This is the first time in my life I’ve seen a cookie recipe that uses a clothespin. You guys remember those things right? Not the craft kind, but the kind our mothers and grandmothers used to hang out the washing. Well, this recipe for thumb print cookies uses a clothespin, presumably to make the indentation for jam or chocolate. You would use the type of clothespin that looks like it has a head on it. And, make sure you use a clean one. Continue reading
This is a recipe from PAM! heh. The paper is neon green note paper and it’s a bit large, so please click to enlarge the image to a more readable size. I just didn’t want to offend any eyeballs early in the morning. These taffy treats are a cookie dipped in caramel, similar to the buckeye balls we looked at a couple months ago, but then dipped into chopped nuts. Yummmmmmy. I think you could come up with variations too, like coconut or grated chocolate. Continue reading
Mmmm, I love these cookies! They are the type you find on a plate at the back of the table at a cocktail party, and the first cookies gone from that plate. They are popular at Christmas time because they look a bit like snowballs. The Russian Tea cookie (or cake) became popular in the 1700s as part of a tea-sharing ceremony, then became popular at weddings and holidays. They are also known as butterball cookies and Mexican Wedding Cakes, although that last synonym is likely from the 1950s when relations between the West and Russia were strained. Interesting. Continue reading
Can there ever be too many recipes for fruit cake? I think not! On Thanksgiving I gave my dad two fruit cakes I had made and he was delighted! He loves his grandmother’s fruit cake, and it didn’t hurt that I had basted it with whiskey for a week. While this recipe does not call for basting the cake with liquor of any kind, it does use brandied fruit, which you can find here on the site as well. Continue reading
This is a progressive recipe, in that you make it over several weeks. I imagine that you would need quite a large jar to accommodate adding the fruit over time. The recipe also says to not refrigerate this, but I would at the bare minimum keep it stored in a cool place, like my garage in winter time, but that may be the anti-germ training of public school in the 70s. Also, note what is actually missing from the recipe….brandy! Continue reading
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