1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup water
2 cups flour
1 tsp. Ginger
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Vanilla Butter Frosting
Mix sugar, shortening, egg, molasses and water. Stir in remaining ingredients except frosting. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
Heat oven to 400. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when touched, about 8 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Cool, frost with Vanilla Butter Frosting.
Vanilla Butter Frosting
1/4 cup margarine or Butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
About 1 TBS milk
Mix margarine and powdered sugar. Beat in vanilla and milk until smooth and of spreading consistency.
These are great American recipes from many years of gathering recipes. All of them have been tried and tested. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
Friday, January 05, 2018
Raspberry Rhubarb Freezer Jam
6 cups rhubarb, finely chopped
1cup raspberries
4 cups sugar
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1 3 oz. pkg. raspberry Jello
Mix rhubarb, raspberries, lemon juice, and sugar in a saucepan. Stir on low heat until juice forms, then heat to boiling. When the mixture is at full boil, cook for 15 minutes.Then dissolve gelatin into mixture.
Put into hot jars that have been washed in soapy water and then rinsed. Seal with lid and ring, then cool and place into freezer.
You can also make this with strawberries by substituting strawberries for the raspberries and strawberry gelatin for the raspberry gelatin.
1cup raspberries
4 cups sugar
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1 3 oz. pkg. raspberry Jello
Mix rhubarb, raspberries, lemon juice, and sugar in a saucepan. Stir on low heat until juice forms, then heat to boiling. When the mixture is at full boil, cook for 15 minutes.Then dissolve gelatin into mixture.
Put into hot jars that have been washed in soapy water and then rinsed. Seal with lid and ring, then cool and place into freezer.
You can also make this with strawberries by substituting strawberries for the raspberries and strawberry gelatin for the raspberry gelatin.
Mexican Wedding Cakes
1 cup margarine, softened
1 tsp vanilla
2 TBS powdered sugar
2 cups sifted flour
1 cup chopped nuts
Powdered sugar to roll cookies in, at least 1 cup
Mix margarine, vanilla and water together, add 2 Tbs powdered sugar, flour and nuts. Mix thoroughly. Roll dough into oblongs. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet, 300 degree until lightly browned. Roll immediately, while still hot in powdered sugar.
1 tsp vanilla
2 TBS powdered sugar
2 cups sifted flour
1 cup chopped nuts
Powdered sugar to roll cookies in, at least 1 cup
Mix margarine, vanilla and water together, add 2 Tbs powdered sugar, flour and nuts. Mix thoroughly. Roll dough into oblongs. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet, 300 degree until lightly browned. Roll immediately, while still hot in powdered sugar.
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