#9 of The Twelve Days of Cookies and more
December 9, 2002
Day Nine Volume I Issue IX
On The Ninth Day of Christmas Cookies.
I thought I'd bake for you. . .
Lemon Tea Cakes.
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
2 Tablespoons light corn syrup (Karo)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy using an electric mixer . Add the
egg, corn syrup, lemon extract and beat until well combined. Stir in the
dry ingredients and mix well.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill dough well.
Preheat oven to 325º
Line baking sheets with parchment paper or wax paper.
Roll chilled dough into balls the size of a walnut and roll in sugar. Place on
prepared baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes.
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recipe from my collection.
Handmade Gifts from the Heart
Edible Cookie Bowl
1 ¼ cups flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup slivered almonds, finely ground
½ teaspoon salt
4 Tablespoons margarine, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Cover the outside of a loaf pan or oven proof bowl with foil. Spray with
vegetable cooking spray.
In separate bowl, mix together flour, cocoa, almonds and salt. In a large bowl,
beat together margarine, sugar, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Add the flour mixture and beat well.
Preheat oven to 350º
Roll dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Using a round cookie cutter with
scalloped edges, cut out the shapes. Cover prepared loaf pan with cutouts,
overlapping
them slightly. Bake cookie bowl until edges are firm, about 10 to 12 minutes.
Transfer pan to a wire rack and cool completely.
To remove the cookie bowl. Be careful and lift it off the foil lined loaf pan.
Remove foil. Arrange other cookies in the cookie bowl. Cover loosely with
plastic wrap and tie with a bow. Wonderful presentation for your cookie gift.
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Tomorrows Cookie. . . .
"Christmas is a time of joy, a time for love and cheer,
A time for making memories,
To last throughout the year."
Author Unknown
Christmas Punch
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
4 cups cranberry juice
4 cinnamon sticks
12 cloves
2 cups orange juice
1-1/2 cups lemon juice
2 cups pineapple juice
1 quart ginger ale
Boil water and sugar. Add cranberry juice and spices. Cook 5 minutes and
strain. Cool. Add other juices and ginger ale and chill
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15
days until Christmas
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 ~ Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ~
Christmas Midi Music
"Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness
of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to
be kind.
Merry Christmas"
-Sugar
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