Icing for Cookies

I want to try this sugar cookie recipe, today we made gingerbread cookies (we cheated, from a a package that Granny gave us), this icing was good on the cookies! We decorated our cookies with Mike and Ikes that we cut in two!

Powdered Sugar Icing

In a small bowl, combine 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in 3 tablespoons milk. Stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until icing reaches spreading consistency. If desired, tint with paste food coloring. Place inside of a plastic sandiwhich bad and cut a small piece from the corner to pipe onto cookies.

Sugar Cookie recipe

Ingredients
2/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour


Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat until combined, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour. Divide dough in half. If necessary, cover and chill about 30 minutes or until dough is easy to handle.
2. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of the dough at a time until 1/4 inch thick. Using a 4-1/2- to 6-inch cookie cutter, cut dough into desired shapes. Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are very lightly browned. Transfer to a wire rack; cool.
4. If desired, prepare Powdered Sugar Icing. Spread and/or pipe the icing (if using) onto cookies. If desired, top iced cookies with sprinkles and/or candies. Makes 14 to 16 cookies.

Other options:

Candy Windowpane Cutouts

Prepare as directed, except roll dough until 1/8 inch thick and use a 2-1/2-inch cookie cutter to cut dough into desired shapes. Place on a foil-lined cookie sheet. Cut small shapes out of the cutouts' centers. Finely crush 3 ounces hard candy (about 1/2 cup). Fill each center cutout with candy. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes; cool cookies on foil. Makes about 36 cookies.

Sugar Cookie Pizza

Prepare dough as directed. Spread into an ungreased 12-inch pizza pan. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until edge is firm but not brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Frost with homemade or canned cream cheese frosting and decorate with candy-coated milk chocolate pieces or other small candies. Use a pizza cutter to cut cookie into wedges. Makes 16 cookie wedges.

Meatless Chili for Chili Dogs

We ate this tonight over hot dogs, toasted up the bun with some "butter" on top of the stove, served it with a little mustard or mayo, whichever everyone liked.

1 pound protein crumbles
1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
1 15-ounce can red kidney beans, undrained
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
3 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions
1. In a 3-quart saucepan stir protein crumbles, 1/2 cup chopped onion, and the garlic over medium heat until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat.

2. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, undrained beans, undrained tomatoes, chili powder, salt, and black pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.

A variation:

Cincinnati-Style Chili: Prepare as above, add 1 to 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon cider vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice, 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper with the tomato sauce.

To serve, place 1/2 cup hot cooked spaghetti on each of 4 serving plates; make an indentation in center of each portion. Top each serving with some of the chili, 1 to 2 tablespoons shredded cheddar cheese, 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped onion, and/or 1/4 cup additional kidney beans.

Pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats

Here’s what you need to make Pumpkin Shaped Rice Krispie Treats:
1 package (10.5 oz.) of miniature marshmallows
3 Tbsp. butter / margarine
1/8 tsp. salt
Red and yellow food coloring
6 cups of Rice Krispies cereal
Wax paper
3 Small Tootsie Rolls cut in half
Black decorating gel


1. Melt marshmallows, butter and salt in a saucepan, or in microwave for two minutes
2. Add a few drops of red and yellow food coloring to turn mixture orange.
3. Stir in the Rice Krispies.
4. Scoop the orange mixture onto six separate pieces of wax paper.
5. Wrap the wax paper around the mixture and shape it into six pumpkins.
6. Cool for about a half hour then remove the wax paper.
7. Press a Tootsie Roll half into each pumpkin to create the stem.
8. Decorate the pumpkins with black decorating gel. (We bought black frosting by mistake so make sure you buy the gel because it’s easier to decorate with!)

Basic waffles

Waffles
Prep: 10 minutes Bake: per waffle baker directions


Ingredients
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1-3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup cooking oil or butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon (I added this to ours!)
Directions
1. In a medium bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
2. In another medium bowl beat eggs slightly; stir in milk, oil, and vanilla. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be slightly lumpy).
3. Pour 1 to 1 1/4 cups batter onto grids of a preheated, lightly greased waffle baker (use a regular or Belgian waffle baker). Close lid quickly; do not open until done. Bake according to manufacturer's directions. When done, use a fork to lift waffle off grid. Repeat with remaining batter. Serve warm.
4. Makes 12 to 16 (4-inch) waffles
5. Buttermilk Waffles:Prepare as above, except reduce baking powder to 1 teaspoon and add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Substitute 2 cups buttermilk or sour milk for the milk.

Nutrition Facts
Calories 180,
Total Fat (g) 11,