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Shortbread Mania!!!

Aloha everyone! So I finally got around to using my brand new Pro KitchenAid Mixer :) I decided i wanted to find a really great recipe for shortbread cookies and came out successful!! I doubled this recipe and used an ice cream scoop to make the forms of the cookies :)

1/4 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Butter

1 cup Sifted Flour

(**for chocolate shortbread sift 1/4 cup baking cocoa powder with flour)

Cream butter and sugar together. Slowly add flour to form the dough.

Using an ice cream scoop, form cookies and place in the oven.

Bake at 350 for 22 minutes.

After baking cool completely on wire racks and enjoy!

For Chocolate Shortbread I added 1/4 cup Baking Cocoa  Powder. Depending on your preference you might wanna add less.

Fast and easy to make!! I hope this tutorial helps and you enjoy your cookies like i will!!! 

~Regular and Chocolate Shortbread Cookies ~

Hi everyone....it's been a while since i last made a blog entry! Here's some of the things i've been working on lately. The recepies will be included in the next couple of blog entry's ! enjoy!!

Donuts :)

Hey everyone! So during black friday this year I came upon a donut maker at Macy's. I figured it looked simple enough to make and might actually turn out delicious....so I bought the machine. I was right, it was actually very easy to make and the dough made quite a bit. They aren't regular size donuts, they are more like the mini donut size. I was really happy with the results!

The batter mix is included in the box...simple and easy to prepare!

 Just decorate with glaze or chocolate and they are ready to eat! **DELICIOUS**

Ambrosia

Hey everyone....This is Thanksgiving Dishes Parts 2. The only other dish I was able to take photographs of was the Ambrosia :) It's really good....The reason why i chose to put food coloring into the salad is because the marshmallows were white. If you purchase the mini marshmallows that are colored then there is no need to add the food coloring unless it is desired.


AMBROSIA


Ingredients:
3/4 Container of Cool Whip (8oz size container)
1 container sour cream
1 can Fruit Cocktail
1 can Mandarin Oranges
1 Bag small Marshmallows
(Food Coloring if wanted)

Cool Whip and Sour Cream Mixture

I added purple dye

Add the Fruit Cocktail and Mandarine Oranges

Add Mini Marshmallows

The finished product

Hope you enjoy this special treat as much as I enjoy it! Until the next adventure......Peace be the journey!

Frog Eye Salad

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I have so many things to be thankful for. God has truly blessed me! Today we started preparing the Thanksgiving desserts. They are all really easy and take no time at all to make. Let's get started!

Frog Eye Salad

Ingredients:


2/3 Cups Pepe Noodles
2 Cans (11oz) Mandarin Oranges, Drained
1 Pkg JELLO Pistacio Pudding
1 Lg Can of Crushed Pineapple w/ Juice
1 8oz Carton of Cool Whip


DIRECTIONS:
       Cook & Drain pasta noodles as directed on the box. Mix all the ingredients together, refrigerate & serve.

Mandarin Oranges

Add Crushed Pineapples

Add JELLO Pistacio Pudding Mix

Add Cool Whip

Prepare and add noodles

Mix together

Chill and enjoy :)

Luscious Lemon Cheesecake

Today Khloe and I made Lemon Cheesecake....It was super easy and fast to make. 

Ingredients:

2 pkgs (8oz each) Cream Cheese, Softened

1/2 Cup Sugar

1/2 tsp. Grated Lemon Peel

1 TBSP. Fresh Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp Vanilla

2 Eggs

1 Graham Cracker Crust

 Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees. 

Cream Cheese

Yummy fresh lemon!

  

Beat Cream Cheese, Sugar, Lemon Peel and juice, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs & mix until it's blended with mixture.

 

 Pour into Graham Cracker Shell.

Place in oven.

Bake 40 minutes or until center is almost set.

Cool and refrigerate at least 4 Hours. Garnish as desired.

 The cheesecake came out wonderful....Its nice and refreshing after a savory dinner. The delicate hint of lemon is the perfect contrast to a creamy filling. What will tomorrows adventure be? One can only imagine :)