Jimmy Carter's Peanut Butter Pie
List of Ingredients
6 oz. cream cheese
3/4 C. confectioners’ sugar
1/2 C. peanut butter
2 T. milk
1 (8 oz.) container of Cool Whip
1 baked graham cracker crust
Recipe
Beat cream cheese and sugar together. Add peanut butter and milk. Fold in Cool Whip. Pour into baked graham cracker crust and chill for several hours. Serve with additional whipped topping, it desired.
Lady Bird Johnson's Famous Lemon Cake
List of Ingredients
3/4 C. butter or margarine (at room temperature)
1 1/4 C. sugar
8 egg yolks
2 1/2 C. cake flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 C. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 tsp. lemon juice
Recipe
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks until light and lemon-colored; blend into creamed mixture. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; resift 3 times. Add sifted ingredients to creamed mixture in thirds, alternating with milk. Beat the batter thoroughly after each addition.
Add vanilla extract, lemon rind and lemon juice; beat 2 minutes. Bake in greased 10-inch Bundt pan in preheated oven at 325ºF for 1 hour or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. You can also can use three 9-inch round cake pans and bake at 350ºF for 25 minutes. Double the frosting recipe for a layer cake.
Lemon Icing---
2 C. confectioners’ sugar
1/4 C. butter or margarine (at room temperature)
Grated rind of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp. cream (or more, until spreading consistency)
Yellow food coloring, if desired
Combine ingredients and beat, adding cream until desired consistency.
YIELD: Serves 16