Next up was the first candy recipe — Puddin’ Candy Clusters from the “Company’s Best” section of the cookbook on p. 133. This was a very sweet candy with a kick of salty, crunchy peanuts. These were made with sugar, pudding mix (not instant), evaporated milk, butter, vanilla and salted peanuts. I think this is…
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Joe Froggers
The next recipe brought me back to the “Family Favorites” section of the cookbook — “Joe Froggers” on p. 76. These are a variety of molasses cookies with an abundance of spices. In addition to butter, sugar and the traditional dry ingredients, these also called for a cup of molasses and a number of spices:…
Lemon Cheese Pressed Cookies
The next recipe was part of the cookbook’s “Cooky Primer” section, and they were the first pressed cookie of this adventure — “Lemon Cheese Pressed Cookies” from p. 22. These were slightly tart, slightly sweet cookies shaped by a cookie press. The dough was made with butter, cream cheese, egg, lemon zest and juice, sugar,…
Teen-time Chocolate Nut Bars
The next recipe was the “Teen-Time Chocolate Nut Bars” on page 13, in the “Cooky Primer” section of the cook book. These are cake-y bars chockfull of chocolate chips and nuts. These were a fairly basic bar batter — cream the butter and sugar, beat in the egg and add the flower, baking power, and…
Nut Bonbon Cookies
The next recipe was another “Teatime Cookie”…in fact, from the same page as my last one! It was the Nut Bonbon Cookies on p. 117. These are a little like pigs-in-a-blanket with walnuts in the center, wrapped in a delicate pastry-like cookie and topped with a dusting of confectioner’s sugar. This dough was just butter,…
Apricot Coconut Tartlets
Back to the random number generator after last time’s Valentine’s recipe. This week’s recipe was a “Teatime Cookie” — Apricot Coconut Tartlets on p. 117. These are small, delicate, pastry-like cookies topped with apricot jam and toasted coconut. This dough was just butter, cream cheese, flour, salt, and a tiny bit of sugar. Once made,…
Love Letters
I shunned the random number generator to make a holiday cookie in time for Valentine’s day — the Love Letters from p. 29. These are a small, shaped cookies lightly flavored with orange and lemon, and “sealed” with candied cherry. This dough required the pasty mixer! It doesn’t come out very often, but when it…
Montego Bay Squares
The random number generator has me staying in the “Family Favorites” for one more recipe. This time, the Montego Bay Squares on p. 73. These are a layered bar with a date-and-chocolate layer sandwiched between two brown-sugar-oats-and-nut layers. First up was making the date and chocolate filling. The dates and baking chocolate were heated on…
Butterscotch Shortbread
The random number generator is stuck in the “Family Favorites” section! This time, Butterscotch Shortbread on p. 84. I’m not sure I’ve made shortbread cookies before, so I didn’t know what to expect. However, the dough is easy with just a few ingredients. The dough ended up very crumbly — I really wanted more liquid,…
Filled Oatmeal Cookies
The random number generator’s next pick was the Filled Oatmeal Cookies on page 80. This recipe requires not only a cookie dough but also a filling. The recipe offers up either a pumpkin or date filling. I am not a fan of pumpkin, so I chose the date filling. First up was to make the…