Monday, December 17, 2012

Spritz Cookies (Grandma Thomsen)

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs, unbeaten
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla





Preparation

  1. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
  2. Cream together margarine and sugar.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time, to margarine/sugar mixture.
  4. Add almond extract and vanilla to margarine/sugar mixture.
  5. Add sifted flour mixture to margarine/sugar mixture.
  6. Put dough into Spritz Cookie Press
  7. Press cookies onto baking pan

Baking Directions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake for about 7 minutes. Watch real close.


Notes & Memories

  • Do not refrigerate the dough.
  • These cookies were a favorite of Grace.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Rosettes (Viola Garvey)

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, beat slightly
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • A dash of salt
  • peanut oil


Preparation 
  1. Mix together all above ingredients except peanut oil
  2. Refrigerate for two hours  Note: Judy usually lets batter sit in refrigerator overnight. She says that works best for her.
  3. Pour oil 3 inches deep into kettle. Heat to 365 degrees F.
  4. Heat Rosette Iron in in oil.
  5. Dip oil in batter.
  6. Let fry until oil stops bubbling.
  7. Drain on paper towel.
  8. Dip in powdered sugar.
Notes and Memories:
  • If Judy put her 6 inch "burner with a brain" at 450 degrees the heat was about right.
  • Favorite of Mark




Date Pinwheel Cookies (Janice)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1½ cups white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon soda
  • 16 ounces dates
  • ½ cup water



Preparation


  • Cut dates real small.
  • In a kettle over low heat, cook ½ sugar, ½ cup water and dates until thick and cool.
  • Mix together all other ingredients.
  • Roll out the dough between wax paper.
  • Spread with date filling and roll up.


Freezing/Baking
Freeze or refrigerate
Slice and bak.
No details on oven temperature or baking time

Makes 3 rolls