random stuffs mostly vintage and found
1 cup butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar 2 cup cake flour (sifted) 1/4 tsp salt 1/3 cup almonds (ground, unbleached) candied fruit (optional) Cream butter and powdered sugar until very light. Sift flour and salt together and gradually add to butter mixture. Add ground almonds; mix well. Chill overnight. Shape into 1/2″ balls and […]
Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) are spicy cookies that are very hard when they are cooled. Store in tightly covered containers with a piece of apple. Printer friendly copies: Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) full page Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) 3×5 card Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) 4×6 card Peppernuts (Pfeffernüsse) 1/2 cup almonds (blanched) 4 cups flour (sifted) 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon […]
Christmas Wreaths 1 cup soft shortening ½ cup brown sugar 2 eggs (separated) 2 cups sifted flour ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups chopped nuts or cocoanut ½ cup raspberry or strawberry jam Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg yolks, flour, salt. Mix well. Shape 1-inch balls, drop into unbeaten egg whites, then in chopped nuts. […]
Coconut Jumbles 1 can Watkins coconut 2 teaspoons Watkins Baking Powder 1/3 cup butter 1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla ¾ cup sugar 1/3 cup good milk or thin cream 2 eggs 2 cups sifted flour Cream together the butter and the sugar, add the well-beaten eggs, chopped coconut, milk and flavoring; then gradually stir in the […]
Yuletide Cookies 1 cup butter 2/3 cup sugar 1 egg 2 ¼ cup flour salt vanilla Cream butter, add sugar, egg, other ingredients; chill. Roll out thin, use cutouts. Bake 350° until lightly browned. Ice with confectioners icing and decorate. Ruth Lockman, DeGraff Memorial Hospital 75th Anniversary Cookbook Printer Friendly copies: yuletide cookies 3×5 card […]