Mares Most Delicious Icing Recipes

Steps:

• Whip water and meringue powder on high speed in a large bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy and soft peaks form, 7 to 10 minutes. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, shortening, and vanilla extract while mixing on low speed. Increase speed back to high and beat until well-combined and smooth, about 3 minutes.

Steps:

• beat for a full 10 minutes( very important) the following 3 ingredients: butter or margarine, crisco, granulated sugar (or use 1 cup packed brown sugar for a maple icing).
• heat milk in microwave till very hot (not boiling).
• while beating. add hot milk to sugar and butter mixture very slowly.(I mean about 1/8 of a cup at a time -- all the while beating it well --
• after all of the milk has been beaten in, beat in vanilla extract.
• this is delicious (the brown sugar icing is wonderful with chocolate cake especially good with butter pecan or spice cake).

Steps:

• Mix together flour, butter and powdered sugar and press in a 9x13 pan and bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes till golden brown.
• let cool a little.
• Whip powdered sugar, Cool Whip and cream cheese together and spread (gently) on top of first layer (crust is VERY flaky so sometimes it pulls up when you spread the filling).
• To make a pumpkin one: Mix instant pudding with milk and dream whip. Fold in pumpkin, if using. spread over cream cheese layer. then follow with Cool Whip. Top with chopped nuts.
• Beat instant pudding and milk till thick and spread over cheese layer.
• Top with remaining Cool Whip.

Steps:

• put meat, bread (broken up in large pieces), both eggs beaten with the milk, onion, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
• in a large bowl.
• then mix about 1/2 the can of soup into meat mixture (if you are using 2 small cans mix 1 can into meat mixture).
• mix thoroughly with VERY clean hands.
• shape into a loaf (it will be soft, very mushy to be exact, a friend told me to say it is the consistancy of"tuna salad" or canned cat food") don't worry, it is a sort of flatter than most meat loafs.
• Mix about 1 cup of water with remaining soup (if you are using the large can) and pour over loaf (or mix 1 cup water with the other small can and pour over loaf).
• Bake at 375 degrees about 1 hour and 30 minutes (adding water periodically).
• if the gravy looks too light -- cook for another 30 minutes -- it will never be too dry -- but the gravy will have a little more flavor -- keep scrapping down the sides.
• It will be golden brown on top and you will have delicious gravy to use over rice or potatoes.
• It is the best meat loaf you will ever eat (it is VERY moist and so delicious).