#7 of The Twelve Days of Cookies and more
December 7, 2002
Day Seven Volume I Issue VII
On The Seventh Day of Christmas Cookies.
I thought I'd bake for you. . .
Shortbread Cookies
1 cup butter ~ softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 egg yolk
2 cups flour
1 small jar red decorator sugar
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries drained
Preheat oven 350ยบ
Cream butter, sugar, salt, nutmeg and egg yolk. Add the flour a little at a
time until mixture is stiff
Place onto floured surface and knead lightly until the dough begins to crack.
Roll out 1/4 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet , decorate with colored sugar crystals and
maraschino cherries
Bake for 10 minutes of until golden brown.
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More Cookie Tips 102
Short cut ~ When your recipe calls for you to roll your dough into little balls
this is a great time saver. I always roll my dough into a log the diameter
that is calls for, say an inch. Then I just cut off 1 inch pieces. I place
these in the powdered sugar or what ever the recipe calls for or if nothing
just place them on the cookie sheet. When cooked, they come out as round as
they would if you spend the time rolling them into little balls.
When your brown sugar is hard as a rock! Place your brown sugar in a micro-safe
bowl with just a few drops of water. Microwave for 15 seconds. Remove and
mix, repeat if necessary but check to make sure that the sugar does not melt.
If you cook it to long, it will turn into liquid.
I store my opened brown sugar in an air tight container. I place a piece of
bread in with it, keeping it from getting hard.
Handmade Gifts from the Heart
Chocolate Covered Turtles
1 pound caramels. About 54
2 Tablespoons water
3/4 pound pecans
6 ounce semi sweet chocolate
Heat caramels and water in top of double boiler until evenly melted.
Grease baking dish, arrange group of nuts into small clusters of four, about 2
inches apart. Drop melted caramel by teaspoons on each group. Let cool 15
minutes
Melt chocolate over hot water not boiling. pour a little on each one and let
cool.
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Tomorrows Cookie. . Mandelshmettun . .
"Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles."
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Chocolate Coffee
4 heaping teaspoons of cocoa mix
1 scant teaspoon of instant coffee
a little cinnamon
add boiling water enough to make one serving.
Symbol of the Pickle
The pickle ornament, is a German symbol of good luck. The first child to find a
pickle on a Christmas tree received a special gift on Christmas morning.
(from NewsNet5, my local news station)
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Happy Holidays
to you and your family. May all your wishes come true and may you have a
blessed Holiday Season.
im/o_eml
im/o_bye
Happy Baking ~ May your Holidays be full of Memories
music ~ Deck The Halls ~
Marv's Christmas Midis
"And the angel said unto them, "Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of
great joy, Which shall be to all people. "For unto you is born this day in
the city of David A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign
unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in
a manger.
--St. Luke ii. 10-12"
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
~Sugar
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