Christmas

Recipes

Here are a few recipes for christmas.. if you have one you
would like to share you can e-mail it to me and i'll put it up

Miniature Gingerbread House

Materials Needed

7 graham crackers
Frosting for glue (recipe below)
Assorted small candies for decorating
Ribbon Frosting

1/2 pound confectioner's sugar
3 tbs. butter/margarine
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
1 1/2 - 2 tbs. Milk
Mix all the ingredients together until smooth and spreadable,
not runny. Add more sugar if too runny.

If you have a pastry bag, place frosting in bag and use a small
tip. If not you can use a zip lock bag cutting a small whole in the corner.
Place one graham cracker flat on the table, squeeze a little frosting
around all edges. Know you may need an extra pair of hands.

Place one cracker on each side standing up, now looks like a box with no top.

Carefully squeeze more frosting on all outside corner top to bottom
and around the bottom of the box.

Let stand for a short while to let frosting harden a little. This will
make working with the roof a little easier.

Now squeeze frosting on two of the top edges of the box and place the last
two graham crackers in a V shape on as the roof. Looks like a triangle on a
box now from the side. May over hang if you can get the frosting to hold for you.

Squeeze frosting along the top of the roof where crackers join. Let stand
again until frosting hardens a little.

Now comes the fun part - with left over frosting cover the roof to look like
snow. (two sides are left open) Then squeezing small amounts on candy place
candy on the house to decorate. You can use the frosting to add things like
doors and windows. Just use you imagination.

After project is totally dry string ribbon through to open side of the roof and
hang on Christmas tree.

If you want to do this project with young children, you might want to make the
base house ahead of time, gluing the corners from the inside - and let it harden.
Then turn them loose with frosting and small candies to do the decorating.

Special Note: This craft is safe to eat, but if you would like to save your treasure
for years to come you can use a spray varnish in a well ventilated area. (2 - 3 coats of varnish)

Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

1 c Butter or margarine
1/2 c Sugar, powdered; sifted
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 1/2 c Flour; sifted
1/4 teaspoon Salt
3/4 c Pecans, chopped

Cream butter in large bowl.
Add sugar, cream until light.

Stir in vanilla.

Sift flour and salt; mix in.

Stir in nuts.

Shape into balls.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 350.

Roll in powdered sugar straight out of oven. Roll again when cool.

Makes about 36 cookies

Chocolate chip cookies (moms recipe)

1 Cup butter (400gr)
3/4 Cup sugar (425gr)
3/4 Cup brown sugar (425gr)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda (disolved in 1/2 teaspoon of hot water)
2,5 Cup flour
1 Cup chopped cocholate
1 Cup chopped almonds
Splash of vanilla drops
and salt on a knifes edge

Stir the butter, salt and the sugar well together

Add the eggs and the baking soda, then the vanilla drops

Add the flour and the chocolate and almonds

Make little balls with a teaspoon or your hands to put on the
baking plate and bake them in the oven for 10mins or until they
get light brown at 200° c at the top of the oven

Icecream (also moms recipe)

2 eggs
2-3 tablespoons of sugar
1 dl cream
vanilla or strawberry drops for taste

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