1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 8 cup powdered sugar 6 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice or milk ½ teaspoon almond extract Additional maraschino cherry juice Candy Clay 1 12 ounce package white chocolate baking pieces or candy melts ⅓ cup light-color corn syrup Food coloring Powdered sugar Flowers can be made in advance and stored in an airtight container until ready to use. *TIP: If milk is used instead of cherry juice, use red food coloring to tint the frosting pink....

1 cup powdered sugar icing 1 tablespoon milk plus more ¼ teaspoon vanilla

¼ cup butter or margerine 3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder 3 tablespoon buttermilk or milk 2 ¼ cup sifted powdered sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla

¾ cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cup all-purpose flour

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3 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 tablespoon milk Salted Lemon Rolls: Prepare Cinnamon Rolls as directed, except omit cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, brown sugar, and the Cinnamon Roll Icing. For filling, in a small bowl stir together 2/3 cup granulated sugar and 2 teaspoons finely shredded lemon peel. Sprinkle the sugar mixture over buttered cinnamon roll dough and sprinkle 2/3 cup finely chopped preserved lemon evenly over sugar mixture....

Blue Cheese-and-Walnut-Stuffed Mushrooms: Prepare as directed, except stir 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (2 ounces) and 1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts into the filling.Per mushroom: 43 cal., 3 g total fat (1 g sat. fat, 0 g trans fat), 5 mg chol., 103 mg sodium, 3 g carbo., 0 g fiber, 2 g pro.Exchanges: 1 Fat

⅓ cup butter 3 ¾ cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder ¼ cup cola

½ cup powdered sugar ¼ teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon milk milk

Invest in lighter-colored cookie sheets. If sheets are too dark, cookies may overbrown. Select sheets with a dull finish so cookie bottoms brown more evenly. Use shiny sheets for cookies that should not brown on bottoms, such as shortbread. Use nonstick cookie sheets if you prefer to skip the greasing step. However, the dough may not spread as much, resulting in thicker cookies with smooth bottoms. Use insulated cookie sheets selectively....