Magic Cookie Bars

Provided by Dawn Huber

1/2 cup margarine
1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 6 ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 3 1/2 ounce can flaked coconut (1 1/3 cups)
1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In 13x9" baking pan, melt margarine in oven.  Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over margarine.  Pour milk evenly over crumbs.  Top evenly with remaining ingredients, and press down firmly.  Bake 25-30 minutes or until lightly brown.  Cool.  Chill thoroughly if desired.  Cut into bars.  Store loosely covered at room temperature.  If using a glass dish, bake at 325 degrees.

Black Magic Cake

Provided by Betty Weaver (my aunt)

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup strong black coffee
2 tsp instant coffee to 1 cup of hot water

Sift dry ingredients into mixing bowl.  Add remainder of ingredients all at once.  Beat at medium speed for two minutes.  Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes in a 13x9 inch pan.  The batter will be thin.

* For low cholesterol, use 1 cup sour lowfat milk instead of buttermilk, vegetable oil for the cooking oil, and 1/4 cup egg beaters and the whites of two eggs.  Mix according to the above directions.