Milk Bone Dog Biscuits

Submitted by Becca J

3/4 cup hot water
1/3 cup margarine
1/2 cup powdered milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
3 cups whole wheat flour

In large bowl pour hot water over the margarine. Stir in powdered milk, salt, and egg. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Knead for a few minutes to form stiff dough. Pat or roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into bone shapes. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes. Cool. They will dry out quite hard.

Makes about 1 1/4 pounds of biscuits. Costs around 30 cents per pound.

Sopapilla Cheesecake

Submitted by: Natalie W

by DaleJrFan

Ingredients
2 rolls of crescent rolls
1 stick of butter - softened
1 stick of butter - melted
1 cup sugar
1 - 8oz cream cheese
cinnamon sugar

Procedure
Preheat oven to 350. Spray bottom of 9x13 cake pan. Press one roll of the crescent rolls into the bottom to form crust. Mix the cream cheese, sugar, and softened butter. Spread this on top of the crescent rolls.

On a piece of waxed paper, press out the other roll of crescent rolls into the shape of the 9x13 pan. Put this on top of the cream cheese mixture. Pour 1 stick of melted butter on top of the crescent rolls. Sprinkle with lots of cinnamon sugar.

Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Natalie's Special Salsa Recipe

Submitted by: Natalie W

*1 Anaheim Pepper
*1 Med White onion
*2 Jap. Peppers (with only seeds from 1)
*1 container grape tomatoes
1/2 can of diced tomatoes (Oregano/Basil) Pour out juice
Cilantro
1 Lemon
1 lime
*2-3 cloves garlic

Bake all ingredients with * on HI with Tons of seasoning, (garlic salt, pepper, season salt, etc.) until skin is wrinkly and there is some juice flow. Food process cold ingredients while waiting. Food Process remaining ingredients when finished cooking and refrigerate.

Sugar Cookies and Icing Glaze

Mrs. Field's Sugar Cookies

* I am a big fan of these because they are not super duper sweet so they hold icing well without being overwhelming.

* I also do not refrigerate for an hour before rolling, I just put flour on the

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 3/4 cup white sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/4 cup colored sugar for decoration
* 3/4 cup butter (I use margarine and it works fine)


DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl combine the flour and salt with a wire whisk. In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed. Add the egg and vanilla, and beat until well blended. Scrape down sides of bowl, then add the flour mixture. Blend on low speed just until combined. Do not overmix.
3. Gather dough into a ball. Flatten the ball into a disk and wrap tightly in plastic wrap or a plastic bag. Refrigerate one hour until firm.
4. On a floured surface, roll out dough to a 1/4 inch thickness. With cookie cutters, cut dough into desired shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with colored sugars or sprinkles. Bake for 13-15 minutes, being careful not to brown. Immediately transfer cookies with a spatula to a cool, flat surface.
dough make it not sticky.

Wilton Icing Glaze

*this glaze gives a shine to the cookies and it very good. After it dries you can also use regular icing to decorate it.

* It also takes color really well and the new Neon food coloring you can buy at the grocery store has good deep color for pinks, purples, green and sky blue

Ingredients:

* 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
* 3 tablespoons milk
* 1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract

Makes: About 1/2 cup of icing.

instructions:

Stir milk into sugar. Add vanilla. Drizzle on cupcakes.

May be thickened with confectioners' sugar or thinned with milk or other flavored liquids.