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[ChikeeMomma]

3 dozen cinnamon rolls and 2 dozen dinner rolls for a customer. And just made up 24 cupcakes for a party that we are having tomorrow night! I am sleepy!!

 

[vfem]

Cream wafer cookies recipe (we're doing these today after I go get the cream!):

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1/3 cup heavy cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar for decoration
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix flour and 1 cup of butter or margarine thoroughly. Stir in whipping cream and mix well. Chill 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
3. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured board. Cut into 1 1/2 inch rounds. Transfer to waxed paper heavily sprinkled with sugar, turning to coat both sides. Place on un- greased baking sheet. Prick in 4 places with fork. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until slightly puffed. Put two cooled cookies together with filling.
4. To Make Filling: Blend 1/4 cup soft butter, 3/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar, 1 egg yolk, and 1 tsp. vanilla. If desired, tint with food coloring.

Honestly, some people FREAK on the egg yolk in the whipped cream filling. You can just leave it out. However.... I makes a difference and stiffens the cream. It helps keep it plyable, and it won't let it melt if the cookies get too warm sitting out on a counter. My grandmother did it, my mother does it & as long as I raise my own chickens... I do it!

 

[vfem]

Cocoa chocolate pecan & butterscotch drop cookies:

Ingredients

1 cup butter softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all purpose flour cup granulated sugar for decoration
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup powdered cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Cup chocolate chips
1/2 Cup butterscotch chips
1/4 Cup of finely chopped or crushed pecans (or walnuts, your choice)

Preheat oven 375

Combine all dry ingredients in small bowl, set aside
Cream butter & sugar, then add the rest of the wet ingredients
Fold in chips 7 nuts
Drop 1 TBSP of dough at a time onto try leaving 2" between cookies. Bake for 11-14 minutes.
Makes 4 Dz

 

[Terri O]

Thanks for the recipe...copying it and will make some this afternoon (I have the cream

) Yeah, something different on the cookie plate this year! Terri O

 

[Chris09]

Yugoslavian cookies (Yugoslavian Kifle) --

Ingredients

Dough
- 7 g sachet active dry yeast
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- confectioners' sugar
- melted margarine, for greasing
Walnut Filling
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Directions

1. Put sifted flour into large mixing bowl. Mix in yeast. Cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.
2. Add egg yolks and sour cream; mix well. Form into a ball. On lightly floured board, knead until smooth, 5 to 10 minutes. Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Wrap in wax paper. Chill in refrigerator at least 1 hour.
3. Combine walnuts, sugar and vanilla extract. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Set aside.
4. On a board sprinkled with confectioners sugar, roll each part of dough into an 8-inch circle; cut each into 8 pie-shape wedges.
5. Fill wide end of each wedge with 1 tablespoon walnut filling. Roll up from wide end to point. Place on greased baking sheet, curving ends to form crescent shape.
6. Bake at 375 degrees F about 25 minutes or until golden brown. Dust with confectioners sugar.

AND

Polish Cookies (Polish Kifle) --
1 lb. butter or 1/2 butter, 1/2 butter
6 c. flour, unsifted
1 c. sour cream, 8 oz.
12 egg yolks
Few grains salt

FILLING:

1. 12 egg whites, beat until stiff
2. Add: 1 tsp. vanilla 1 1/2 lbs. finely ground nuts (walnuts or pecans)
3. Cut shortening into flour. Beat egg yolks slightly. Add sour cream and mix this into flour and shortening thoroughly. Form dough into balls about the size of a hickory nut and store overnight in the refrigerator. Will make about 125 balls.

4. Next day take each ball and roll out on a floured board into an oval, not more than 4 inches across. Make them thin. Spread with 1 teaspoon filling. Roll up and curve slightly. Bake in 350 degree oven for 12 minutes until straw colored. Cool, then sift confectioners' sugar over all the kifles.

Chris

 

[65browneyes]

When I was a kid, my mom used to make something called 'Kolaches' (pr. CO-lah-chees). These were cookie-ish, but more like bread with fruit or fig or prune filling. Visually, they almost looked like a flat circle of mashed potatoes with gravy in the center.

I used to LOVE them, but have never been able to find a recipe. By chance, do any of you have it?

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Quote:

I think I have found a recipe for you.......I haven't tried it yet but it certainly sounds good.

http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/texasczech/kolaches/Kolache recipe.htm

I hope it enables you to recreate your childhood memories!

Good luck!

Hattie

 

[arabianequine]

I made muddy buddies and fudge last night.

We had a xmas party to go today....and santa was there.

 

[pinguin]

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This is my recipe from waaaaay back. I don't recall where I saw the original, but it's been in my cookbook for at least 20 years. Always a fave, here at home as well as at bake sales. Basically a Danish by another name.

If you're interested in filling options, let me know & I'll copy them as well. My personal favorite was the cream cheese, but others loved the apricot or prune or poppy seed fillings.
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Kolaches

These fruit or cheese filled sweet rolls are delicious for Sunday morning brunch.

1 package yeast (2 teaspoons bulk yeast)
2 tablespoons warm water (105 to 110 degrees)
1 cup milk, scalded
1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup melted butter
2 egg yolks
4 cups bread flour
Cream Cheese (page 55), Prune, Apricot or Poppy Seed Filling

Cool milk until lukewarm. Soften yeast in water and add to milk with sugar, salt and butter. Beat in 2 cups of flour until smooth. Add additional flour and mix until a smooth, soft dough forms, about 5 minutes.

Cover dough and let rise until double, about 1 hour. Punch down and let rise again. Turn out onto floured surface, divide into walnut-size pieces and shape into balls. Place on greased baking sheet, flatten slightly, cover and let rise until doubled.

Make a small depression in the center of each kolache and fill with 1 teaspoon of desired filling. Let rise 10 minutes; bake at 425 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden. Makes 3 dozen kolaches.

 

[jennh]

I am currently listening to the most heavenly Christmas harp music while baking Pecan Tassies, lemon bars, and English Muffin bread.
I am thinking how blessed and fortunate I am that I am able to do this. All over the world are people who can't afford the luxury of baking things like we do.

Thank you God

Jen