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Sugar Cookie Frosting

December 15, 2012 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

best sugar cookie icing

This basic sugar cookie frosting recipe is what I use every year for our big sugar cookie decorating shebang.  It’s super simple to make, and it can be tinted into a rainbow of colors, thinned out and painted on, or even piped through at tip for outlining or details.  It’s somewhere between a buttercream frosting…

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Sugar Cookie Icing

December 14, 2012 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

royal icing recipe

My favorite sugar cookie icing makes gorgeous “professional” looking cookies that stack and travel well. This icing recipe was given to me by my friend Donnah, who makes incredibly beautiful sugar cookies. I got to go to a class at her home with friends a couple of years back, and we made these snowflake sugar…

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Easy Sugar Cookie Recipes

December 14, 2012 By Gwen Brown 7 Comments

I have two easy sugar cookie recipes should have been posted here long ago.  The first is an instant gratification, no-chill sugar cookie version. The other is a chilled dough that also makes perfect cut cookies, AND at room temperature is the perfect consistency to use in a cookie press. This time of year, I…

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Banana Pudding Recipe

July 12, 2011 By Gwen Brown 3 Comments

Banana Pudding is one of the quintessential desserts in the Southeast.  It’s a requirement for potluck suppers, and summer holiday meals.  If you’ve never tried it, it should go on your dessert bucket list.  Unlike trifles, banana pudding is at home hot or cold, and ranks in the top comfort foods for most Southerners.  It…

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Covering Smushy Desserts

June 21, 2011 By Gwen Brown Leave a Comment

I made this lovely banana pudding for an event, and I didn’t want to mess up the whipped cream with plastic wrap.  What to do?  Mom used to use toothpicks, but those just poke holes right through the plastic wrap. But wait!  I remembered these little flag picks that I found last year at the…

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Fruit Pizza Recipe

May 3, 2010 By Gwen Brown 2 Comments

This fruit pizza recipe is one of my favorite summer desserts.  I made it last year for our family vacation at the beach.  We had a great time, made a lot of great memories and yummy food!  You just can’t beat fresh fruit, cream cheese frosting and a crisp shortbread crust.  Fruit pizza is very simple to put together, but…

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