SUGAR COOKIE W/ DECORATIVE ICING

It was Christmas time and I needed to come up with a sugar cookie recipe with decorative icing, and fast! After much research and tweaking, I came up with what I believe is the best tasting sugar cookie recipe ever. It is very easy to make and useful in all occasions. Even better, it was safe for my children!

SUGAR COOKIES

1-1/4 cup Sugar 3 cups all-purpose Flour
1 cup Lard 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
3 tsp Ener-G Egg replacer 4 Tbsp hot tap water
1/2 tsp Baking Soda 1/4 cup Light Corn Syrup
1/2 tsp Salt 1 Tbsp Vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix Sugar and Lard. Set aside. In a small bowl mix together the Ener-g Egg replacer and hot tap water until replacer is disolved. Add the egg replacer, Corn syrup and Vanilla to the Sugar/Lard mix. In a seperate bowl combine the Flour, Baking powder, Baking soda and salt. Then add it to the rest of the ingredients. Mix well. Shape into a large ball. Cut into 4 pieces and wrap each piece in saran wrap. Put into fridge for at least 2 hours.

When ready, pull the dough out of the fridge one section at a time. Leave the rest in the fridge to keep cold. If you desire soft cookies, roll the dough out to 1/2 inch thick. Cut out the shapes you want and put them on a lightly greased cookie sheet. If you like yours a little crunchy, roll out to a 1/4 inch thick.

If you are not going to ice the cookies you can sprinkle sugar (white or colored) on prior to baking. Otherwise bake for 8-10 minutes, just until lightly browned.
Let cool. Then ice.

DECORATIVE ICING

1 cup Confectioner's Sugar (powdered sugar)
3 tsp water
3 tsp Light Corn Syrup
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract or Almond extract
food coloring if desired
Blend the ingredients together until smooth. Feel free to add extra water and/or Corn Syrup to get the desired consistency you want.

Where Has the Time Gone?

It has been a rather extensive time since I last posted a blog on this site. I can truly say that it wasn't due to laziness. Funny how life can really throw some curve balls, and if we aren't alert then we end up getting smacked upside the head with one. Ouch! Boy does that hurt.

Since I last posted, I have discovered that one of my children is now allergic to 7 foods, as opposed to the original 2. In order for me to remember all of his allergies (especially during grocery shopping)I had to come up with a slogan that included all of his allergies. It went something like this: My son is allergic to the POPE'S CINNAMON CARROTS. What that is telling me is that he is now allergic to Peanuts, Oats, Peas, Soy, Cinnamon, Carrots.

Add my daughter's dairy allergy to the mix and I have now found myself in the kitchen baking more often than not. And when I am not baking I am online and in cookbooks finding recipes that I can tweak and still taste good. It's like looking for treasure.

My desire is to update this blog with SAFE foods that will send your tastebuds running for more. With a huge amount of time, effort, and experimenting, I have come up with some recipes I think you will enjoy. Just because we have to omit some ingredients does NOT mean we have to omit great taste.

Until next time, I hope you enjoy life to the fullest inspite of your food limitations. God bless!