Old Fashioned Butterscotch Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter, melted 1 Egg 3/4 c Brown sugar 1 tb Milk 1/2 ts Vanilla or almond extract 1 1/4 c Flour 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Baking powder Melt butter and add brown sugar; dissolve well. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add milk, flour, salt,and baking powder. Mix and […]

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Italian Anise Cookies (biscotti D’anici)

Ingredients & Directions -Theresa Grant, HWWK11b 1 tb Anise seed 1/2 c Butter, softened 3 Eggs 1 1/3 c Sugar 3 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 2 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 md Orange, zest only, finely 1/2 ts Baking soda -grated 2 c Almonds, coarsley chopped 1 md Lemon, zest only, finely -toasted -grated […]

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Lemon Meringue Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 3 Egg whites, at room -temperature 1/4 ts Cream of tartar 6 tb Granulated sugar 1 tb Grated lemon zest by Lori Longbotham, “Cookies – Food Writers’ Favorites” With electric mixer, beat whites until foamy. Add cream of tartar, and beat on high speed until soft peaks form. Beat in sugar, 1 […]

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Finikia (semolina Honey Cookies)

Ingredients & Directions Karen Mintzias 1 1/2 c Fine semolina (farina) 125 g Butter 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 c Caster sugar 1 pn Ground cloves 1 Orange (grated rind only) 1/2 c Orange juice 1/2 c Corn or peanut oil Toasted sesame seeds *OR* 2 1/2 c Plain flour Chopped walnuts 4 ts Baking […]

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Old English Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 2 ea Eggs 2 c Brown sugar 1 c Coffee; cold 3 c Flour 2 c Raisins 1 c Lard 1/2 c Nuts 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Baking powder 1 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Nutmeg 1 ts Cloves Mix well, drop from spoon on cookie sheet. Bake in medium hot […]

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Fun Cookies/mini M&m’s

Ingredients & Directions 2 c All-purpose flour 1 lg Egg 3/4 ts Baking soda 1 ts Vanilla extract 3/4 ts Salt 12 oz M&ms plain chocolate candy 1 c Shortening; or butter — * see note 2/3 c Sugar 3/4 c Nuts; chopped 1/2 c Brown sugar, packed Recipe by: Jo Merrill * Use the […]

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Lemon Glaze (for Cookies)

Ingredients & Directions 1 Egg white; slightly beaten 1 1/2 c Powdered sugar; sifted 1/2 ts Lemon peel; grated 1 ts Lemon juice Dash salt Combine egg white, powdered sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice, and dash salt; beat well. From Yields 1 Servings

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Feines Buttergebaeck (fancy Butter Cookies)

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 Lb* butter (probably 1 2/3 -cups less 1 Tbsp) -cups) Grated peel of 1 lemon 190 g Sugar (1 cup less 3 Tbsp) Salt 1 Egg (or 2) Glaze: 1 Lb* flour (probably 4 1/2 1 Egg Dough: Sift flour onto pastry board, add all other ingredients and knead well. Chill […]

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Oil Cookies

Ingredients & Directions 4 Eggs 1 c Sugar 3/4 c Oil, preferably corn oil 1 ts Almond flavoring 1 ts Baking powder 1 tb -Water; warm 1 ts Baking soda 4 c Flour 1 pn -Salt Beat eggs and sugar. Add oil and water. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder and soda. Add in small […]

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Chocolate Lace Cookies

Ingredients & Directions -Patricia Dwigans fwds07a- 3/4 c Ground almonds; 1/2 c Butter – 1/2 cup blanched almonds 1 tb Flour – ground in blender 1/2 c Sugar 4 oz Semisweet chocolate bits 1 tb Heavy cream 1/2 oz Cocoa butter; to 1-oz, 1 tb Milk – available in drug stores Preheat oven to 350~. […]

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