Receta Better Butter, Bad Martha, Bird Boy Shirt...
Let's start with the better butter...what's that? How could one possibly make butter better?! All you need is a cute cookie cutter - cute butter is better butter! This Thanksgiving you can have better butter by shaping your butter into a turkey or a leaf for your T-day feast!
If you have a 3-D chocolate mold of a turkey or a leaf, you can use that...but I was fresh out. I have a 3-D bunny mold but it only comes out at Easter...anywho, cookie cutters work great and it doesn't matter if they are plastic or metal. Line a plate/cookie sheet with parchment paper. Using softened/room temperature butter (do not melt it!) smush it into the cutters. Put the cookie sheet into the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes,then remove and you'll be able to plop those beautiful shapes of butter out onto a pretty plate!
That would be your bad lighting shot! But just look at my beautiful and festive butter! I stick of butter per cookie cutter is what I used...if your cutters are bigger you'll use more, if they're smaller, get a bigger one!
After making my butter I came across an idea from Martha...but alas, it was not a good thing! Martha "likes to make these sugar turkey to decorate her buffet table..." and what buffet table would be complete without a sugar turkey?! So I followed the instructions, using my leaf and turkey cookie cutter and smushed some of the 4 lbs of brown sugar with 3 tablespoons of water into my cutters...the directions said to let them sit for a few days to harden...it's been FIVE days and they are STILL not ready!
When I tried to un-mold a turkey after 5 days it crumbled immediately. So if YOU saw the cute sugar turkeys Martha has in her magazine this month and want to try them...good luck! I'm sure one of Martha's many minions made these for her...in JULY...because it would take MONTHS for these to harden!
Thanks to She She Made for the idea for Max's Turkey Shirt this year...Max is a little stubborn about his clothes, preferring to only wear shirts with trucks, helicopters, or Mahter/McQueen on them...but he does love circles so I'm hoping those big circles for eyes will convince him to put this on!
One year ago: Thanksgiving "Blessings" Mix
- Two years ago: Molasses Pork Roast
- Three years ago: Baked Sweet Potatoes With Maple Sour Cream
Four years ago: Give Thanks Pillow
Max is now 3 1/2 - such a big boy! The only thing that could make our Thanksgiving better would be to have Max at our table! It's just not right when kids have kids and move away!!