Summer!

Hey! Welcome back and welcome to all things summertime. Hope you like the new blog style and I plan to switch it up. I am now a bit more mobile with the ability to post from my phone.

You can follow me on www.Twitter.com/LizatTheMorsel where today I tweeted about the Truck Food Faire. So my first post from the road, check out the lobster grilled cheese and fresh melon spritzer from Torta Truck.

It was excellent, lot's of lobster chunks, great flavor combo. Julie is at Gallivan Plaza every Thursday from 11:30 to 2:00. Get there early, the special of the day was gone when I arrived at 1:45, which today was Lobster Gnocchi. Sorry I missed that!

Merry Christmas

I made Tres Leches Cake for Christmas Eve. Very easy to make and so good. Three kinds of milk are poured over a sponge style cake. Then velvety whipped cream is spread over the top. Wet cake may not sound appealing, but trust me, its heavenly.

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

A Christmas Mouse

Aren't these adorable?

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/appetizers-snacks/christmas-mice/

Jar Cakes My Oh My

I had all my baking done on the 21st. Or so I thought. Then an email with a link to these popped into my inbox from my friend. GASP. JAR CAKES. Pretty, little jar cakes!
I still had shopping, wrapping and packing for my trip to Chicago, but I had to fit these in. MY OH MY OH MY. They are cute!

Hawaiian Angel Cake

Happy Boxing Day! I think today deserves a lighter dish.

Fred's new LOVE.

One box of Angel Food cake mix.
One can crushed pineapple (approx 2 cups)

Mix together and put in 9 x 13 glass pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
DO NOT GREASE PAN. Don't worry, it won't stick.

Serve with LOADS of fresh whipped cream. (I add 1/4 cup powdered sugar to each 1/2 pint of whipping cream, plus 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, Beat on high until stiff.)

WARNING: Do not decide that the batter looks so minimal you could really bake it in a 9 x 9 pan. Your oven will never be the same.

7 Layer Cookie Bars

Cookies can be so nostalgic. We hand down recipes to new generations and hope like heck they will still make them after we've long since checked in to the Golden Oldies Rest Home. Will someone remember to make Grandma's Double Chocolate Drops or Mom's Pecan Tassies? Will they even know what the heck a Pizzelle is? Will Grandma Berquist's Swedish Christmas Bread be forgotten? I hope not.

Italian Pizzelles

It's that time of year. Time to drive myself crazy looking for the perfect neighbor gift for 12 or so families. It's a Utah tradition, Neighbor Gifts. Most everyone does it. And there is stiff competition afoot. One family dropped off warm bread wrapped in a dish towel and a jar of Lingonberry Jam. Yum! Another brought Hot Cocoa and another Roasted Tomato Soup.

The fun part is trying to think up a cute saying for the tag. Since my gift includes a small bar of artisan soap, our tag reads "We 'Soap' your Christmas is Clean and Bright!" Not too shabby for an amateur.


Okay, on to the cookies.

Snowy Meltaways

This recipe was in my recipe box labeled "Corn Starch Cookies". Not very appetizing, huh? I've renamed them in honor of the TWO FEET of snow that dumped on the east coast this weekend. Stay warm y'all.

Snowy Meltaways

1 Cup Butter (two sticks) don't use margerine
3/4 Cup unsifted Corn Starch
1/3 Cup unsifted Powdered Sugar
1 Cup unsifted unbleached Flour

Using beaters, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add corn starch and powdered sugar. Stir in flour. Chill 4 hours. Roll into 24 balls and press thumb very lightly in top to make small indentation. Bake 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees. Might be less depending on your oven. Make sure they are not browned.

Frosting

3 oz Cream Cheese softened
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
Food coloring as desired (I split mine in half after mixing, then 1 drop of green in half and 1 drop red in the other)

Cream and together then frost cooled cookies. Just spread a small dollop on each then refrigerate to set.