Santa’s Recipes category archive
Iced Butter Cookies
Iced Butter Cookies
Perfect for Christmas and Thanksgiving
Ingredients:
Cookies:
4 sticks (1 pound butter)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
4 cups flour
Icing:
1 stick butter
1 box powdered (confectionary) sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
milk (as needed)
Directions:
1. Mix butter and sugar
2. Add egg
3. Mix in flour
4. Use cookie cutter to make into smallish cookies (about 1.5 inches in diameter).
Cook each batch at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes (lightly brown)
5. Let cookies cool slightly before icing
Icing:>p> Cream butter
add sugar and mix
Add milk as needed for spreadable consistency
Add vanilla
Ice the cookies
North Pole Apple Pie Recipe
Apple Pie
Perfect for Christmas and Thanksgiving
Goes well with vanilla ice cream and hard sauce
Ingredients:
A. Graham cracker crust (you can make your own or use a pre-made one)
1 large egg white (slightly beaten)
B. 5 Cups fresh peeled apples
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 Tablespoons whole wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (we generally add a bit more)
C. 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 stick melted butter (a bit over 1/3 cup)
Directions:
1. Brush egg white on crust, bake until light brown — about 6 minutes (if store bought)
2. Combine B — mix well, spoon into crust
3. Mix C — put on as the top of the pie in thin sheets
4. Bake at 375 for about 50 minutes
5. Cool for about 4 hours.
Thanks to Christian Riley
Grape Ice from the North Pole
GRAPE ICE
Perfect for Christmas and Thanksgiving
This is similar to a slurpy type drink, but much better since it is home made.
Melt 2/3 cup sugar in 1 1/2 cup water
Add 1/2 cup orange juice 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 cup (or a little more) grape juice
Freeze – then beat with electric beater and then freeze again.