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Recipe |
Spritz
Cookies
Ingredients:
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1 cup butter (don't use margarine), softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
Heat oven to 400. Mix butter and sugar. Stir in remaining
ingredients. At this point divide the dough into two or
three parts and place in separate bowls. Use food coloring
to color the dough different colors (for Christmas, red
and green make a nice combo). When putting the dough in
the press, try to spoon each color in on one side of the
press, so that you'll get the multi-colored effect. Bake
until the cookies are set but NOT brown, 6 to 9 minutes.
(Six minutes worked fine for my oven, so be sure to check
them). Immediately remove from cookie
sheet. |
Chocolate
Chip Cookies
2 C all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 C. unsweetened cocoa
1/2 C. butter or margarine
1/2 C shortening
1 C. packed brown sugar
1 C. granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 C. semisweet chocolate chips (or white chips)
1 C. chopped walnuts or pecans or almonds (optional . . .
sort of)
Cream butter and shortening with sugars until fluffy. Add
eggs and vanilla and mix well. Add dry ingredients and
beat til well combined. Stir in chips and nuts. Bake at
375 F for 8 to 10 minutes until barely done. Cool until
they don't burn your mouth, and eat as quickly as
possible.
Before beginning any chocolate binge, please check with
your
physician for possible complications. |
Chocolate
Zucchini Cake
Ingredients:
Sift together then set aside:
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
Cream together:
3/4 cup soft margarine
1/2 cup powdered cocoa
1 3/4 cup sugar
Add 3 eggs, mixing well after each addition. Combine and
stir into
mixture:
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp grated orange peel
2 cups grated zucchini
Add dry ingredients, alternating with 1/2 cup milk, then
add 1 cup
chopped nuts if desired. Pour into greased and floured
Bundt or 9x13 inch cake pan and bake for 1 hour at 350
degrees F. Cool and drizzle with any glaze. |
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