PICTURES OF BUTTER RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide dough into four 1-1/2 cup portions; mix and shape for each variety as follows. Yield: 4 portions (1-1/2 cups each)., To prepare Cutouts: Using one portion dough, divide into two balls; roll each ball directly on an ungreased baking sheet to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured cookie cutter, leaving at least 1 in. between cookies. Remove excess dough and reroll scraps if desired. Decorate with sprinkles, jimmies or colored sugar if desired. Bake at 375° for 6-7 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen., To prepare Peppermint Balls: In a large bowl, combine one portion dough, peppermint candies and peppermint extract. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with red colored sugar if desired. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen., To prepare Spicy Fruit Balls: In a large bowl, combine one portion dough, currants, fruit and cinnamon. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute then roll in confectioners' sugar if desired. Cool on wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen., To prepare Chocolate Slices: In a microwave, melt chocolate; stir until smooth. In a small bowl, mix melted chocolate into one portion cookie dough. Shape into a 1-1/2-in.-thick log; roll in nuts. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm. Unwrap and cut into 1/8-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks.

Steps:

• I don’t know if you can buy powdered apple(just get the freeze dried ones if you don’t want to take this long), but it’s pretty easy to make, just time consuming. I peeled and cored 2 apples cut them into 1/4 inch thick slivers and put them in my dehydrator for 12-15 hours, then tossed them in the food processor until they were a nice powder. You can coat them in lemon juice if you don’t want them to turn brown, but they taste the same either way. You can sun dry them too, but it takes A LOT longer. You can also set them on a rack in the oven at 125-150degrees for a couple hours(not sure how long because I don’t do it that way but I’ve heard 6-8) and keep checking them until they’re dried out to where they brake like dry, stale bread. A comment was left about using fruit crisps. I’ve actually tried it before and it did indeed work, but it seemed to clump up a little. Not that big of a deal and still very good, so if you can find them at a store near you, or just order them online, it’s definitly a quick option to drying your own. Whip up the butter. Add honey and whip again. Add cinnamon and whip yet again Add the powdered apple a little at a time(1/2 tbsp roughly) whipping in between each addition. Check the flavor after adding half of the powdered apple since apple’s differ in size and aren’t exact measurements and just mix to taste.