Christmas Treats (cookies)

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Butter or margarine 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Almond extract 1 pk 3-oz. cream cheese 1 1/2 c Sifted flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 c Oatmeal 1/2 c Chopped pecans Beat the butter, cream cheese, sugar and almond extract until creamy. Sift flour and salt together, stir into creamed mixture […]

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Sweet Yeast Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 kg Flour 1/2 c Sugar 1 pn Salt 50 g Yeast 2 Eggs 1 c Oil 1 1/2 c Water (up to 2) Here is a recipe that runs in my family for generations. We make it for the “Azkara” feast which takes place in a synagogue. Here in Israel you […]

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Paintbrush Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/3 c Shortening; soft 1 ts Salt 1/3 c Sugar Egg yolk paint: 1 Egg 1 Egg yolk 2/3 c Honey 1/4 ts Water 2 3/4 c Flour Food colouring 1 ts Baking soda Fat grams per serving: Approx. Cook Time: :10 Preheat oven to 375F. Roll out dough using floured pastry […]

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Poppy Seed Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs 1/3 c Poppy seed, washed and Soaked in warm water. 1 ts Vanilla or Almond flavor 1/2 c Oil 1/2 c Sugar 3 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder Beat eggs and sugar; add oil, poppy seeds and flavoring. Mix in flour thoroughly. Roll out on a floured board to […]

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Cream Cheese Topped Chocolate Chip Cookie

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough TOPPING 8 oz Cream Cheese 1 lb Powdered Sugar 4 oz Coconut(optional) 2 ts Vanilla First make your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough. Then put 8 oz into a 9″ pie tin. Spread it evenly around. Mix the topping well and divide it equally between the […]

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Preffernuesse (cookies)

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Butter 2 c Sugar 4 ts Cinnamon 2 ts Cloves 2 ts Nutmeg pn Black pepper 4 Eggs 3 c Flour WITH 2 ts Baking powder added 1 c Chopped pecans Cream butter and sugar. Mix cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and pepper and add to creamed mixture. Add eggs, flour and […]

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Sweet Potato Raisin Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Raisins 1/4 c Butter or margarine 1 c Sweet potatoes, cooked, – mashed 1 Egg 1 ts Vanilla 2 c Flour, whole wheat 1/4 ts Allspice 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 ts Cinnamon 1/4 c Walnuts, chopped 1/2 c Unprocessed bran flakes Non stick […]

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Banana Fudge Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 18 1/2 oz Package chocolate cake mix 2 tb Water 1/3 c Mashed bananas, ripe 6 oz Semisweet chocolate pieces 1 Egg Combine cake mix, bananas, egg, and water in a bowl. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Stir in chocolate pieces. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches […]

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Popo’s Chinese Almond Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Flour 1 c Sugar 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 c Shrortening 1 Egg 1 ts Almond extract 1. Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together. 2. With pastry blender cut in shortening. 3. Beat egg. 4. Add egg and almond extract to flour mixture. 5. Stir […]

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Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Ingredients & Directions -Sue Woodward 1 c Sugar 1 c Butter; or margarine, softnd 1 pk 3-oz. cream cheese; softened 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Almond extract 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 Egg yolk 2 c Flour 3 tb Colored sugar; if desired In lg. bowl, combine sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, almond extract, vanilla, and […]

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