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Hi friends~ You have been such a blessing to me and to my family through your comments and your prayers for us as we seek and wait upon the Lord. What a gift you are to all of us!!!

I know I posted this last year, but for the life of me, I can’t find it on my own blog! So, I’ll re-post, because THIS IS TRULY THE BEST LEMON COOKIE EVER! I made some a few weeks ago and can’t wait to make them again.

Cake Mix Lemon Cookies

1 box Lemon Supreme Cake mix

1/3 cup shortening

1/3 cup butter (or marg.), softened

1 egg

Mix all ingredients for 2 minutes. Roll in balls and place on cookie sheet. I press the balls out with the sugar coated bottom of a drinking glass. (The colored decorator sugar looks even prettier.)

Bake at 375 for 9-12 minutes, until they are light brown around the edges. Let cool and enjoy. (Sometimes I frost them with lemon frosting… yumm!)For more easy and delicious recipes, pop over to “Tasty Tuesdays” at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam. There’s always something special in those lists of recipes.

Thanks, again, for being a part of what God is doing in our lives. We have been very aware of His presence this past week, and we know that He will take care of us. I want to share with you a special treasure the Lord gave me in my time with Him. What a mighty and faithful God we serve!

“For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!” Psalm 84:11-12

“Sun… Shield…Present grace and favor…future glory” – What a treasure! Trusting in Him “…without fear or misgiving” – What a goal and prayer for today and everyday!

Love and Our Lord’s peace to each of you…
Jennifer

April 2010: Edited to add another link to Tasty Tuesday.  and Tempt My Tummy 🙂

This is an old recipe from years ago that I dug out last week and made for the family. I had forgotten how delicious these muffins are. I made a batch of mix last week and we’ve been enjoying hot fresh muffins every morning. (The mix won’t last 6 weeks around here! – Even the batter is delicious!  If I need for it to last a while, I double the recipe.)

6 Week Bran Muffins

15 oz box Raisin Bran Cereal
3 cups sugar
5 cups flour
5 t. baking soda
2 t. salt
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup vegetable oil
1 qt. buttermilk
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. cloves
1 t. cinnamon

Mix dry ingredients into a big bowl. Add liquid ingredients. Keep covered in refrigerator.

To bake muffins, fill muffin cups 1/2 full. (Batter is very thick.) Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes. Will keep for 6 weeks in refrigerator.

(You can “healthy” these up by using wheat flour and Total Raisin Bran if you really want to.)

For more delicious recipes today, check out Jen’s Balancing Beauty and Bedlam’s Tasty Tuesday. And soon, I hope to have a “real post” up… the days have been so full, I haven’t had time to ponder very much lately. 🙂 Hope you’re having a great beginning of summer!

Want an easy and refreshingly different sweet iced tea for the spring/summer? This is my “signature” tea I make and take everywhere iced tea is needed. My husband actually brought this recipe home to me from a business weekend at a country inn, and it’s addictive!