Thursday's the Potluck Club.-Sugar cookies

These are the best I've had in a long time. Very easy to make.


Sugar Cookies-
(can be rolled out or pressed into a shaped cookie pan).

You will need:

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups fine Raw sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 + 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 +3/4 cups Flour
1 teaspoon salt.

Preheat oven 350 degrees Fahrenheit

In large mixer bowl, cream together butter and sugar
Add egg and extracts, mix well
combine flour and salt and add to creamed mixture
continue mixing until forms a ball.

remove from Bowl,

• First option; Press into lightly buttered form pan.
• Or your second option; place in plastic wrap and Put in refrigerator for about 30 minutes. Take out and roll out to 1/2 in thickness, using cookie cutters cut into patterns. place on Silicone mats or parchment papered line cookie sheets.

Now my hint on rolling--- I use nonstick aluminum foil on the bottom and a plastic wrap on the top.

Critter demonstrating for you.

Bake at 350 degrees F. In form pan for 8-10 minutes. If you roll them 7-8minutes or until brown around edges.

Cool completely on Wired rack. Then use cookie icing and decorate as you wish.

Ruby Tuesday- Family time in the Kitchen

What went on in my kitchen on Thursday and Friday? Well, we had some family time baking holiday cookies.

Around the table is a series where I share what's going-on in the kitchen. If your kitchen is anything like mine, it is the heart of the home. Every one loves to be in there. Visitors and family all seems to gather in that room. I decorate it for the seasons. Winter is a Snowmen theme. From dishes to wall hanging and towels, snowmen all around.

Well back to the happenings in the kitchen......
This Sugar cookie recipe was the best. My daughter found it on the back of a cookies shape pan and it's the best I've tasted. I will post it on Thursday PotLuck this week.
Now to the photos of the Fun Family time in the kitchen.

Critter rolling out the dough.
He was really good at it.
Critter is my G-nephew and my little chef.

Cousins cut out the shapes.
Alex is left.
My daughter,Lyd is on the Right.

Family Decorating together.
Lots of laughing went on!
we had so much fun.

The finished results.

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Fruit and Spiced Pork -Weekend Gadget

I love my Nesco Roaster oven. It's great when you need that extra room in your oven or when you do not want to heat the whole oven up for a small roast. There are very affordable now days, cost about 35.00 and a good buy for the College student. It allows a little homecooking while away from home. I have an older one and it's blue. I was able to get a current photo of one, sold at a popular family Store. Photo farther down in the recipe.

This was a great flavorful one and very tender. Made and served as a Christmas Eve meal with Mashed Potatoes, Cranberries and steamed Broccoli. We have some Non alcoholic Grog and sourdough bread. A very Fruitful meal!

Fruit and spiced Pork Roast

one 4-6 Lb Pork roast
3/4 cup Welch's Blueberry-Pomegranate-Concord Grape juice.
one Granny Smith apple cut in chucks
1 teaspoons Saigon Cinnamon
1/4 cup light brown sugar
2 Tablespoons Tapioca flour.
1 Tablespoon softened Butter


Put roast in a covered roasting dish, on a roasting rack.
I used a small Nesco Roaster oven.
( click on photo for more info on the oven).


Pour Juice over pork and add apples around.
Mix Sugar , cinnamon and flour together.
Brush top of roast with softened butter.
Pat Sugar mixture on top.

Cover and cook at 350F for about two hours. Until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit. I used a roast with a pop up timer and it worked well. Done when the pop up is up.
Let it set covered for 20 minutes before slicing.

copyright 2010 by"Auntie E's CookBook/M Dubros"
Disclaimer: I did not receive any compensation from Nesco for this review. this is only my opinion.