No-Bake Cookie Cheesecake

This recipe is so easy and is always a favorite around the dinner table. We even used this recipe to make the Groom’s Cake for my daughter’s wedding. This is almost always requested for special dinners like Thanksgiving as well.

It can be changed to use any cookie you like, or you can use graham crackers for a more traditional cheesecake.

**Special thanks to my son-in-law @moments2lifephotography for the amazing cover photo!

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Granny’s Ambrosia

This recipe is so good, and we miss having dinners at the square dances because someone would always bring this dish with their own variations… YUMMY!

Granny’s Ambrosia

Ingredients:

Equal amounts of:

  • Mandarin oranges (1 can)
  • Pineapple chunks or tidbits (1 can)
  • ½ c. sour cream or Greek Yogurt
  • 8 oz of Cool Whip or other whipped topping
  • Mini marshmallows (1 cup)

optional add- ins:

  • Shredded coconut (1 cup)
  • Pecans, chopped (1 cup)
  • Fresh or canned fruits, chopped (1 cup each) ex: bananas, apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, grapes, etc.
  • Maraschino cherries, chopped (1 small jar)
  • Small box of vanilla pudding

Directions:

Drain cans of fruit and dump into a large bowl… save the juice for your kids, if they like that.

Add any optional additions.

Mix the sour cream and whipped topping together, gently stir into the fruit.

Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours.

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Orange Congealed Salad

This recipe was so good and so easy to make! This will definitely be making many more appearances on the menu! You could easily substitute other fruits and flavors to make it your own as well as add in other things similar to Watergate salad... let your imagination run wild with flavor combinations!

Orange Congealed Salad

Ingredients:

  • 2 small packages of orange-flavored Jello
  • 1 16 oz container of cottage cheese
  • 1 14-16 0z can of mandarin oranges, drained well (you can save the juice for something else like homemade cranberry relish)
  • 1 16 oz container of Cool Whip, thawed
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Nana’s No-Bake Pig Out Pie

I first tasted this when I was heavily pregnant with one of my younger two… I fell in love and had to beg for the recipe. It’s a good thing they couldn’t turn down a desperate pregnant Momma-to-be!

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No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie

This recipe is very simple to make and can be put into a homemade graham cracker crust or a chocolate crust.

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