St. Patrick's Day
          Irish Cookie Hats
            
          12 mini vanilla cupcakes
          12 lg. sugar cookies
          1 can white icing whipped
          green food coloring
          tootsie rolls
          soft candies fruit chews
            
            Take half of the white icing and place in a sauce pot and melt.  Add green food coloring.  With the reserved whipped white icing, place a spoonful on each of the cupcakes.  Invert cupcakes onto sugar cookie.  Place on cooling rack.  Pour melted green icing over the top and let cool until hard.  Roll out half of a tootsie roll to form a thin strip.  Wrap the strip around the base of the inverted cupcake to make a hat band.  Take a green fruit chew and flatten.  Make a small square square and place on front of hat band using icing to hold into place.
             
           
          IRISH SODA BREAD
            
          4 cups flour
          1 tsp. baking soda
          2 tsp. salt
          1 cup sugar
          1/2 box raisins (I use more)
          2 1/2 cups buttermilk
            
           
            Mix together first four ingredients.  Mixing well, add final three.  Pour into two greased loaf pans and bake for 55 minutes at 350 degrees.
            Nice and moist!  Keeps well, too.
           

           
           
                                         Irish Scones 
          1 cup white flour
          1/2 tsp. baking powder
          1/4 lb butter softened
          2 oz. sugar
          1 egg slightly beaten
          2 oz milk
          Sultanas (white raisins) optional
          Walnut halves optional
            
         
         
            Mix flour and baking powder.  Add butter, blending until mixture is butter colored. Add sugar and continue to mix well.  Add half the  beaten egg and all the milk.  Add raisins or some nuts,  if desired,   mixing well to make a sticky dough.  Turn dough  onto floured board and knead at least 5 minutes or longer.  Cut dough into rounds and place on greased baking sheet or hot frying pan. Brush tops of scones with remainder of beaten egg.  Place walnut halves on top,  if desired. Bake at 350 to 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, or until brown. If preparing over an open fire, heat frying  pan till very hot.  Place scones in pan and cook 7 to 8 minutes. Turn and cook 7 to 8 minutes more. Makes 6 scones.
         
         
                            Bailey's Original Irish Cream 
      1 cup light cream
      1 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
      1 2/3 cup Irish Whiskey
      1 tsp. instant coffee
      2 tbls. chocolate syrup
      1 tsp. vanilla
      1 tsp. almond extract
        
          Combine all the ingredients in a blender set on high speed for 30 seconds.
          Bottle in a tightly sealed container and refrigerate. The liqueur will keep for at least 2 months if kept cool.  Be sure to shake the bottle well before serving.  Makes 4 cups.
        Leprechaun Pie
        SERVES: 8
          
        1 can frozen limeade
        1 container Cool Whip
        1 can sweetened condensed milk
        green food coloring
        1 graham cracker crust
          
         
          Combine limeade, Cool whip, milk and a few drops green food coloring.
          Pour into graham cracker crust.  Freeze.


           
           

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