Time to Volunteer in Tennessee...

With a state slogan of Follow Me To Tennessee, it is easy to guess where our next stop is!  Tennessee is known for several things.  It is home to the longest running live radio show in the world, The Grand Ole Opry, and is the Turtle Capital of the World.  Tennessee had the first woman state senator in the USA, and is the birthplace of county music.  It was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War, and the first state to be readmitted after the war.

 

 

Tennessee actually means "The Meeting Place."  Here are a few other slogans given to Tennessee:

The Dollywood State, Don't Make Me Take Off My Bible Belt, and Sounds Good To Me.  There are plenty more if you are looking for some laughs...Got Teeth?  The Education State, etc.  The internet is full of them!  The most notable food that originated in Tennessee is the stack cake...we are making a version of it today!

 

 

Moon Pies:

      

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 cup evaporated milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup confectioners' sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup marshmallow creme

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

 

Lightly grease a cookie sheet (or use parchment paper to make clean-up easier).

 

To Make Cookie Crusts:

In a large mixing bowl, add 1/2 cup butter,

White sugar,

 

Cream together.

Add egg,

 

Evaporated milk,

Vanilla.

 

Mix well and set aside.

 

In a separate bowl, mix together flour,

Salt,

Cocoa powder,

Baking soda,

 

Baking powder.

Mix well. 

Add flour mixture slowly to sugar mixture while stirring.

Mix just until all ingredients are combined.

Drop the dough onto greased cookie sheet by rounded tablespoonfuls. Leave at least 3 inches in between each one; dough will spread as it bakes.

Here's a close-up...

Bake in preheated oven for 6 to 8 minutes, until firm when pressed with finger.

Allow to cool at least one hour before filling.

To Make Marshmallow Filling:
In a medium mixing bowl, add 1/2 cup butter,

Confectioners' sugar,

Vanilla, 

Marshmallow creme.

Mix until smooth.

Assemble pies by turning over half of the cookies.

Add 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls of filling on flat side of a cookie crust,

Then covering filling with flat side of another cookie crust.

 
Enjoy this heavenly treat with a glass of cold milk!  Yum!!!

 

 

Put in fridge to cool...enjoy with a tall glass of cold milk!  These cookies will melt in your mouth!