Heat the oven to 190oC. Mix the flour, salt, and lemon peel. Add the hardened butter, cut into very small pieces, and quickly mix everything together by hand to form a ball. Cover the ball with a cloth and leave to rest in a cool place (but NOT in the fridge), for 1 1/2 hours. […]
Cookies
Purim Moscardini
Combine all the dry ingredients in a small bowl. Add the egg and egg yolk and mix well. Shape mixture with your hands, a teaspoonful at a time, into 3 inch sticks. Place on an oiled and floured baking sheet, about 2 1/2″ apart. Flatten with a fork. Bake in a preheated 350F for 10 […]
Granola Cookies
Cream shortening with sugar, eggs and vanilla. Sift flour with cream of tartar, baking powder and salt. Add granola to creamed mixture. Add flour mixture alternately with milk. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto greased baking sheets and bake at 350F 12 to 15 minutes.
El Toritos Sweet Corn Cake
Place butter and shortening in mixer bowl and whip until soft. Continue whipping until mixture is fluffy and creamy. Add Masa Harina gradually,mixing thoroughly. Place corn kernels in blender or food processor and coarsely chop; stir into Masa Harina mixture. Place cornmeal, sugar, whipping cream, baking powder, salt and cold water in a large mixing […]
Dark Chocolate Drizzle
Melt 1/3 cup semi sweet chocolate pieces in small saucepan over very low heat. Drizzle over frosting or topping on bar cookies.
Cream Cheese Triangles
Work cream cheese, butter and flour as for pie crust. Moisten with cream. Knead lightly until smooth. Wrap in waxed paper and place in refrigerator overnight. Sprinkle flour and sugar on board. Roll out dough, cut in squares. Place teaspoon of lekvar or any desired filling in one corner and fold over and press corners […]
Cry Baby Cookies
Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs; beat well. Add molasses. Dissolve soda in hot coffee; add to creamed mixture. Add all remaining dry ingredients and nuts; drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Caramel Refrigerator Cookies
Mix shortening, sugar, egg & vanilla. Stir in flour, soda & salt. Wrap in wax paper. Chill until firm. Heat oven to 400. Cut in 1/8″ slices. Place on ungreased sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes.
Ossi Da Mordere
Grind the almonds to a coarse powder in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add the sugar and cocoa and process to a fine powder. Add 3 tbsp egg whites & process to a stiff, solid paste. Add the additonal egg white if necessary. Shaping: Pinch off pieces of dough the size of […]
Secret Kiss Cookies
Beat butter, sugar and vanilla at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add flour and nuts on low speed until well-blended. Chill dough 2 hours. For each cookie, use about 1 T of dough to encase one candy piece completely. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until set but not brown, about […]
