Sweet Potato Patties Recipe - Ingredients and Directions to Make the Perfect Patties

This sweet potato patties recipe is delicious and simple. If you end up loving it as much as I do, you can also experiment with using different seasonings, or using potatoes instead of sweet potatoes.

I also use brown rice in this recipe because it makes a nice, light patty when compared to a bean burger and it is a great source of nutrients. This recipe makes 5 patties. Be sure to allow the rice to cool, as it gets really nice and sticky and helps the patties stay together. Sweet Potato Patties Recipe Ingredients 1 cup water sea salt 1/2 cup short grain brown rice 1/2 cup sweet potato, grated 1/2 onion, diced 1/2 cup whole grain flour 1 tsp olive oil Sweet Potato Patties Recipe Directions: Bring to a boil and add sea salt and brown rice. Bring back to boil and simmer, covered for 45 minutes. Allow the rice to cool, so that it will be sticky enough to form into a patty. Stir the rice, sweet potato, onion and salt together in a bowl. The salt will draw the moisture out of the potato & onion if allowed to sit for a few minutes. Stir in enough of the flour to make the batter sticky, adding a tablespoon or 2 of water if necessary. Form the into tight balls and squish into patties. Heat a pan on medium and add enough oil to coat the underside of each patty. Cook for 7-10 minutes, flip and cook another 5-7 minutes. The patties can be garnished with lettuce and salsa, on a bun as a burger, or even on its own. I sometimes serve them along with some steamed kale in a tamari and sesame seed dressing.

recipe For Cut Out Cookies - perfect For Valentine's Day, Christmas and Other Holidays & Date Bars

Cookies are excellent for anytime of the year. They are especially favorite with kids and at holiday times. This method is a great one to add to your files. They make excellent hearts for Valentine's Day, Wedding Showers, Bridal Luncheons, Anniversary Parties, Mother's Day, etc. They are also excellent at Christmas for trees, Santas, stockings, etc. Easter Bunnies and Crosses, Shamrocks, Flags, Ghosts, Pumpkins, Cornocopias, etc. Whatever the occasion, this cookie method will work for you. For a totally distinct type of cookie, try the Date Sticks.

Cut-Out Cookies Recipe
2/3 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp + 1 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Cookie Recipes

Cream Crisco, sugar, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat in egg. Join flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Roll half the dough at a time to about 1/8-inch thickness on floured surface. Cut in desired shapes. Place cookies 2-inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Sprinkle with colored sugar and decors or leave plain to frost when cool. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool slightly. Remove to cooling rack.

Makes practically 3 dozen average-sized cookies.

Date Sticks
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup finely chopped nuts
1 cup dates, cut into small pieces
granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all the ingredients together in a medium bowl; mix well. Spread in a greased jelly roll pan or a cookie sheet with sides. Bake in a 350 degree for about 30 minutes. When cool, cut into bars and roll them in sugar.

recipe For Cut Out Cookies - perfect For Valentine's Day, Christmas and Other Holidays & Date Bars

Groovy Kids Cakes - 5 Types of Icing For Perfect Cakes

Nothing puts a smile on a childs face like viewing their birthday cake for the first time. And lets face it, few things out there are as satisfying for us mothers either.

Decorating a special cake for your child can be so much fun. For our girls, whimsical themes and gelati colours are in order, and for our boys, bright, bold and colorful is all it takes to make a little man smile.

Cookie Recipes For Kids

But what icing is best for the type of cake you want to create?

I categorize icing into 5 main types, and each one has its place in the cool cakes for kids arena. Understanding the types if icing will help you successfully plan your groovy cake design and save you a lot of heartbreak.

#1: Buttercream

Buttercream icing is a combination of softened butter, fine sugar and some sort of liquid flavor and coloring. It is essential to use a fine sugar when making buttercream icing as it melts very easily and importantly, contains small amounts of cornstarch which helps to stabilize the icing...This also explains why it doesn't taste so good in coffee!

Buttercream icing is so easy to work with as it's smooth consistency makes it so suitable for use with piping bags. It is the perfect icing for little cupcakes as you can get it through the piping bag tips with only one hand, allowing you to hold and manoeuvre the cupcake with the other.

#2: Ganache

Ganache is a fancy French term that simply means chocolate melted with heavy cream. When warm you can pour it over the cake for a gorgeous shiny glaze, just watch your chocolate loving child's eyes pop from their little faces as they peer over the counter top as you do this, its so cute. Ganache is so versatile, you can use it as a chocolate sauce for a pudding, dip strawberries in it, or just lick it off the spoon. You can make ganache into a frosting if you chill for a bit then beat it till fluffy, perfect for layer cakes.

Best of all though, make sure that you pop a tiny bit of the ganache into the fridge for later. Once it has chilled you can scoop out little spoonfuls, roll into balls and dip into melted chocolate for yummy after party truffles just for you.

#3: Glaze

Glaze is the simplest of icings. It is simply some fine sugar, melted over boiling water with a little bit of liquid flavour, usually fruit such as a squeeze of lemon or scoop of passion fruit. It forms a very thin liquid consistency and is simply drizzled over the cake to form a hard crust when it cools. i love the way it cracks when you bite into it, yum.

#4: Royal Icing

Royal icing is one of the most commonly used icings in cake decorating, it contains powdered sugar, egg whites and liquid. Its consistency should be similar to pancake batter and needs to flow easily in order to work it through a piping bag. You need to be quite confidant with your icing skills when using royal icing though as it sets very quickly.

#5: Fondant Icing

When it comes to really groovy cake designs fondant icing is my personal favourite due to its amazing versatility. You can make some seriously cool cakes with this as once made it is rolled out like pastry allowing you to cover cakes of all shapes and sizes. You can cut out shapes with cookie cutters, you can dye or even paint it with liquid food coloring, and as such the possibilities are endless. Fondant icing can be tricky though, sometimes having the tendency to sweat, so working at the right temperature is really important.

Now that you understand these 5 simple icing categories go and plan your groovy cake that will put a smile on your child's face, and the Best Mum on the Planet award on your forehead. Enjoy!

Groovy Kids Cakes - 5 Types of Icing For Perfect Cakes

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