Fried Chicken and Cheesesteaks

A wonderful icing for gingerbread cookies or cutout cookies. Left to dry overnight it will completely harden. Perfect as the "glue" for a gingerbread house or to attach decorations and sprinkles to cookies. I would NOT attempt this if my mixer was broken. 1/4 cup of pasteurized egg white (buy in the carton in the egg section at the grocery store) 1 pound powdered sugar 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice 1 Tablespoon of vanilla water, if necessary food coloring (paste type), if desired Mix the powdered sugar into the egg white, vanilla and lemon juice about a cup at a time. Once somewhat combined, turn mixer to a high setting (using whisk attachment) and beat until stiff peaks stage. Once you reach this stage you can use in a few different ways: 1. Spread the thick mixture directly onto cookies. 2. Use as "glue" in cookie house construction) 3. Scoop out approximately a third of this recipe into a smaller bowl. Combine with about a tablespoon of water and food colori...

These are SOOOO good, and they make your house smell like a Cinnabon while they are baking. (Cinnabon is, I'm quite certain, a registered trademark. I am not claiming these are the Cinnabon recipe. But two different people told me they were better) In the bread machine, run these ingredients on the dough setting (the second time I made these, I actually set the dough cycle to run right before going to bed, and didn't die because there was milk in the recipe. On the other hand, we keep our house in the mid 50's overnight during the winter nights, so take that into consideration if you try it in the African heat): 1 cup warm milk 2 eggs, room temperature 1/3 cup butter, melted 4 1/2 cups bread flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 packed (2 1/2 tsp) yeast When finished, punch dough down and transfer to board: Very lightly flour, and roll/stretch out, then brush w/ 1/4 cup butter, melted (or spread if you thought ahead enough to have some very spreadable): Combine 1 cup brown ...

My grandmother had a birthday this week, and my grandmother adores peanut butter, so I decided to attempt a peanut butter frosting. "THIS IS SO GOOD" is one reaction I received from a coworker (I brought the extras into work), so I decided to share the recipe: Prepare chocolate cake from a box, or cupcakes, or even just a spoon. Then make your frosting: 1 stick of butter, softened 1 cup of peanut butter (I like Jif) 2-3 cups powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla ~ 1/2 cup of milk Use your mixer to blend the butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar, about 1/2 cup at a time. Add the vanilla. Then add milk until the icing is somewhat spreadable. It will still be very thick. You could also roll it out like a fondant and lay thick slices over the cake. I decorated mine with pink M&Ms and white Reeses Pieces. Decorate yours as you see fit.