This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe! Enjoy...make the frosting the consistency you want it by adding more or less hot water. Happy Valentine's Day!
COOKIES:
Mix together thoroughly:
3/4 cup soft shortening (part butter)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. flavoring (I combine 1/4 t. vanilla and 1/4 t. lemon extract)
Sift together and then add to above mixture:
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
Chill at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out 1/8" thick. Cut into desired shapes. Place on an un-greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar, if desired. Bake until delicately golden (usually about 6-8 minutes). Makes approximately 4 dozen 3" cookies. Frost with butter cream frosting.
Butter Cream Frosting:
1 pound powdered sugar
1 cube butter or margarine
1/2-1 tsp vanilla
dash salt
Blend together and add HOT water SLOWLY
until desired consistency obtained.
(I like this recipe as much as the Cookie Tree's sugar cookies!)
Peg
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Monday, October 13, 2008
Gramma's 80th Birthday Cake
We had a great weekend in the Sierra Nevada Mountains enjoying family for Gramma Letha's 80th birthday celebration.
Well, instead of scrap booking the recipe Jeff used for Gramma's birthday cake, I've decided to start a blog and post recipes here! The recipe is found at the following Food Network site:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/
grandgirls-fresh-apple-cake-from-georgia-recipe/index.html
Jeff added some orange zest and cooked it in an angel food pan. This cake is really moist and seems to get better and better each day! Enjoy!
If the link doesn't work, here's the Recipe:
Grandgirl's Fresh Apple Cake from Georgia
Paula Deen
Prep Time: 30 min
Inactive Prep Time: 1 hr 0 min
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 min
Level: Easy
Serves: 16 to 20 servings
Cake:
Butter, for greasing pan
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup orange juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
Sauce:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Generously grease a tube pan.
For the cake: in a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract; and mix well. Fold apples, coconut, and pecans into batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce: Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
Printed from FoodNetwork.com on 09/25/2008
© 2008 Scripps Networks, LLC. All Rights Reserved
Well, instead of scrap booking the recipe Jeff used for Gramma's birthday cake, I've decided to start a blog and post recipes here! The recipe is found at the following Food Network site:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/
grandgirls-fresh-apple-cake-from-georgia-recipe/index.html
Jeff added some orange zest and cooked it in an angel food pan. This cake is really moist and seems to get better and better each day! Enjoy!
If the link doesn't work, here's the Recipe:
Grandgirl's Fresh Apple Cake from Georgia
Paula Deen
Prep Time: 30 min
Inactive Prep Time: 1 hr 0 min
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 min
Level: Easy
Serves: 16 to 20 servings
Cake:
Butter, for greasing pan
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1/4 cup orange juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
Sauce:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Generously grease a tube pan.
For the cake: in a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract; and mix well. Fold apples, coconut, and pecans into batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce: Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
Printed from FoodNetwork.com on 09/25/2008
© 2008 Scripps Networks, LLC. All Rights Reserved
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