Vanilla Icing

 Vanilla Icing

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups icing sugar
• 1/4 cup milk

Directions:

1. Combine crisco, vanilla and salt - Beat till light and fluffy.
2. Alternately add sugar and milk.
3. Beat till smooth and fluffy about 2 minutes.

Lemon Fudge

Lemon Fudge

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup REAL butter
• One 4.5 oz cook and serve lemon pudding (NOT INSTANT)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 3/4 cups icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Directions:

1. Line a 9" square pan with foil, bring it up the sides.
2. Use butter and heavily butter the foil.
3. In large saucepan combine, pudding mix, milk, and butter.
4. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture has thickened.
5. Remove from heat.
6. Beat in icing sugar and lemon extract.
7. Pour into butter pan and refrigerate.
8. Use tinfoil to lift fudge out of pan and cut into square.
9. Store in refrigerator.

This is good stuff!! 😊

Thanks for the recipe Diana. 🙂

Double Lemon Delights

 Double Lemon Delights

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons grated lemon peel divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Additional sugar
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl.  Set aside. Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, 1 tablespoon lemon peel and vanilla until well blended.  Beat in flour mixture until blended.
3. Drop dough by level 1/4 cupfuls (Pampered Chef Large Scoop) onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.  Flatten dough until 3 inches in diameter with bottom of glass that has been dipped in additional sugar.
4. Bake 12 -14 minutes (I baked 12) or until cookies are just set and edges are golden brown.  Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes, transfer to wire racks.  Cool completely.
5. Combine icing sugar, lemon juice and remaining tablespoon lemon peel in small bowl, drizzle mixture over cookies.  Let stand until icing is set.
6. Makes about one dozen cookies - I made 14.

Ken and I both liked them as well as David and Liz too. 😄

Whole Wheat Bread

Whole Wheat Bread

 This bread is made in a Bread Machine

Ingredients:

• 1 5/8 cups water
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 4 2/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 3 teaspoon yeast

Directions:

1. Measure and add liquid ingredients to the bread pan.
2. Measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast) to bread pan.
3. Form little well and add yeast in it.  (yeast must not come into contact with a liquid when adding ingredients)
4. Snap baking pan into bread machine and close lid.
5. Press 'Menu Select' button to choose the Whole Wheat setting.
6. Press 'Loaf Size' button to choose 1 lb, 1.5 lb, or 2 lb. (Mine was 2 lb)
7. Press 'Crust Color' button for light, medium, dark, or rapid crust. (Mine was medium)
8. Press 'Start/Stop' button

Yummy - great toasted with butter