Myra, passed away from ovarian cancer on June 2, 2007. There were an extradordinary amount of amazing things about my mom, but one was that she was an extremely great cook. What I want to do is share her incredible recipes with family and friends. Feel free to use these for your families.