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April 2007 Recipe Exchange
Cherry Snowballs |  | 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 2 cup all-purpose flour 1 jar (6 oz) maraschino cherries without stems, drained and halved Additional confectioners' sugar | In a mixing bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar; gradually add flour. Shape a tablespoonful of dough around each cherry, forming a ball. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325°F for 18-20 minutes or until the bottoms are browned. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks. Makes about 2-1/2 dozen. | | | | Pumpkin Roll |  | 2/3 cup of pumpkin 3/4 cup of flour 1 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp. of baking soda 1 tsp. of cinnamon Tea Towel Filling, recipe to follow: 8 oz of cream cheese (Philadelphia) 4 tbsp. of butter 1 tsp. of Vanilla (not imitation) 1 cup of 10X sugar | Mix pumpkin, flour, sugar, eggs, baking soda, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Grease and flour a cookie sheet very heavily. Spread the cake mixture over the entire cookie sheet. Bake at 350˚F for 10-15 minutes. After baking, remove the cake from the cookie sheet and immediately flip onto a towel. Roll the cake and towel up. Place in the refrigerator until cooled. Mix cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and 10X sugar in a large bowl. Pull cake out of the refrigerator and unroll (carefully). Spread the filling over the entire inside of the cake evenly. Roll the cake back up without the towel.
| | | | Peanut Blossoms |  | 1 3/4 cup flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt 2 Tbsp. milk 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 egg Candy Kisses | Cream shortening, peanut butter, sugar. Add egg, milk, vanilla and beat well. Sift dry ingredients and soda, salt. Drop by teaspoon and roll in sugar. Bake 8 minutes at 350˚F. Remove from oven and put candy kiss in middle of each cookie. Return to oven for another 2 minutes. | | | | Chocolate Cookies with Toffee and Almond Bits |  | 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup baking cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened 2/3 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs 8-oz. pkg. toffee bits 1/2 cup slivered almonds | Preheat oven to 325° F. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in 1 cup toffee bits and nuts. Drop by well-rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Top with remaining morsels. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes or until cookies are puffed and centers are set. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. | |