One neat thing we can do in the snow is:
Make Snow Ice Cream
1. Scoop clean (cannot emphasize enough....CLEAN) snow off the top of a snow pile and put in large mixing bowl.
2. Add vanilla to taste.
3. Add cream or half-n-half in small quantities to mix.
4. Add sugar to taste.
5. Mix well, and place in freezer until almost set and ready to eat.
Frosted Snowmen
2 cups flour, all-purpose
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
2 cups quick-cooking oats, uncooked
1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
2 egg whites
Decorations: chocolate, 3/4 tsp. salt, cinnamon, and silver decors, sugar crystals.
Into large bowl, measure first seven (7) ingredients. With mixer at low speed, beat until blended. With wooden spoon, stir in oats and walnuts. Preheat oven to 375 Degrees (F). With floured hands, shape mixture into thirty-six 1-inch balls and thirty-six 3/4-inch balls. Place 1-inch balls, 2 1/2-inch apart, on ungreased cookie sheets; then place 3/4-inch balls 1/2-inch above 1-inch balls. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until golden. With metal spatula, remove to wire racks to cool.
Prepare Frosting: In medium bowl with mixer at low speed, beat confectioners' sugar, cream of tartar, and egg whites until blended. Increase speed to high and beat 1-minute. Dip front of each into frosting to cover. Place frosted side up, on wire racks; decorate quickly. Let frosting dry, about 1 hour.
Snow Flakes
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix thoroughly shortening, sugar, egg, flavoring. Sift together dry ingredients and stir in. Chill 1 hour. Heat oven to 400 Degrees (F). Roll dough 1/8-inch thick on light floured board. Keep dough chilled, rolling only 1/4 at a time. Cut with star cutter. place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 6 to 8 minutes until delicately brown. Makes four (4) dozen.
