Heart & Soul Cooking And Crafting

1# margarine softened  3/4 cup sugar 2 tbsp vanilla  4 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour  Red and green sugar or colored sugar of your choosing 1) cream butter and sugar thoroughly. 2) add vanilla and mix thoroughly. 3) add flour and mix thoroughly. 4) roll dough into 4 logs and roll in the colored sugars. 5) wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap Refrigerate over night. 6) slice into 1/4" slices and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. 7) remove immediately from cooking sheets and place on cooling racks. This recipe has been a favorite of my family since my dad was a child. Please enjoy.

I box lasagna noodles  1 batch homemade perogie potato with cheese filling  1 batch homemade beef stew 1) Cook pasta to aldente 2)Line a greased baking pan with parchment paper 13 x 9 or individual small disposable foil loaf pans  3) put a layer of noodles, then a layer of potatoes, then, noodles. 4) add a layer of the stew and then the noodles and repeat until pans are full. Bake at 375 until warmed through, then top with either a cheese sauce or Alfredo sauce, or even a tomato sauce. Your choice on the sauce. If you have extra potatoes, stew and noodles then make lasagna rolls. Spread the potatoes on the lasagna noodles and roll. Spread stew on the lasagna noodles and roll. Bake at 375 until warmed through and top with your favorite sauce. Instead of the stew you can use chicken pot pie filling or turkey pot pie filling or even sausage gravy for a breakfast idea. Also try a layer of shredded beef or pork or any kind of shredded meat would work for this lasagna. Enjoy...

1 cup unsalted butter or margarine (softened) 1/2 cup powdered sugar  1 tsp vanilla  Special add in 2 - 3 tbsp rum or brandy (if making for adults) 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour sifted (or by dipping method) 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional) 1) Mix butter, sugar, vanilla, rum or brandy thoroughly. 2) Mix flour and salt together and add to butter mixture. 3) add chopped nuts (optional) and chill dough 30 minutes but no more then 1 hour. 4 pre-heat oven to 400 degrees (mod hot) Roll dough into 1" balls and place on ungreased baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cookies do NOT spread. 5) bake 10 -  12 minutes or until set but NOT browned. 6) while still warm roll in powdered sugar and cool completely then roll in powdered sugar again. This recipe makes about 4 dozen 1" cookies