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Sugar Cookie Recipe

Mix and sift together

*3 1/4 cup All purpose Flour (Red Rose/Golden West Flour)
*1 teaspoon Soda
*1/2 teaspoon Salt

Cream together

*1/2 cup Butter
*1 cup Sugar
*1 teaspoon Vanilla
*1 Egg

Beat the above ingredients for 2 minutes.

*Add 1/2 Heavy Cream or Whipping Cream or Sour Cream or Cream Cheese, I’ve tried all of these and each one gives the cookie a slightly different taste and they’re all yummy.

There is some tricks to making a good Sugar Cookie with this recipe. After stirring in the cream and flour into the creamed mixture this dough should be slightly sticky but forms a smooth ball. Do Not Over Mix!

Then divide the dough into 3 balls and roll out 1 ball almost 1/2 inch thick and cut out shapes, then add the next ball of dough to the scraps continue this technic until all the dough is used. The last cookies rolled out will be a little tougher than the first ones made.

Bake the cookies 425* F. For 9-12 minutes depending on the thickness of the cookie. Do Not Over Bake! If you do over bake they will become hard.

Recipe adapted from Tested Recipes Cookbook, Central Milling Company third edition

**If short on time you could also use store bought pre-made Sugar cookies, or refrigerated Cookie dough making according to the packages directions.

White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting/Topping

Mix together First: (These first two ingredients must be mixed first before adding cream cheese.)

*1 package White Chocolate Chips, melted and cooled slightly
*1/4 cup Whipping Cream

Then add:

*1 package Cream Cheese, at room temperature

Beat together with hand mixer the white chocolate mixture with the cream cheese until smooth, then spread the frosting/topping onto a pre-made sugar cookies.

Suggestions for Fresh Fruit Toppings:

*Strawberries
*Kiwi
*Grapes
*Bananas, sliced and dipped in oranges Juice and then shake off juice before adding to the cookie
*Blueberries
*Drained Mandarin Oranges
*Coconut, dried or fresh
*Raspberries
*Blackberries

Refrigerate cookies after decorating and eat them as soon as possible.

Enjoy!

Lindy

These are yummy Brownies rolled out and filled with a cream cheese frosting. Even if you don’t make the brownies into brownie rolls this is a really good brownie recipe.

This is another recipe from our Jungle Baby Shower.

You can see more of our Jungle Baby Shower Here and Here

Giraffe Roll Cream Cheese filled Fudge Brownies

Melt together:

*1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, melted
*1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips, melted

After melting the chocolate add the following and mix together.

Cream together:

*1/2 cup Butter, at room temperature
*3/4 cup Brown Sugar
*3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
*2 teaspoons Vanilla

After you have combined all of the above add one egg at a time until well mixed.

* 4 eggs, at room temperature
*1 cup of Flour
*1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt

Combine all ingredients and mix just until smooth texture.

Prepare a parchment lined 9″ x 13″ baking pan sprayed with Cooking Spray.

Bake the Brownies at 325*F. For 35-40 minutes. Do not over bake, so you will be able to roll them. Cut off the edges if needed for rolling.

We wanted the roughed-up look for our Giraffe Brownie Rolls at our Jungle Baby Shower but you can trim the edges after rolling to have more of a Swiss Roll look.

Recipe adapted from Cookies and Cups

Make or buy your favorite Cream Cheese Frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream together:

8 oz. Cream Cheese Softened or a light Cream Cheese
1/2 cup softened Butter
2 teaspoons Vanilla

*Add: 4-5 cups Powdered Sugar or more if needed for a thicker frosting for the roll up brownies.

Beat together just until all ingredients are mixed well, don’t over beat.