DECEMBER 1951 - Milwaukee Road Archive

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Cookies n candy ...
COOKIE JAR TREATS from Denmark-
HRISTMAS is cooky time, and from
C Denmark, where many Christmas
delicacies originate, we borrow two recipes---one
for a crisp cinnamon wafer,
the other for a fancy cooky fried in deep
fat. Both have been kitchen-tested by
the G-E Consumers Institute.
Danish Cinnamon Cookies
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
10 tablespoons sugar
% cup firm butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 medium eggs
teaspoon cinnamon
Sift flour, baking powder and Yz cup sugar
tOgether. Cut in butter with pastry blender
uncil mixture resembles coarse meal. Add
lemon juice and 1 unbeaten egg and mix
with fork until mixture is very crumbly.
Turn out on floured pastry cloth or board
and with floured hands lightly work mixture
first into a dough and then, by gentle squeezing
and quick kneading, ineo a smooch, pliable
ball. Place in a lightly floured bowl and
chill in refrigeraeor for 30 rpinmes. Divide
dOl!1gh inca three parts and return tWO pieces
eo refrigerator.' Roll out the third piece 115.0inch
thick on a lightly floured board and cut
ineo 134-inch rounds. Repeat with other two
sections. Then brush cookies with 1 beaten
egg. Combine cinnamon and 2 tablespoons
sugar and sprinkle lightly in cencer of each
cooky. Bake on ungreased baking sheet in
400 0 F. oven 6 to 8 minutes. Makes 11
dozen.
Klejner
1/3 cup melted butter
% cup sugar
1 egg, unbeaten
3 tablespoons light cream
34 teaspoon lemon rind
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
Yz teaspoon baking powder
Blend butter and sugar; add egg and beat
uncil sugar is dissolved; then add Cream and
lemon rind and blend. ' Sift flour and baking
powder together and turn into first mixture,
mixing uncil flour is almost blended. Turn
out on lightly floured pastry cloth or board
and with floured hands lightly work inco a
ball by gentle squeezing and light, quick
kneading. Place in lightly floured bowl and
chill 30 minutes. Divide dough in half,
leaving one piece in refrigeraeor while rolling
out the other on a floured cloth or board into
a rectangle 14 by 10 inches, J;i6-inch thick.
With fancy pastry eool, CUt inca 6 lengthwise
strips 1% inches wide. Cut each strip inco
diagonal pieces 3% inches long, so that each
piece has diagonally shaped ends.
Now with a pastry cutter cut a lYz-inch
gash lengthwise thr,ough the center of each
piece. Twist one end under and pull lightly
through the gash. End pieces of rectangle
may be fried without gashes in cencers. Repeat
with other section of dough. Fry in
hot fat (375 0
F.) 11/2 inches deep until
cookies are light brown. Turn only once.
Drain on absorbent paper. Makes about 4
dozen.
···············································Iet the children MAKE CANDY!
December, 19S]
CHILDREN should be encouraged in
their desire to remember the older
members of the family with Christmas
gifts. .A box of homemade candy is
one answer to the problem of limited
allowances and entirely within the scope
of any youngster old enough to be trusted
at the stove. A paper doily in the box,
a bell or sprig of holly tied to the cover,
and it has a professional look.
Pecan Fudge
4 cups light brown sugar, packed lightly
1/2 cup light molasses
1 12 cups water
Yz teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 cups chopped pecans
Put sugar, molasses and water in a saucepan.
Stir uncil sugar is dissolved. Cool,
stirring occasionally, to 238 0 F., or until a
small amounc dropped in very cold water
forms a soft ball. Remove pan from heat and
quickly stir in baking soda. Cool without
further Stirring until lukewarm (110 0 F.).
Add butter or margarine and stir until fudge
has lost its shiny look. Stir in pecans and
pour iota a greased pan. When firm, cut
into squares. Makes about 2 pounds.
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