Gwen's Mock Pierogi.

1. For 1 hour, sautee: 2 onions in 2-4 sticks of butter, AND all contents--juice and all--of a bag of sauerkraut (1#).
2.  A.fter one  hour, mix with prepared and strained .kluski (noodles; "Newmill," or Jewish product).

Ravioli Lasagna.

Frozen raviolis (I did half meat & half cheese)
1 pkg frozen chopped spinach (10 oz. blocked works; set out 1 hr. early to thaw; press out any water), or fresh
tomato sauce (I just used the 28 oz. Hunt's can)
shredded mozzarella (no more than an 8 oz. bag)

*Use approximately a 8 x 11" glass Pyrex dish to bake in.

1. Spread 1/2 cup hot pasta sauce into a greased baking dish.
2. Layer with 3 cups frozen meat or cheese ravioli (no need to thaw).
3. 1 and 1/2 cups fresh spinach (or half of the thawed spinach).
4. 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
5. 1 cup pasta sauce.
6. Repeat the layers (ravioli/spinach/cheese).  Top with any remaining sauce.
7. Cover with any remaining  mozzarella (aim for 1/2 cup).
8. Bake uncovered at 350 for 45 minutes, or until edges are bubbly and cheese is melted.  Let stand 5 minutes.

Ice Cream Cake, Mom's Ice Cream Birthday Cake Recipe.

IRIS!!!

1 pkg. Oreos
1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
1/2 gal. vanilla ice cream (good idea if it is softened a bit for spreading)
1 sm. carton Cool Whip
Hershey's chocolate syrup
nuts (optional, obviously)

1. Crush Oreos and add to melted butter; stir until coated well.  Set aside 1 cup, and put the rest on the bottom of your cake pan/tray, or whatever.
2. Layer the softened ice cream over the crumbs.
3. Layer Cool Whip on top of that.
4. Drizzle with syrup and nuts.
5. Top with crumbs; freeze.

Lemon Bars, Mom's.

9x 13 in. pan.

1 cup shortening (*1 1/2 stick margarine + 1/2 stick butter)
2 cups four
1/2 cup powdered sugar

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
6 Tbsp. lemon juice

4 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt

DIRECTIONS:

1. Mix 1st 3 ingredients with pastry blender until you have really small pieces coated with flour.
2. Spread in bottom of pan (butter pan 1st) evenly; pat down.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
4. In original pan, mix eggs with a spoon, and add sugar and lemon juice.
5. In separate bowl, mix last 3 ingredients.
6. 1 minute before the 20 minutes is up, mix the 2 mixtures together.
7. Take crust out of oven, and pour mixture over crust.
8. Return to oven for 25 minutes (approx.) @ 350 degrees.  Take out when golden brown.
9. Once out, sprinkle with powdered sugar...and spread even with fingers once cooled a little.

ENJOY!