HOUSE AND HOME THE KITCHEN
Well Christmas is just around the corner with its bubbles, sparkles, and festivities. Here are some Christmas tree ornaments your friends will enjoy eating. Make holes in the cookies pass green and red ribbon through the holes. Then tie these ornaments to a small Christmas tree set on a table and watch them disappear.
Frosty the Snowman
2 Tbs grated lemon rind
2 limes juiced
2 Tbs tofu liquefied in 1/3 water
1/3 cup soy milk
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup margarine
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups of flour
1 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup raisins (enough to form snowman eyes
2/3 cranberries cut in half
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
Mix lime juice, grated lemon rind, mashed tofu, soy milk, brown sugar, karo
syrup, oil, margarine and vanilla. Add flour and baking soda to the mixture.
Using round cookie cutter, cut small circles that measure approximately one inch in diameter. Using larger round cookie cutter, cut larger circles measuring approximately 2 inches in diameter. Press lower edge of a small circle to upper edge of a large circle forming a snowman. Use raisins for eyes and cranberries for a mouth. Bake at 375F until done. After removing from the oven, sprinkle with confectioners sugars.
Ginger Bread Men
2 Tbs tofu liquefied in 1/3 water
1/3 cup soy milk
11/3 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup molasses
1/3 cup boiling water
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup margarine
1 tsp vanilla
1 small ginger grated
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups of flour
1 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup raisins (enough to form snowman eyes
2/3 cranberries cut in half
Beat tofu, soy milk, brown sugar, molasses, water, oil, margarine and vanilla.
After removing from the oven, sprinkle with confectioners sugars.
Cranberry Orange Balls
1 cup of cranberry berries
1 medium orange squeezed
2 Tbs grated orange rind
1 lime juiced
2 Tbs tofu liquefied in 1/3 water
1/3 cup soy milk
11/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup margarine
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups of flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
Heat cranberries in orange juice and mash cranberries. Add lime juice and
grated orange rind. Add to mixture of mashed tofu, soy milk, brown sugar,
karo syrup, oil, margarine vanilla. Add flour and baking soda to the mixture.
Form balls out of the mixture and bake at 375F or until done. After removing
from the oven, sprinkle with confectioners sugars.
Add flour and baking soda and mix. Cut out ginger bread men using cookie cutters. Using raisins place eyes and use cranberries for mouth. Place in oiled flat pan. Bake at 375F or until done.
Oatmeal Balls
2 Tbs tofu liquefied in 1/3 water
1/3 cup soy milk
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup Karo syrup
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup margarine
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecan
1/4 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup raisins
1 cup oatmeal
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
2 cups of flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
Mix tofu, soy milk, brown sugar, karo syrup, oil, margarine vanilla. Add pecans,
dates, raisins, oatmeal and mix thoroughly. Add flour and baking soda and
mix. Form balls out of the mixture and bake at 375F or until done.
Stained Glass Windows
10 dates
2 persimmons peeled
1/4 cup water
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups candied fruit
4 Tbs confectioners sugar
4 Tbs coconut flakes
Blend dates, persimmons and water in blender at high speeds. Add flour and candied fruit. Knead and then roll into logs. Bake at 375 F for 30 minutes. Sprinkle confectioners sugar and coconut flakes over the logs. Slice log into very thin slices.