Vanilla Icing

The Holiday season is in full swing... and sooner or later you're going to need some icing for those cookies of yours that you're going to let the kids (or husband :) ) sprinkle! This recipe for vanilla icing is a modified version from my buttercream icing. It's less butter and more milk, and makes in a smaller amount so you can double it as needed for however many cookies you are making. We made almost 5 dozen large cookies, though, and this recipe was more than enough to cover them all!

Vanilla Icing
1/4 c. soft or melted margarine
1 t. vanilla
4 T. milk
2 c. powdered/confectioners sugar

In medium size bowl combine all ingredients. Mix by hand until butter chunks are smaller, then mix with mixer to smooth out (no longer than 30sec. to 1min.). Add milk as needed to thin the icing, or sugar to thicken it.

Enjoy!

Oreo Cookie Balls

This is a recipe I learned from my sister last night. She learned it from a friend of both of ours named Annette. These little cookies are easy to make and completely delicious!

Ingredients:

1 package oreo cookies

8oz. cream cheese

1 package almond bark

1. Use a food processor to finely chop four or five oreos. Transfer the chopped oreo crumbs into a large mixing bowl and continue until the entire package is chopped.

2. Add 8 oz. cream cheese to your oreo crumbs. Combine so that the cream cheese and oreas are well mixed (my sister just used her hands with plastic gloves on and it worked great!)

3. Toll the oreo-cream cheese mixture into bite-sized balls.

4. Melt several blocks of almond bark in the microwave according to the package instructions.

5. Roll each ball in the bark until fully covered and place on wax paper to set.

6. Optional: You can use both white and dark chocolate bark ad create the drizzled effect in the picture for a "fancier" cookie.

Enjoy! Thanks Kim and Annette for the yummy recipe!

Kristy