Sweets

Ornamental Cookie Frosting

This frosting is ideal to be used with Gingerbread Men cookies. PREP TIME: 20 min  COOK TIME: 0 min TOTAL TIME: 20 min  YIELD: Varies Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups confectioners (icing) sugar 1/8 tsp cream of tartar 1 egg white Directions: Combine sugar, cream of tartar, and egg white in bowl.  Mix at high speed until mixture is so stiff […]

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Gingerbread Men

It’s starting to feel like Christmas!  We managed to get our tree up today, and with that comes gingerbread cookie season…(photos to come soon). This recipe comes from The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook (a classic from 1980).  This cookbook reminds me of my grandma, and baking these cookies at her house when I was younger… so much that the […]

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Best Chocolate Cake

Just as the title suggests, this is the best.  And you can finally stop bothering with anything else.  Yes, as far as chocolate cake goes, it really is that good. It’s about that time of the year where there is a birthday or two happening.  We recently celebrated one last weekend; of course chocolate cupcakes were on […]

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