Kelsey's Wedding Reception Menu......

Kelsey's Wedding Reception Menu


I made their wedding cake......
The simplest cake I ever made.....rough frosting and no borders on a log with lots of fresh flowers....is what she wanted.  Here it is.....

Swig Cookies   (AKA: Kelsey's Wedding Cookies)        makes 4 dozen

• 6 c. flour
• 1 t. salt
• ½ t. baking soda
• ½ t. cream of tarter

• 1 c. butter, softened
• ¾ c. Vegetable Oil
• 1¼ c. sugar 
• 1 c. powdered sugar
• 2 T. water
• 2 eggs, room temp.
• 1 t. vanilla
• Frosting:
• ½ c. butter, softened
• 1/3 c. sour cream
• 4 to 5 c. powdered sugar
• 1/4 t. salt
• 2 T. milk
• 1/4 t. vanilla 
• Red Food Coloring or desired coloring

In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cream of tarter, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, vegetable oil, sugar, powdered sugar for 2 minutes.  , and water. Add in eggs & vanilla .
Slowly add in flour mixture until combined. Use a medium sized cookie scoop and roll the dough into golf sized balls and place onto a non stick cookie sheet.
To give the cookies their signature rough edge, dip the bottom of a glass into sugar and press onto the cookie ball to flatten the cookie. You still want the cookie to be thicker so don't press them too thin.
Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.   The cookies stay soft so do not over bake.
To make the frosting: Cream together butter, sour cream, and salt. Add the powdered sugar. Add in the milk to the desired consistency.  Tint icing.   Spread over cooled cookies and let the icing set up. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.  Best served cold.

For the ones pictured....I used 1 t. lemon extract for one and a half batches of frosting.  I placed a small scoop of frosting on each cookie and then spread it.  This was enough frosting for 2 batches of cookies.
Kelsey's were pink, of course!

Best Ever Cream Cheese Butter Frosting

Beat together:

1 c. butter, softened 

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

2 1/2 t. vanilla

Gradually add while mixing:  

4 1/2 c. powdered sugar 

We spread this on sugar cookies and topped them with fresh berries.  Made darling little fruit pizzas!!  They were a hit!!



Chicken Salad Cream Puffs
Cooked chicken, diced
celery, thinly sliced
Mayonnaise, Best Foods
Salt & Pepper to taste
Mix together and serve on mini cream puffs.

For the Cream Puffs we used the recipe on Page 200 in the Atkinson Cookbook.
Except we used the small cookie scoop heaped full.  We baked them at 450 for 12 minutes then reduced the temperature to 325 for 18 minutes more.  A batch made 24 mini cream puffs.

Pasta Salad
5 lbs. bowtie pasta, cooked
8 c. small grape tomatoes, left whole
6 large cucumbers, sliced
8 stalks celery, sliced
1 bottle of Olive Garden Italian Dressing from Costco
Made the day before and chilled until serving time.






All of us at the temple......
One special day!!!

Abbi & Emalee were flower girls.......

Connor & Abbi in the photo booth......

This is the hope chest that Grandpa Gene Atkinson gave to Grandma Evelyn for her high school graduation in 1946.  When Kelsey graduated from high school Grandpa gave the hope chest to Kelsey.  Kelsey took it to the reception to hold her gifts.  This is the quilt that Katie & I made for their wedding gift.                                                                                                                          

The happy married couple!!!  Congratulations Austin & Kelsey Haney!!