Tasty Royal Icing

Ingredients

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  1 cup confectioners` sugar
• 1 egg white
• 3 - 4 drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Food coloring

Directions

Mix the sugar, egg white and lemon juice in a small bowl until smooth and creamy.

It should have the consistency of heavy cream (you may need to add a bit more sugar).
Add desired food coloring.

Mushroom Meatloaf

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
2 packets onion soup mix
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms or 1 (8 ounce) can mushrooms-drained
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup beef broth

Directions

Preheat oven to 375.
Combine beef, 1 packet soup mix, 1/2 of the mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, egg, bread crumbs, and pepper with hands and shape mixture into a loaf.
Lay loaf in a 2" deep oblong baking dish.
Combine remaining ingredients and pour over meat loaf.
Bake in 375 oven for 1 hour or until cooked through.

Baked Mozzarella Sticks

Ingredients

1 pkg. mozzarella cheese strings (8 sticks)
2 tbsp flour
2 large egg whites, lightly beaten
1 cup dry bread crumbs, cracker crumbs, cornflake crumbs, or Panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
salt and pepper to taste
marinara sauce for dipping

Directions

Place the cheese strings in the freezer at least 1 hour before you plan to make these. These will lessen the oozing of the cheese. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
Place the flour, egg whites and crumbs in 3 separate dishes. Season the flour with salt and pepper. Cut the cheese strings in 1/2 widthwise. Dip one cheese stick at a time into the flour to coat, then into the egg whites and then the crumbs. Dip it into the egg again and then the crumbs again, squeezing to help them adhere. It'll be messy, but try to cover the cheese completely. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or sprayed with cooking spray. Repeat with all of the cheese.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden. Serve immediately with warmed marinara sauce.

Cream Cheese Filled Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 c. all purpose flour
  
• 1 tsp. baking soda
  
• 1/2 tsp. salt
  
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  
• 1/2 tsp. ground coriander
  
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  
• 2 c. granulated sugar
  
• 1 c. Libby's solid pack pumpkin
  
• 1/2 c. vegetable oil
  
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  

Directions:

In large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and coriander; set aside. In small bowl, combine eggs, sugar, pumpkin, oil, and vanilla; mix well. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened.

FILLING
6 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 tbsp. granulated sugar

In small bowl, combine cream cheese, egg and sugar; mix well.

TOPPING
3/4 c. flaked coconut
1/2 c. pecans, chopped
1/4 c. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

In small bowl, combine coconut, pecans, sugar, and cinnamon.

To assemble: Spoon 1/2 of batter into 24 greased or paper-lined muffin cups, filling 1/2 full. Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over partially filled muffin cups. Spoon remaining batter over cream cheese, carefully spreading to edges. Sprinkle pecan topping over muffins. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.

*Cheese Ball

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. cream cheese (8oz) softened
• 1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/4 c. sour cream
• 1 tsp. pepper
• 1 tsp. season all
• 1 c. sliced almonds

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together except nuts. Form into a ball. Roll in nuts. Refrigerate for a couple hours or until firm.

NOTE: All ingredients except cream cheese and sour cream can be substituted with your favorite ingredients. For instance, I often use pecans instead of almonds, mozzarella instead/mixed with cheddar, and use other spices that I decide might be good like chives, paprika, etc. You can also add other ingredients such as pineapple, apple, grapes, peppers, bacon, tomato, cucumber, etc. The possibilities are ENDLESS!

Strawberry Pretzel Jello Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 c. crushed pretzel sticks
• 3/4 c. melted butter
• 3 tbsp. sugar
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 c. sugar
• 8 oz. Cool Whip
• 1 (6 oz.) pkg. strawberry banana Jello
• 2 c. boiling water
• 2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen strawberries, partially thawed

Directions:

Mix first three ingredients and press in bottom of a 9"x13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees (metal pan) or 325 degrees (glass pan) 8 minutes. Let cool completely. Beat 1 cup sugar and cream cheese. Fold in Cool Whip. Spread over pretzels. Mix Jello and water until dissolved. Add strawberries. Stir into Jello, then set aside for 10 minutes. Pour over cheese mixture. Chill.

*The BEST Calzones

Ingredients

8 Rhodes frozen rolls/scones

1 1/2 c. Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce

Your choice of pizza fix-ins i.e.

• Pepperoni
• Mushrooms
• Cheese!
• Tomatoes
• Pineapple
• Sausage

Directions

Let rolls rise for 3-4 hours then stretch out and put on lightly greased cookie sheet. Add alfredo sauce and fix-ins to one roll and top with another, pinch sides together. Bake at 350 for 8-10 min or until golden brown. We like to dip it in marinara so you get the white and red sauces together...yum!

Aebleskivers

2 ½ cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2+ cups buttermilk
3 eggs (separated)
3 Tablespoons melted butter

oil or butter/oil mixture for coating the aebleskiver pan.

Powdered sugar
Raspberry Jam and/or Real Maple Syrup

Mix the flour, soda, baking powder, salt together with a fork. Set aside. Blend egg yolk and buttermilk. In a mixing bowl, whip egg whites still stiff. Gently blend the dry and milk mixture and melted butter and then fold in the whipped egg whites.

Heat the aebleskiver (able-skeever) pan (a cast iron pan that has molded, rounded "cups" that hold the batter and help form the aebleskiver "pancake" balls). When the pan is hot, you will “paint” each aebleskiver cup with oil. (I use a ½ & ½ mixture of oil/butter) When the pan is hot, fill each cup with batter and immediately start “turning” the aebleskivers with a knitting needle. Quickly turning quarter turns at a time until all sides are cooked and the center is cooked through. This is tricky the first couple of “pan-fulls” and then you’ll get the hang of it. Then pluck the aebleskiver balls out of the pan with the knitting needle. Set on a plate and dust with powdered sugar and then serve with raspberry jam or maple syrup. Repeat process each time of coating the pan-cups with oil and making the aebleskivers. A typical serving size is 3 aebleskivers (the equivalent of 3 or so pancakes).