Inspiration is divine. That is the only way to describe it. I was trying to come up with an economical Valentine for the kids teachers at school. Shopping at Walmart over the weekend, I found these adorable oven mitts for $1.88 each. The only problem, what to do with them. So, I had the brilliant idea (certainly with God's help) to bake cookies on skewers, decorate them and stuff them down into the oven mitts. I must admit, they turned out pretty cute! Baking the cookies on the skewers worked wonderfully. Not one broke. Here's the recipe if you are interested.1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 tsp. Vanilla extract
2 cups self rising flour
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Slowly add flour. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface and cut with assorted cutters. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 375 degrees for 8 - 10 minutes until browned.
The icing was 1 stick butter, 1 block cream cheese, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1 box powdered sugar. Tinted with red food coloring paste (the liquid would make it runny).
Hope you and yours have a WONDERFUL Valentines day full of LOVE!
