Christmas Cupcakes

A friend brought these over! Thought I would share! Aren't they cute?

Pie Crust Recipe

Basic Flaky Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening, chilled
• 3 tablespoons ice water

Directions

1. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.
2. Gently gather dough particles together into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling.
3. Roll out dough, and put in a pie plate. Fill with desired filling and bake.

If you use ice water and chilled shortening you can skip #2.


LOVE this pie crust recipe!!

Popcorn Treat

1/2 - 2/3 cup unpopped popcorn kernels
10 oz bag of miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup butter or margarine
chocolate chips
nuts or toffee covered nuts(or any chip/nut variation you want)

Pop the kernels.
In saucepan melt butter, add marshmallows and stir until melted. Cook marshmallows until the mixture is slightly caramelized and bubbly.
Combine popcorn and melted marshmallow while stirring.
Stir in Chocolate Chips and nuts.

This recipe is from Kyle's Dad.
I have to make sure there are people to help me eat this, because if there isn't I end up eating the whole thing!

Lemon Bars

2 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup melted butter
4 TB flour
1 tsp baking powder
6 TB lemon juice
2 cups sugar
3 eggs beaten

Mix 2 cups flour, powdered sugar, and melted butter together until well blended. Pat mixture in bottom of a greased 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Combine sugar, 4 TB flour, baking powder, lemon juice and eggs until thoroughly blended. Pour over partially baked crust and bake an additional 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove for oven. Cool slightly. Sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar if desired. Cut into squares and serve.