just helen | Jell-O Cookies Jello Cookies…Lemon, Orange, Lime and Raspberry. Rolled in sugar and then sprinkled with more chunky, colored sugar before baking. These are the sugariest of sugar cookies. Tangy, sweet, soft and yummy. I got the recipe from a friend at least 30 years ago. Jell-O Cookies (For a newly modified version of this cookie, check here!) Pre-heat oven to 400°. Sprinkle the top with colored, chunky sugar. Bake the cookies for 6 – 8 minutes. If you are feeling ambitious, you can shape these into more of an oval shape, then when you flatten them, they will look more like eggs. Yummy! Update 4/16/12. Update 12/31/12 – Check out my Christmas Jell-O cookies here! Jell-O CookiesBy: Helen NaylorPrep time: 20 mins Cook time: 6 mins Total time: 60 mins Yield30 – 36 cookies Cinco de Mayo piñata cookies Video how-to: Pinata Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup sugar1 cup powdered sugar1 cup butter1 cup vegetable oil2 eggs1 teaspoon cream of tartar1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract1 teaspoon baking soda5 cups flour1 tablespoon vanillaMini M&M candies1/2 cup powdered sugar (frosting)2 teaspoons milk (frosting) Directions to make piñata sugar cookies: Cream sugars with butter. Split dough into five, even-sized balls and one smaller ball (this will be the black one). Use a container the same approximate width of your donkey/burro piñata cookie cutter, and line it with plastic food wrap. Cover the layered dough and freeze for four hours or overnight. Remove the dough from the container and unwrap from the plastic. Immediately after you take them out of the oven, use your burro piñata cookie cutter to cut the cookie shapes. Create the hidden pocket For the middle cookies in each set, cut off the ears and legs, and cut out the center where the M&Ms will go. Assembling the piñata cookies
Blue Velvet Cupcakes I made these cupcakes for a friend's birthday. She is a huge University of Kentucky fan and I thought these would be perfect for her. Same as a red velvet cake, these cupcakes have a fine, delicate crumb and a nice tang from the buttermilk. Blue Velvet Cupcakesrecipe from Sprinkle Bakes and One Particular Kitchen 2 C sugar 2 sticks butter, at room temperature 2 eggs 1 T cocoa powder 1 T Wilton royal blue gel food coloring 1 small dab of Wilton violet gel food coloring 2½ C cake flour 1 tsp salt 1 C buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp baking soda 1 T vinegar Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter, mix until light and fluffy. Pour batter into cupcake papers. For the cream cheese frosting, I used my old standby recipe. Almond Cream Cheese Frosting 1 8oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 stick of butter, softened 1/2 tsp. almond extract 1 box powdered sugar Blend cream cheese, butter, and almond extract.
Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries with Chocolate Drizzle Only 5 ingredients and done in 10 minutes. This dish is pure bliss. Strawberries are currently in season so you can make this lovely dessert pretty inexpensively. If you like this recipe then PIN IT on Pinterest Everyday at 5 pm PST/ 8 pm EST Budget Savvy Diva posts a NEW RECIPE Make sure to follow Budget Savvy Diva on Facebook Find Copy Cat Restaurant Recipes HERE Find Crock Pot Recipes HERE Find Gluten Free Recipes HERE Find more Recipes HERE What You Need 10 Strawberries Splash of Vanilla Extract 1/3 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips 4 oz of room temperature cream cheese ( I use low-fat) 1/4 cup of powdered sugar What To Do Cut the tops off the strawberries and with a sharp knife cut an X – do not cut through the strawberry. In a medium size bowl mix – cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Place mixture into a pastry bag or a plastic bag with the tip cut off and pipe in the filling. Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave ( make sure not to burn the chocolate) Enjoy Simple and Delicious.
How to Create Emergency Kits for your Average Workday People create emergency kits for car problems and bad weather, but few create kits to deal with more common but less urgent situations. In particular, misplacing a wallet or forgetting a work laptop at home can play havoc with a person’s workday. With a little bit of planning, you can create emergency kits that will let you deal with these types of situations in a calm and productive manner. Creating a backup kit for your wallet Besides your keys, your wallet is probably your most important daily companion. No money, means you are unable to buy the essential products that gets you through a workday, like gas, lunch or even a coffee. Luckily, there are so many prepaid cards options available today that creating a wallet backup kit is an easy task. Options MasterCard and Visa both make prepaid cards that are accepted anywhere normal credit cards are accepted. Other Options You can protect your kit by wrapping it in a dark water resistant bag and making it look as innocuous as possible.
you knew i was going to make one. they are all over pinterest....(i still am not signed up for pinterest because i don't have time for one more thing but browsing is fun!) so we made one. i took a box of 64 crayons and took out the blacks and browns.i used another small box and doubled up on the good colors i liked and hot glued them to the top of our canvas. then we turned our blow dryer to hot on high. not long after you set the hair dryer by the crayons they get shiny and then the wax starts to melt! and it dries really quickly too. seriously. what could be happier than this?? GREAT project. loved it today is the first FULL day with ALL my kids in ALL day school.yeah...i am smiling as i type that. it's good. it's quiet. i am rockin' it. removing wallpaper.....making code for craft weekend stuff.....doing my hair....going to lunch..... it's all good. hooray for school!
Peanut Butter Sushi [Photographs: Peanut Butter & Co] You Will Need Your favorite breadPeanut butterSliced fruits and veggiesJam (optional)Mini marshmallows and crispy rice (also optional)Honey (again, optional) Peanut butter and raw fish—two things that sound like they should never go together. Maybe I'll challenge that notion someday, but for now, here are some fun ways to eat peanut butter inspired by the Japanese art of maki rolls, minus the actual fish. Our sprightly intern at Peanut Butter and Co. Peanut butter maki rolls are really nothing new—people have been doing this with peanut butter and jelly for years, calling them "pinwheel" sandwiches, which refers to the swirl of peanut butter and jelly created when you roll up the sandwiches. I love the idea of introducing kids and the otherwise sushi-averse to this fun food shape.
Special Needs Kitchens by Snaidero: Skyline Lab | Kitchens Like this article? Share it: It's so refreshing to see a super stylish kitchen properly designed for people with special needs, like the awesome Skyline Lab kitchen by Snaidero. Modern and beautiful, this kitchen is designed to make life easier - which is what good design is all about.