Merry Christmas ( 2011 )

       Wish you all Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !!!

This is the first Christmas we celebrated in our new home with well decorated Christmas tree and lots of gifts for the family members, after looking at the gifts it feels like after Santa was done with our house , he probably took a day off!!!

                                                                        

  We decorated our house and tree with lights.This is outside view of our Christmas tree,it was a treat to watch lights on the dark winter nights.  

With the closeup of the tree you can see the beautiful ornaments such are birds, gift baskets, Christmas balls, bells and beads.

 

   These cupcakes were really yummy !!! They are a treat for the eye with wonder full decoration.

This Christmas cake was created on the same theme for spreading joy and sweetness of life.
Our family enjoyed it very much, hope you all had a lot of fun as well.

Sugar Cookies

Its Christmas season so i prepared sugar cookies,

which are sweet and tender.Sugar cookies are popular during the holidays ,kids love them specially when they are in different shapes and colorfully decorated. Sugar cookies are quick and easy to prepare and a good holiday gift idea .

 

Ingredients:

All purpose flour(3 cups)

Baking powder ( 1 tsp)

Salt (1/4 tsp)

Sugar ( 1 cup)

Unsalted Butter( 1 stick)

Large eggs ( 2 )

Vanilla extract ( 2 tsp)

Preparation:

•In a bowl add all purpose flour,salt,baking powder and mix it well.

•In a large mixing bowl add butter,sugar and mix it well then add eggs,vanilla extract and blend it with electric mixer for a min then add all purpose flour and mix it well like a chapathi dough.

•Knead the dough properly and make it in to four equal parts and wrap each piece in zip lock bags and refrigerate for 30 mins.

•Then preheat the oven at 350 degrees for 5 mins.

•Take the dough out from the refrigerator and roll the dough like chapathi using a rolling pin and little flour.

•Using a cookie cutter cut the dough and place them on the cookie tray with 1 inch apart,grease the cookie tray with little butter or oil before placing the cookies.

•Keep in the oven for 10-12 mins or until they are lightly brown.

•Let them cool down for 10 mins then you can decorate your cookies as you wish.