10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 18, 1966
For' the
Farm Wife
By Mn. Richard C. Spence, Food Editor
Cookie Creations
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Do you want to fill the family cookie
jar with a wide variety of delectable cookies
and have fun baking them too? It’s easy with
refrigerator cookies. A wide variety of
doughs can be easily made from basic recipes
and kept on hand to be freshly baked. We
have for you a recipe for refrigerator cookies
with several variations. This recipe makes
about 5 dozen cookies.
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REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
cup (1 stick) butter
cup firmiy packed light
brown sugar
cup sugar
egg
teaspoon vanilla
cups sifted regular all
purpose flour
teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
cup chopped nuts
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In a mixing bowl cream but
ter; gradually add sugars and
beat until light and fluffy. Beat
in egg and vanilla. Sift togeth
er flour, baking powder and
salt; gradually add to creamed
mixture. Blend in nuts. On
lightly floured surface form
into rolls V-k inches in dia
meter; wrap in waxed paper;
chill several hours or over
night. Cut rolls into V* inch
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slices and place on buttered
baking sheet. Bake in preheat
ed $OO degree oven, 8-10 minu
tes. Remove immediately to
wire rack to cool.
VARIATIONS:
ORANGE-COCONUT: Omit
nuts from basic recipe. Add Vi
cup flaked coconut and 2 tea
spoons grated orange rind.
PINWHEEL: Omit nuts from
basic recipe. Divide dough in
half; add 1 square (1 ounce)
unsweetened chocolate, melted,
to one half. On lightly floured
surface roll white dough to
measure 18 x 8 inches. On wax
ed paper roll chocolate dough
to measure 18x8 Inches. In
vert waxed paper with choco
late dough over white dough;
peel off waxed paper. Roll
from long side as for jelly roll;
proceed as in basic recipe.
CHOCOLATE: After adding
egg and vanilla in basic re
cipe, add 2 squares (2 ounces)
unsweetened chocolate, melted
and cooled.
Time-saving cookies mixes
make cookie-baking a snap,
too. Try this rolled oats mix.
ROLLED OATS MIX
4 cups flour
4 cups rolled oats, quick
cooking
3 cups instant nonfat dry
milk
Vi cup baking powder
1 tablespoon salt
iVz cups shortening
Stir dry ingredients together
until well mixed. Cut in fat
until well blended. Place in a
glass jar or tin can. Keep
tightly closed in a cool place.
Use the mix within a month.
Makes about 10 cups mix.
OATMEAL COOKIES
(Using Rolled Oats Mix)
2Vz cups rolled oats mix
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
Vi cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Vi cup sugar
Vs cup raisins
Combine all ingredients and
stir just enough to moisten dry
ingredients Drop the dough by
teaspoonfuls on a greased bak
ing sheet. Bake at 375 degrees
12 to 15 minutes Makes 24
cookies.
PEANUT COOKIES
% cup shortening, soft
Vz cup granulated sugar
1 cup firmly-packed brown
sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
IVz cups sifted all-purpose
flour
Vz teaspoon salt
Vz teaspoon soda
1 cup salted peanuts
2 cups lolled oats (quick oi
old-fashioned, uncooked)
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Beat shortening, sugars, eggs
and vanilla together until
creamy. Sift together flour, salt
and soda. Add to creamed mix
ture, blending well. Stir in pea
nuts and oats. Drop by heap
ing teaspoonfuls onto ungreas
ed cooky sheets. Bake in pre
heated moderate oven (375 de
grees) 12 tolS minutes. Makes
4 dozen.
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LIFE CHIPPERS
% cup shortenihg, soft
1 cup firmly packed brown
sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
IVs cups sifted all-purpose
flour N
1 teaspoon baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
IV* cups crushed Life cereal
1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet
chocolate pieces.
Beat together shortening and
sugar until qreamy. Blend in
vanilla and eggs. Sift together
flour, baking powder and salt
Add to creamed mixture, blend
ing well. Stir in crushed cereal
and chocolate pieces. Drop by
teaspoonfuls onto ungreased
cooky Bake in pre
heated moderate oven (375 de-
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APPLE SAUCE PINWIHBEI.S
2 cups canned apple saim
(or fresh, if available)
2' tablespoons butter or mat
garine
Mi cup liquid honey
% cup seedless raisins
1 package roll mix
2 tablespoons sugar
Cinnamon
Combine apple sauce. liutter?
or margarine and honey; cook|
15 to 20 minutes to evaporate]
some of the moisture and!
thicken. Add raisins: cool. PuJ
pare roll mix according to du.l
ections on package, addiuj
sugar to roll mix. After douc;l|
has risen double in bulk,
knead. Roll out in oblong 15”
x 11” x spread with apple
sauce mixture. Sprinkle genl
erously with cinnamon Roll udl
jelly roll fashion. Cut in l-imlj
slices. Place slices close to*
gether in greased pan, 9x9x2jl
inches, cut side up. Cover; Hi
rise until double in bulk. Bake!
in hot oven, 400 degrees, foj
25 minutes. Serve hot. Makes!
6 servings. I
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