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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients:
Cookies:

2 c all-purpose flour,Sifted
1/2 c Sugar
1/4 t Salt
1 c Butter
3/4 c unblanched almonds, grated
2 t Vanilla

Frosting:

6 T Butter
1/3 c Half-and-half
2/3 c brown sugar, packed
2 c Confectioners’ sugar
1/2 t Vanilla
pistachio nuts, chopped for garnish

Method:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. For cookies, sift flour, sugar and salt into bowl. Cut in 1 cup butter with pastry blender [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Butter Crisps

Ingredients:
3/4 c Unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 c Granulated sugar
3 Egg yolks
1 1/2 t lemon rind, grated
1 1/2 t Lemon juice
1 1/2 t Cherry liqueur, (Kirsch)
1/8 t Salt
2 c All-purpose flour colored sugar crystals or plain pearl sugar crystals
Method:
1. Beat butter, sugar, egg yolks, lemon rind, lemon juice, cherry liqueur and salt in large mixer [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Coffee Cake

Ingredients:
1 c water, warm
2 T yeast,or 2 packages
1/2 c sugar
1/8 t mace
1 c scalded milk
1 c lard, melted
1 T salt
3 eggs, beaten
7 c flour, about
butter, softened
cinnamon & sugar, mixed together
blueberries & cherries for decorations
Powdered Sugar Icing:
1 t vanilla
1 lb powdered sugar
5 T [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Praline Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cup brown sugar,Packed
1 egg
1 1/2 c
1 t vanilla
1 cup pecans,Chopped
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes
Yield: 36 servings
Method:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter, sugar and egg. Stir in flour,
vanilla and pecans. Mix well by hand. Shape into balls about the size
of walnuts, place on cookie sheets and [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Thyme’ For Biscuits

Ingredients
2 1/4 c Red Band all purpose flour
1 T sugar
3 t baking powder
3/8 t garlic salt
1/2 t basil,crushed
1 t thyme,crushed
1/2 c butter
1/3 c Parmesan cheese,Shredded
4 T dried tomatoes,drained and snipped
1/4 c sour cream
1/2 c milk
Method
Pour 3/4 cup boiling water over 10 pieces of dried [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

How to Craft Rosettes

How to design doll dress rosettes
To get started making a rosette, you will need to run a suture, sewing it so that it stitches to crisscross the length of the ribbon. Pull up until it starts to meets. After you bind the ends so that it materializes into a sphere, stitch the two ends [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

How to Craft Chimes

Did you know that you could take old reddish-brown clay made of unglazed ceramics to make chimes? (Terra Cotta Pots)
The pots will make up a nice batch of chimes. To get started you will need up to ten ceramic pots. The diameter should be around 1 ¼ inch and up to 1 ¾ inches. [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

How to Craft Leaves for Bridal Pillows

Now that you have started to create your bridal pillows, you will need to add leaves to join, assemble, and finish. To help you finish we have written the following directions.
How to create leaves:
Chain fourteen stitches into the single crochet at the third chain and away from your hook, single again working it into [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

How to Craft a Tablecloth

Tablecloths add cover to your table, which can protect it from scratches, dents, etc. To craft a tablecloth you will need materials, finishing sizes, gauge structure, and directions. In view of the facts, we can present to you a few steps so that you can protect your table from damage.
You will need a gauge [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Understanding the Basics of Crochet

To get started we can begin with crochet abbreviations to help you relate to the process. Crochet experts use the terms beg (Beginning) bet (Between), bk lp (Back loop) ch (chain), ch-(previous chain), cont (Continue), dc (double crochet), dec (decreasing), dtr (double/triple crochet), ft lp (Front loop), hdc (half-double crochet), inc (Increasing), lp (loops), and [...]