Sweetie Staff Recipes

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Recipes

Cookies

Cherry Winks

These perky little cookies with a cherry that winks from atop each one have been popular since the 1950’s.

1 C. sugar
¾ C. shortening
2 eggs
2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 ¼ C. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 C. chopped pecans
1 C. chopped dates
1/3 C. maraschino cherries, drained & chopped
2 ½ C. coarsely crushed cornflakes
15 maraschino cherries, quartered

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease cookie sheets. In a large bowl, combine first 3 ingredients, blending well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pecans, dates, and cherries. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls into crushed cornflakes. Form into 1” balls and place on cookie sheets, 2” apart. Top each with a ¼ maraschino cherry. Bake 10-15 minutes until light golden brown.

Makes 5 dozen cookies.

Martha Dixon's Sour Cream Cookies

From Martha Dixon’s Copper Kettle Cookbook

These are “Come and get them, gang!” cookies. Large, soft, and oh so good! Try ‘em!

1 C. butter
2 C. sugar
1 C. sour cream
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon extract
5 C. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs

Cream butter and add sugar slowly. Add eggs and flavoring. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with sour cream to the butter and sugar mixture. Roll or drop by spoonfuls on a greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and bake 12-15 minutes at 425 degrees. Makes 58 cookies.

Gingerbread Boys

1 1/2 C. shortening
2 C. sugar
2 C. molasses
2 eggs, plus 1 egg yolk
4 1/2 C. of flour
4 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. cinnamon

Melt shortening in saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and let cool. Add sugar, molasses, and eggs. Beat well. Sift together flour, soda, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, and salt add to first mixture. Mix well and chill. Roll out and cut out with cookie cutter. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

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