Sunday, December 18, 2011
new cookies
I am going to be at my mom's for a week. If she is up to it, I will make some cookies. When Christmas is over I am thinking about making tamales. I know that it is traditional for Mexican people to make them for Christmas, all I can say to that is they are amazing that they squeeze that it at the holidays. I have made them before and they were awesome. I will but them on this blog. If anyone wants to join me in making them, they are more then welcome to come over and make some. There will be tequila.
1001 cookie starter recipe pinwheel cookies
1001 Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies
4 cups - Domino® Sugar 1001 Cookie Starter Mix
1½ teaspoons - vanilla extract
¼ cup - Domino® Light Brown Sugar
1 - large egg, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons - unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon - milk
In large bowl, mix together all ingredients except cocoa powder and milk. Divide dough in half. Add cocoa powder and milk to one portion of dough and mix well. Shape each portion of dough into a disk. Wrap doughs separately and chill for approximately 1 hour.
Roll dough separately on floured board into 2 rectangles 13×7-inches each, and about ¼-inch thick. Place the vanilla dough on top of the chocolate, and press together with a rolling pin. Roll up lengthwise, jelly roll fashion. Chill approximately 1 hour, until firm.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheets.
Cut rolls into ¼-inch slices and place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on wire rack
these are ok I cut them thin and thick and thick is better. They take some time.
4 cups - Domino® Sugar 1001 Cookie Starter Mix
1½ teaspoons - vanilla extract
¼ cup - Domino® Light Brown Sugar
1 - large egg, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons - unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon - milk
In large bowl, mix together all ingredients except cocoa powder and milk. Divide dough in half. Add cocoa powder and milk to one portion of dough and mix well. Shape each portion of dough into a disk. Wrap doughs separately and chill for approximately 1 hour.
Roll dough separately on floured board into 2 rectangles 13×7-inches each, and about ¼-inch thick. Place the vanilla dough on top of the chocolate, and press together with a rolling pin. Roll up lengthwise, jelly roll fashion. Chill approximately 1 hour, until firm.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheets.
Cut rolls into ¼-inch slices and place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on wire rack
these are ok I cut them thin and thick and thick is better. They take some time.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Day 10 1001 Cookie Starter Recipe
I had mentioned earlier in my blog that I wanted to do this. So I went ahead and made this starter. I measured out what I need for the first cookie I want to make. I want to make the pinwheels first. This is on the Domino Sugar web sight. I am not doing this cookie today.
• 5 cups - all-purpose flour
• 3 3/4 cups - Domino® Granulated Sugar
• 2 tablespoons - baking powder
• 2 teaspoons - salt
• 1 1/2 cups - plus 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
In a 4-quart bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir until thoroughly blended. Add butter and use pastry blender or clean hands to work into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse meal. Makes 10 cups.
For best results:
• Be sure that your baking powder is less than a month old when putting together the mix.
• If using margarine, do not choose diet, whipped or soft.
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer. Do not press the mix.
• Let Cookie Starter Mix come to room temperature before use.
• 5 cups - all-purpose flour
• 3 3/4 cups - Domino® Granulated Sugar
• 2 tablespoons - baking powder
• 2 teaspoons - salt
• 1 1/2 cups - plus 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
In a 4-quart bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir until thoroughly blended. Add butter and use pastry blender or clean hands to work into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse meal. Makes 10 cups.
For best results:
• Be sure that your baking powder is less than a month old when putting together the mix.
• If using margarine, do not choose diet, whipped or soft.
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer. Do not press the mix.
• Let Cookie Starter Mix come to room temperature before use.
Day 9 Solo Kolacky Thumb Print Cookies
These are my husbands and sons very favorite cookie. It is on the label of the Solo can's of fillings. My mother-in-law gave this to me when I was first married. They have not changed the recipe.
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 package (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1 Tbsp. Milk
1 Tbsp. Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
1.5 cups all purpose flour
.5 Tsp baking powder
1 can Solo filling (any flavor)
Instructions
Pre-heat oven 400-f
Beat Butter, Cream cheese, milk and sugar in medium-size bowl with electric mixer until thoroughly blended. Beat in egg yolk. Sift flour and baking powder and stir into butter mixture to make stiff dough. Cover bowl and refrigerate 7 hours or over-night.
Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to ¼ thickness, Cut Dough with 2” cookie cutter. Place cookies on ungreased baking sheets about 1” apart. Make depression in center with Thumb or back of spoon. Spoon 1 Teaspoon Solo filling into center of cookie. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from baking sheets and cool completely on wire racks. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar just before serving
I just keep putting my fingers in powder sugar and roll them in small balls then I keep putting my thumb in powder sugar to make the thumbprint. I don't bother rolling them out. I use to but they taste the same so why bother.
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 package (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1 Tbsp. Milk
1 Tbsp. Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
1.5 cups all purpose flour
.5 Tsp baking powder
1 can Solo filling (any flavor)
Instructions
Pre-heat oven 400-f
Beat Butter, Cream cheese, milk and sugar in medium-size bowl with electric mixer until thoroughly blended. Beat in egg yolk. Sift flour and baking powder and stir into butter mixture to make stiff dough. Cover bowl and refrigerate 7 hours or over-night.
Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to ¼ thickness, Cut Dough with 2” cookie cutter. Place cookies on ungreased baking sheets about 1” apart. Make depression in center with Thumb or back of spoon. Spoon 1 Teaspoon Solo filling into center of cookie. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from baking sheets and cool completely on wire racks. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar just before serving
I just keep putting my fingers in powder sugar and roll them in small balls then I keep putting my thumb in powder sugar to make the thumbprint. I don't bother rolling them out. I use to but they taste the same so why bother.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Day 8 Sherry's famous Sugar Cookie
1 c butter
1 c sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Cream butter and sugar well. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually blend in flour, baking powder, and salt, which have been mixed together.Chill dough at least 3 hours. Roll out to 1/8 to 1/4 in thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 min
Sherry was kind enough to give me this recipe. There is a photo of her tie-dye cookies on this blog. Everyone at work goes crazy for these cookies.
1 c sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Cream butter and sugar well. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually blend in flour, baking powder, and salt, which have been mixed together.Chill dough at least 3 hours. Roll out to 1/8 to 1/4 in thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 min
Sherry was kind enough to give me this recipe. There is a photo of her tie-dye cookies on this blog. Everyone at work goes crazy for these cookies.
Day 7 Christmas cookie
Buried Cherry Cookie
1 (10 oz.) jar maraschino cherries (about 48)
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 (6 oz.) pkg. semi sweet chocolate pieces
1/2 c. sweetened condensed milk
Drain cherries and reserve juice. Stir together flour, cocoa, soda, powder and salt. In a large mixer bowl beat butter until soft. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Add flour mixture and blend well.Shape dough into 1" balls. Place about 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Press down center of each with your thumb. Place a cherry in each cookie.1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 (6 oz.) pkg. semi sweet chocolate pieces
1/2 c. sweetened condensed milk
In small saucepan combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Cook over low heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice. Spoon 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry, swirling to completely cover cherry.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Remove to racks and cool. Makes about 48.
I forgot to put in the cherry juice. They are okay
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Day 6 Bellringer cookies
BELLRINGER COOKIES
2 tsp soft butter or margarine 1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp light brown sugar 1 tsp orange rind
1 tbsp maraschino cherry liquid 2 tsp apricot nectar
½ cup finely minced nuts ¼ tsp baking powder
1/3 cup soft butter or margarine 1/8 tsp baking soda
Quartered maraschino cherries about 6 1 cup all purpose flour
Cream 2 tsps butter and brown sugar, stir n cherry liquid and nuts set aside cream 1/3 cup butter and sugar, stir in orange rind and nectar. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda. Stir into butter-sugar mixture until well blended. Make into 2 balls of dough. Roll out, one at a time on lightly floured pastry cloth to 1/8” thickness, Cut into 3” bells and place on ungreased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Spoon ½ tsp of nut cherry liquid mixture into center place a cherry quarter at wide end for clapper bake at 375 12 to 14 min until golden about 2 dozen cookies
They really don't make 2 dozen. I always use parchment paper. They are one of those cookies that can brake when you try to take them off. Also I always roll out my cookies in powdered sugar instead of flour. They will not get tough if you use sugar.
As you can see from my photo I just cut them in a shape. I could not find my bell cookie cutter. I have tried to double this recipe and it just didn't seem the same. I have always used margarine because that is how my mom made them. These are one of my most favorite cookies. I have never seen this recipe anywhere else. My mom said she got it off of the Domino's sugar box but Domino's does not have it on there website the last time I looked. I hope you enjoy these.
2 tsp soft butter or margarine 1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp light brown sugar 1 tsp orange rind
1 tbsp maraschino cherry liquid 2 tsp apricot nectar
½ cup finely minced nuts ¼ tsp baking powder
1/3 cup soft butter or margarine 1/8 tsp baking soda
Quartered maraschino cherries about 6 1 cup all purpose flour
Cream 2 tsps butter and brown sugar, stir n cherry liquid and nuts set aside cream 1/3 cup butter and sugar, stir in orange rind and nectar. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda. Stir into butter-sugar mixture until well blended. Make into 2 balls of dough. Roll out, one at a time on lightly floured pastry cloth to 1/8” thickness, Cut into 3” bells and place on ungreased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Spoon ½ tsp of nut cherry liquid mixture into center place a cherry quarter at wide end for clapper bake at 375 12 to 14 min until golden about 2 dozen cookies
They really don't make 2 dozen. I always use parchment paper. They are one of those cookies that can brake when you try to take them off. Also I always roll out my cookies in powdered sugar instead of flour. They will not get tough if you use sugar.
As you can see from my photo I just cut them in a shape. I could not find my bell cookie cutter. I have tried to double this recipe and it just didn't seem the same. I have always used margarine because that is how my mom made them. These are one of my most favorite cookies. I have never seen this recipe anywhere else. My mom said she got it off of the Domino's sugar box but Domino's does not have it on there website the last time I looked. I hope you enjoy these.
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