Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sour cream sugar cookies



These Cookies are so good, so is the dough! I like this recipe better than regular sugar cookies.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
5 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
2 tablespoons evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions

1. Cream together 1 1/2 cups white sugar, butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and eggs. Add sour cream.
2. Mix together 5 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, baking powder and baking soda. Gradually add to the egg-sugar mixture.
3. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
5. Roll out on lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out cookies. Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 10 - 12 minutes.
6. To Make Frosting: In small bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat together the softened cream cheese and evaporated milk until smooth. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/8 teaspoon salt and confectioners' sugar. Beat until well blended. Color as desired and frost cooled cookies.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Honey Oat Bran Bread

I finally had some time to make some bread and decided to use up some oat Bran that was in the cupboard. Aaron loved this bread we ate it too fast for a picture. I will make it again but I had to put it somewhere because I didn't follow an exact recipe.

* Bread Machine
* 2 1/4 cups water
* 2 cups oat bran
* 4 cups wheat bread flour
* 1/4 cup honey
* 2 Tsp salt
* 4 TBS butter
* 4 Tsp tsp active dry yeast
Be sure to add all the ingredients to your bread machine in the following order:
Water, White Bread Flour, Wheat Bread Flour, Honey, Salt, Butter, Yeast.

Peanut Butter Cookies



These cookies really came out so great. I have made lots of peanut butter cookies and this was by far the best. They are soft, not crunchy, not chewy. I put kisses in the middle. I got the recipe from Recipes.com but I changed what they had because of reviews and came out with this...

INGREDIENTS

* 1 cup salted butter
* 1 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda


DIRECTIONS

1. Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in eggs.
2. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into batter. Put batter in refrigerator for 1 hour.
3. Roll into 1 inch balls flatten slightly. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown. Do not over-bake.