Recipe for the day ~ Bourbon Balls

Bourbon Balls

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Ingredients:

1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup confectioners' sugar

2 tspns unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 cup bourbon

1 1/2 tspns light corn syrup

1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Directions:

Combine wafer crumbs, chopped pecans, 1 cup confectioners' sugar and cocoa

Blend the bourbon and the corn syrup together

Add to the crumb mixture and mix well

Shape into 1 inch balls and roll in confectioners' sugar

Refrigerate

Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” ― Ernest Hemingway

Recipe for the day ~ Classic Gingerbread Cutouts

Classic Gingerbread Cutout Cookies

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup milasses

2 eggs

4 cups all-purpose flour, divided

1/2 tspn baking soda

1/2 tspn salt

1/2 tspn ground allspice

1/2 tspn ground cloves

1/2 tspn ground cinnamon

1/2 tspn ground ginger

1 pound confectioner's sugar

1/2 tspn cream of tartar

3 eggs whites

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth

Stir in the molasses and eggs

Combine 1 1/2 cups of the flour, baking soda, salt, allspice, cloves, cinnamon and ginger

Beat into the molasses mixture

Gradually stir in the remaining flour by hand to form a stiff dough

Divide dough into 2 pieces

On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness

Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters

Place cookies 1 inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet

Bake for about 8 minutes

Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely

In a medium bowl, sift together confectioner's sugar and cream of tartar

Blend in egg whites

Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat for about 5 minutes or until mixture is thick and stiff

Keep covered with a moist cloth until ready to frost cookies

Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever” ― Dave Matthews Band

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Recipe for the day ~ Soft Sugar Cookies

Soft Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients:

4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tspn baking powder

1/2 tspn baking soda

1/2 tspn salt

1/4 tspn ground nutmet

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 egg

1 tspn vanilla extract

1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg

Set aside

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth

Beat in the egg, vanilla and sour cream until well blended

Stir in the sifted ingredients

Wrap dough in plastic and chill overnight

Preheat oven to 375

On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thickness

Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutter

Place cookies about 1 1/2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet

Bake for about 8 minutes

Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely

Decorate or frost to your liking

Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.” ― Muhammad Ali