The Craftland opening party is on Friday and I’ve decided to make these brightly decorated petite fours for the festivities. I plan to make the cake tomorrow or Tuesday and keep in the fridge until Friday morning when I’ll cut the little shapes and frost.

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I really enjoy diner food when we take road trips. Unfortunately most of the diners along the New York State thruway  have disappeared given all the rest stops along the way. So we made it to Lee, MA last night without finding any tasty stops so decided to stop and see what this Main St. town had to offer.

Instead of fries or meatloaf we found Salmon Run Fish House. I had the tasty baby clams in white wine, garlic and butter sauce and a lobster salad. Lance had the fried whole belly clams which were the perfect blend of sweet and salty. My only complaint was that we were so hungry that we ate our warm bread instantly and I didn’t have any left to dip into the delicious clam sauce.

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We made a quick trip to Rochester for Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, chicken, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, artichokes and rice stuffing. And then there was dessert – pie, cakes and cookies…

Grandma’s sugar cookie recipe, icing by me:

Cream in mixer:
1 C softened butter
1 ½ C sugar
4 eggs

Stir in
4 tblsp cream
2 tspn vanilla or lemon ( I use lemon)

Slowly add
5 C flour
1 tspn salt
½ tspn baking soda

Chill dough for several hours. Roll out to approx 1/8 ” and cutout. Bake at 400 for 6 – 8 minutes.

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Lance passed along this link for bacon salt. I do think it would be a tasty addition to fries — it’s even vegetarian!

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The new cookie cutters have arrived and I’m making this sugar cookie recipe from Alton Brown. I’ll probably also make the royal icing recipe, too. I usually just do a simple glaze, but I need a heavier consistency for decorating the fine veins in the oak leaf, and detail in the squirrel.

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