I want to bake some Halloween cookies this year. I have a sugar cookie recipe but I dont have a good frosting recipe. The previous recipes I used for frosting either dried too hard or it was too liquidy. I found a few recipes online but I dont want to risk it.

Does anyone have a good frosting recipe they would like to share?

No one??? not even 9'sey

Martha Stewart's got a good, simple recipe and decorating tips. It uses egg whites, so I'd recommend the pasteurized variety.

Ooooohhh...thank you

mmmmm.....frosting..... I don't have any frosting recipes, I just wanted to express my love for it My aunt used to work at Bi-Lo's bakery and I'd always ask her to sneak cake frosting out for me. that's really the best part of the cake.....especially the type of frosting that's made specifically for birthday cakes. Sometimes I'll buy a birthday cake just for the hell of it.


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ThreadCula said:

I don't, thready!



But when you're finished, send those cookies to me!

2the9s said:

I asked for them first.

AnckSuNamun said:

But I can beat you up.

AnckSuNamun said:

lol
Yeah I used to go to the bakery and get a big cake with lots of frosting...no special occasion
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2the9s said:

Let's do this

You know what I like this time of year???

Pumpkin cookies w/ choc chips.

I was experimenting in the kitchen last year and made a batch with a spice cake mix and canned pumpkin....they came out kinda cake-y but they were damn fine eattin'

I have one.... let me go find it! It was given to me by the best sugar cookie maker... ever.

For real.

Nothinbutjoy said:

pumpkin cookies.....I never had that before. I haven't really had too many desserts with pumpkin in it. Pumpkin pie, of course, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin cheesecake. You gotta try pumpkin cheesecake.....the places around here only sell it during the fall. I should try baking one myself, then I'll be able to have it anytime of the year.....but chances are it won't be as good as the bakeries.

i could give you lots of recipes for homemade icing... but, in all honesty, when i need one thats going to stay soft and is easy to do, i use betty crockers "butter cream" frosting.

trust me on this.. it'll work out just fine, just give it a couple of squirts of food coloring, and youre good to go

AnckSuNamun said:

heres our recipe for pumpkin cookies if youre interested...


cream:
2 C crisco
2 C sugar

add to and beat well:
1 15 oz can of pumpkin (not the pumpkin pie mix)
2 eggs
2 t vanilla

blend and add to the above:
4 C flour
2 t baking powder
2 t cinnamon
1 t salt
1 t baking soda
1 t nutmeg
1/2 t allspice
2 C raisins (optional)
1 C nuts (optional)
* i never put raisins or nuts in mine, but, whatever you wanna do*

grease cookie sheet. drop by tablespoon. bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. frost each cookie with betty crocker "butter cream" frosting. these cookies are very moist and very good. each batch makes about 80 cookies.

Sugar Cookies (Grandad Daniels' recipe)

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
2 1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Cream butter, shortening, and sugar. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Add dry ingredients. Shape into 1" balls. Roll in sugar. Place on greased sheets. Flatten with a glass. Bake at 350 for 10-12 min. Yeilds 5 dozen. Yummy Flavor!!


Sugar Cookie Frosting

2 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons butter (real butter)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
milk

beat til smooth

(quite simple)

They are so delicious... I am afraid to make them... I would eat them all and share with no one. A good friend and Dietitian at the hospital would make them for me...

I vow to make them... and each time I open my kitchen drawer the recipe just waits...

I don't want cookie thighs.

thats the frosting we put on our christmas cookies every year julie .... and youre right, its the bomb recipe, but, in my experience, it tends to set up and become not so soft anymore

as far as flavor goes, i like this one better by far.... reminds me of grandma

but, if she wants icing that stays soft, do you think it will ???

They melt in your mouth Miranda... I warn you...
























Don't ever say I didn't warn you.

nakedpianoplayer said:

cool....thanks I just printed it out. I don't think I'm gonna put raisins or nuts in mine either. One Thanksgiving my aunt tried nuts and raisins in her pumpkin pie and it was god-awful. She's always making some nasty concoction that's supposed to be dessert.....it's really become a joke/guessing game to see what nasty shit she's gonna make this time

AnckSuNamun said:

i hear ya

i think you'll like these, they are easy and very tasty

let me know what you think, k ?

Yummy recipes ya'll!!

nakedpianoplayer said:

Arizona keeps it nice and soft. Miranda come to Arizona and make some damn cookies with me.

Or just spread it quick.

I don't know.

Nothinbutjoy said:

tis the season

Freespirit said:

girl, youre too silly.....

nakedpianoplayer said:

yeah, the recipe's pretty easy to follow, so they should turn out ok.

Awwww thanks you guys

I would love to come to Arizona and make some cookies.
NPP,thats a good idea to use ButterCream Frosting