Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

From Vicki!!! My friend Vicki has come through again with an unusual,but great sounding recipe!!! It sounds like a perfect dip for fruit-trays!!!! or cinnamin graham crackers!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 8-ounce block of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cups chocolate chips
Fruit, cookies, crackers -- whatever you want to serve this with

Instructions:
1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar and whisk until sugar dissolves and mixture starts to bubble. Set aside to cool, and whisk in vanilla.

2. Cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar for 60 seconds. With mixer on low speed, add in brown sugar and butter mixture. Mix until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.

3. Garnish with additional chopped chocolate. Serve with fruit, cookies, crackers, pretzels, or just a spoon.

CHERRY BREAD

This recipe was mailed to me by my neighbor and friend Vicki Shirits. It appears to be a simpler recipe than the one I have...I am going to try it! I suggest you all try it too and let me know what you think!



Cherry Bread
Ingredients
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup cherry juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch salt
1 cup maraschino cherries (cut up)
Directions
Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Whisk together the eggs, shortening, milk, cherry juice, and vanilla extract in a bowl until evenly blended; set aside. Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a separate large bowl; make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Pour the cherry juice mixture into the well and stir just until combined. Fold in the cherries. Pour the batter into a loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the top springs back when lightly pressed, about 1 hour. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before cutting to serve.