Although this doesn’t say so, this is a recipe for frosting. It seems it would benefit from some flavoring, maybe vanilla, and you could easily add any food coloring you like.
Large Cake (frosting)
1 box powdered sugar
8 Tbs Crisco
1/4 c water
Whip until fluffy
This is another boiled icing recipe. I’m going to have to try boiled icing to find out how it performs against cold prepared icing. Also, the recipe calls for “1 sp. vanilla” but I am drawing a blank on what that could be. A sprinkle?
Frostings (white)
1 cup milk
4 T flour
Mix and bring to boil. Cook until thick – stir constantly (cool).
Cream: 1/2 c Crisco – 1/2 c Butter, pinc salt – 1 sp (?) Vanilla. Add 1/2 c white sugar to paste mixture. Beat with mixer.
Thumbprint Cookies
Heading down cookie memory lane, here. I used to just love thumbprint cookies, and the various butter cookies that follow a similar recipe. They remind me of Christmas, holidays in general, and those old Hickory Farms catalogs that used to arrive around Halloween. I always wanted *something* from that catalog because the cookies and candies just looked so pretty!
As a note to the recipe, I think I would just use all butter rather than part shortening.
Thumbprint Cookies
1/2 cup shortening (part butter)
1/4 c brown sugar
1 egg – separated
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 c chopped nuts
Mix: sugar, shortening – egg [yolk] and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Beat egg white slightly. Roll cookies into a ball, dip in egg white, then nuts. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press center. Cool, put jelly or frosting in center. 350 10-12 min.
Norwegian sandbakelse recipe
This recipe for sandbakkels had me turning to the web for more information. Alternately spelled sandbakelse, it translates as sand tarts. They are a Christmas time tradition for many, and are considered an “old country” favorite. The dough is pressed into small tins in the shapes of hearts, diamonds, and flowers. The taste is that of a sugar cookie. Depending on the type of tin used, they can be served as a plain cookie or as a tart, with fruit, whipped cream, etc.
During my research, I found this great website Outside Oslo which has a step by step on making sandbakkels. While the author says that the making is time consuming, I expect I will be trying these out sometime soon.
Sandbakkels
1 cup shortening (part butter)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla or almond
2 1/2 cups flour
Mix. Press into tins. Bake 375 – 15 min. Cook and remove from tins.
Chocolate Frosting
This is a boiled frosting recipe. I am not experienced enough of a cake maker to know the benefit of boiling versus a cold frosting. Perhaps someone in the know can share with the group.
Chocolate Frosting
6 Tbs milk
6 Tbs butter
1 1/2 c sugar
Bring to a boil. Boil for 30 seconds. Add 1/2 cup of choc chips, vanilla. Mix well.
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