Baking Mood

I love to make this apple square with buttercream frosting drizzled on top every year. It’s just a buttery pie crust cut into a square, melted butter, with the sliced apples, brown sugar and cinnamon. Best recipe ever, especially with vanilla ice cream. My buttercream frosting recipe is 2.5 sticks of non-salted butter, 1.5 cups of confectionary sugar, and one vanilla bean.

My Sugar Cookie Recipe

2 sticks of unsalted butter

1 cup of sugar

1 large egg

3 cups of flour

1 vanilla bean

Gingerbread Recipe

Hot Mix

6 Tablespoons of water

1 cup dark brown sugar

4 tablespoons of dark molasses

3 tablespoons of corn syrup

3 tablespoons of ginger

3 tablespoons of cinnamon

1 teaspoon of ground cloves

Dry Mix

2.5 sticks of butter

1 teaspoon baking soda

4 cups of all purpose flour

Sugar Cubes for Tea

6 tablespoons of sugar

food coloring

Mix the sugar and food coloring in a bowl and use tiny heart shaped cookie cutters on wax paper to make the sugar cubes! Let it all dry for a day and then have a tea party!

I made these for my cousin Brianne’s wedding shower, for party favors! It is such a compliment to be trusted with such a responsibility. :) Then, I also made them for my older sister’s friend who wanted dessert for their backyard wedding but did not have a lot of money, labor of love.

I always use four-five batches of my gingerbread recipe for the house. I measure the sides with computer paper. Sometimes, I feel bad for using all that butter and not actually eating the house, however the recipe is perfect and smells delightfully delicious ( I imagine that margarine or Crisco would probably do the trick too). You can add more cloves to the house mix for the scent, since it’s just decoration. Royal icing is all egg whites and powdered sugar, blended to peak, very sturdy for constructing the house. I enjoy using stuffing or cotton to look like snow around the house, on top of several foam boards.