Elf Poop The cookie that eats like candy, because Elves are all about candy!

                                                                         

My 2 Granddaughters challenged me to make Elf Poop Cookies for Christmas! HA HA, they will be happily surprised with these! Just pure fun! 

6 Egg Whites
2 Tsp Vanilla
1/2 TSP Cream Of Tartar
Dash of Salt
1 & 1/3 Cups Granulated Sugar
1 Heaping & I mean heaping of Cocoa I used Hershey's Special Dark Baking Cocoa
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Cup Nestles Unicorn Baking Chips
2 TBS of ChocoMaker Milk Chocolate Flakes or Chocolate Jimmies if you cannot find the flakes
Varies sprinkles for topping each pile of Elf Poop! I used Hollyberries Sprinkles Gold  Baking Glitter & more Chocolate Baking Flakes! Be creative & have fun!
Preheat oven to 250 Degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment. Now on to mix up that Elf Poop!
In your deep mixing bowl place egg whites, cream of tartar, salt & vanilla. Beat until nice & frothy. Stir your Granulated Sugar & Cocoa together, Beat into the egg mixture 1 heaping TBS at a time Beat in powdered sugar 1 TBS at a time. Now beat it all on high speed a good 10 to 15 minutes. Now stir in the baking chips & chocolate flakes or the jimmies if you use those. Drop by spoon onto parchment lined sheets. Place sheets in the oven at the same time & bake 35 minutes, DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN AT ALL, now after the 35 minutes turn oven off & let cookies sit in the oven for 1 hour. Again no peeking! After one hour you will have crispy, crunchy sweet piles of Elf Poop! 

Applesauce Delights a Soft Moist Sugar Cookie

                                                                       

These are delicious. A nice big & soft cookie that is nicely spiced! ENJOY! 

1 Cup Shortening
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Cup Light Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
2 TSP Vanilla
4 Cups Flour
3 TSP Cinnamon
2 TSP Ginger
1 TSP Salt
1 TSP Baking Soda
2 Cups Sweetened Applesauce
1 Cup of any of the following (Chopped Dates, Raisins, or Nuts) I used the chopped dates! YUM!
Cinnamon & Sugar to sprinkle on top of the cookies

Beat shortening, ad sugars & beat again. Add eggs & vanilla then beat again. Add Applesauce & beat again. Stir the flour, baking soda, salt & spices together, mix well. Add 1/3 of this to your batter & beat. Add another 1/3 & beat. Add remaining flour mixture & beat until all is well combined. Preheat oven to 375. Spray cookie sheets with baking spray. Now drop batter onto sheets using heaping tablespoon. Sprinkle each cookie with a generous amount of your cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake 12 minutes or until cookies are light brown. Makes 5 dozen very yummy cookies!

Judys Foodies Kisses or Meringue Cookies

                                                                         

How beautiful are these? Perfect to decorate any cookie tray & my grandkids are in love with these! Crisp & light as air with that marshmallow taste, these are the perfect addition to your cookie baking. The best part is these are easy! I had my two little grandgirls ages 7 & 5 help me make these. We dropped the batter from a spoon & gave each cookie a little swirl. If you want fancy you may pipe these using your pastry bag & a decorate tip but I wanted the girls to enjoy the baking without a lot of fuss & these turned out wonderful! ENJOY!

3 Egg Whites at room temperature

1 TSP Vanilla

1/4 TSP Cream Of Tartar

Dash of Salt

2/3 Cup Granulated Sugar

Preheat oven to 250 Degrees & line to baking sheets with parchment paper.

Now beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, salt, & vanilla until you have a nice bowl of froth, it should look very foamy. Now beat in the sugar 1 TBS at a time. Now turn mixer on high & let this beat until you have thick glossy peaks about 10 full minute. Now drop by teaspoonfuls or pipe batter onto parchment sheets. Lightly sprinkle with any sprinkles you choose or leave plain. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes & then turn oven off & leave cookies in the oven for at least 1 hour. I left them i for 2 hours & they were perfect! FUN & LOVELY! 

Apple Cinnamon Flop A Coffee Cake

                                                                         

A moist delicious Apple Cinnamon Cake

4 Cups Flour

1&1/2 Cup Sugar

5 TSP Baking Powder

1 TSP Salt

Stir all together in a deep mixing bowl

Cut in 2/3 Cup Shortening until you have fine crumbs

Now Beat in

2 Eggs

2 Cups Plain Yogurt

1 TBS Vanilla

Mix well you will have a nice thick batter. Spray a 10 x 14 baking pan. Spread batter evenly

In a sauce pan place 6 TBS Butter and 5 apples peeled cored & diced. Cook until apples are soft, stir often as you cook. Now spread that over the cake batter. Cover  the top with 2 Cups Brown Sugar I used Dark Brow Sugar, spread evenly. Now sprinkle evenly over the sugar 3 TSP Cinnamon. Now dot the top with 8 TBS of butter cut into pieces, you want about 16 pats. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 50 to 55 minutes, test cake to be sure the batter is done. Remove from oven & serve warm or at room temperature. DELICIOUS! 

Fresh Pumpkin Cake

                                                                         

This cake was made from fresh pureed Pumpkin! I did not cook the pumpkin but threw it in my food processor & pureed it until smooth. Feather light cake with wonderful pumpkin flavor! Top it with your favorite frosting, I used my Buttercream Frosting! DELICIOUS!

CAKE:

2 Cups Flour

2 Cups Sugar

2 TSP Cinnamon

1 TSP Ginger

1 TSP Cloves

2 TSP Baking Powder

1 TSP Salt

1&1/2 Cups Vegetable Oil

4 Eggs beaten

1 TSP Vanilla

1 TBS Milk

2 Cups Pureed Pumpkin fresh or canned but I used fresh!

Spray cake pan with baking spray be sure to use one that contains flour or grease & flour your pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Now mix up that cake! 

In large mixing bowl ass all of your dry ingredients & give them a good stir. Now add the oil, eggs & vanilla & beat well. It won't look pretty, but no worries! Now add the pumpkin & the milk & beat well! Now it looks like good cake batter! Spoon into your prepared pan! Bake 1 hour then test to see if cake is done, no wet batter should be on the cake tester or toothpick whichever you use! Once baked remove cake & let cool 10 minutes then dump cake out onto a plate to finish cooling! Once cool frost with your favorite frosting!

Buttercream Frosting:

6 TBS soft butter

5 Cups Powdered Sugar

1/2 TSP Salt

2 TSP Vanilla

Milk enough to make the frosting as smooth & fluffy as you like I used about 5 TBS or so!

Beat the butter fluffy. Add the salt & about 1/2 of the sugar & beat again. Now add some milk & beat again, Add the rest of the sugar & beat well. Now add enough milk while beating to get the frosting you desire! 

Homemade Dog Food Chicken & Barley!

                                                                           

Your dogs will love this! Chunks of chicken, barley, green beans, peas, spinach & fresh butternut squash!Don't forget the gravy!

20 Pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

1 Pound Pearled Barley

1 Butternut Squash Peeled & Cubed! If you can find frozen Butternut Squash in your freezer section just use that is save a lot of work! Buy 2 bags!

3 Pounds Froze Green Beans

2 Pounds Froze Peas

1 Pound Frozen Spinach

2 Cups Flour you stir in 2 Cups Water until smooth & add at the end for the gravy. Wait to mix it up until you are ready.

In a large electric roaster place chicken breast  then cover with water,add the barley & the squash. Cover & cook until tender, I do mine on high stirring every 1/2 hour or so cook until chicken is done. About 3 hours! Once done remove chicken & place in refrigerator until you are ready to chunk it up & add it back to the pot. 

Now back to the roaster, add the remaining vegetables, add more water if needed you want the vegetables to be 3/4's covered. Cook at least one hour or until veggies are cooked. Now cut up the chicken into chunks & add that back to the pot. Roaster will be full. Now stir the flour & water together & stir this into the chicken mixture to make a lovely gravy that your dog will love! This will make 6, 32 ounce containers. I use my Folgers Coffee cans they work great! Freeze 5 keep one for the frig. When I feed my dogs I warm each bowl up for 45 seconds on high in the microwave to bring it up to room temperature. My dogs don't like cold food but never give them hot food!  

Autumn Sandtart Baking

                                                                         

This is what happens when grand-kids love Sandtarts! I was asked to please bake some Sandtarts with them. So last night we made Witches Hats, Leaves, Ghosts, Pumpkins, Bats, & Cats, & a dolphin thrown in just for fun, they said! SANDTART, not just for Christmas anymore! https://recipesforjudysfoodies.blogspot.com/2011/02/old-fashion-all-butter-sandtarts.html