Recipes stolen from Grandma
I had to type these, so here they are:
Chocolate Pinwheels, (double batch)
1 c butter, 3.5 c flour1.5 c suger, 1 tsp baking powder 4 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp salt2 eggs, (2) 1oz sq. unsweeted Choc. (melted)
Milk
Cream butter, sugar & vanilla til light and fluffy.
Beat in egg. Sift together dry ingred., mix into cream mix.
Divide dough in half, mix chocolate into one part.
Make Pinwheel logs, wrap in waxed paper then chill.
To make Pinwheel Logs: On waxed paper, roll each half of the dough into 12×10 in. rectangle. (piece dough together if needbe to make rectangle) Brush one layer with milk, place other layer on top, peel off waxed paper. Roll as for Jelly Roll, chill then, slice and bake as directed.
Slice thin, bake on ungreased cookie sheet @ 375 deg, for 8 to 10 min.
Peanut Butter Balls (Horse Chestnuts) 2 c Crunchy Peanut Butter, 2 sticks Oleo,
2 c Crunchy Peanut Butter, 2 sticks Oleo, 5 c powder sugar, 1 tsp Vanilla.
2 c Crunchy Peanut Butter, 2 sticks Oleo, 5 c powder sugar, 1 tsp Vanilla.Mix above, form into balls.
Melt 1 pkg. 12 oz Chocolat chips
(a half bar of wax has been deleted from this recipe)
Dip balls in chocolat, Let dry.
Pumpkin Roll
1 tsp Vanilla, 3 eggs, 2 t. cinnamon, 1 cup sugar,1 tsp Vanilla, 3 eggs, 2 t. cinnamon, 1 cup sugar,1 t. ginger, 2/3 cup pumpkin, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg1 tsp Vanilla, 3 eggs, 2 t. cinnamon, 1 cup sugar,1 t. ginger, 2/3 cup pumpkin, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg3/4 C. flour, 1/2 t. salt, 1 t. baking powers
1 tsp Vanilla, 3 eggs, 2 t. cinnamon, 1 cup sugar,1 t. ginger, 2/3 cup pumpkin, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg3/4 C. flour, 1/2 t. salt, 1 t. baking powersOptional: 1/2 C. ground pecans.
Beat Eggs until fluffy and add sugar, pumpkin, lemon juice and
remaining ingred. Mix well, turn out onto greased pan, (15×10)
Bake 15 min. @375 degrees, Cool 15 min..
Sprinkle powdered sugar on a towel and turn cake out onto it .
Sprinkle sugar over it too. Roll up and let cool.
Unroll and spread with filling, then reroll and refridgerate.
Slice and server.
Filling: 1 box cream cheese, 4 tble spns butter, 1 cup sugar,
1 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 tsp vanilla.
Roll is sometime easier to slice if frozen first.
Sugar Cookies
cooking time: 8-10 minutes temp. 375 degreescooking time: 8-10 minutes temp. 375 degrees1 C butter, 1 C sugar, 3 eggs, 1.5 tsp vanilla, 3.5 C sifted all purpose flour,cooking time: 8-10 minutes temp. 375 degrees1 C butter, 1 C sugar, 3 eggs, 1.5 tsp vanilla, 3.5 C sifted all purpose flour,2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt.
cooking time: 8-10 minutes temp. 375 degrees1 C butter, 1 C sugar, 3 eggs, 1.5 tsp vanilla, 3.5 C sifted all purpose 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 sifted together.
Chill dough at least 3 hrs or overnight. Roll dough out on lightly floured pastry canvas with a stokinette covered rolling pin, to 1/8 to 1/4 in. thickness.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet . Bake.
Note: this suger cookie reipe may be put through a press, but to not chill
the dough. Yeilds 6 dozen
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If these don’t look right, it’s because I’ve been having a heck of a time, getting the format to copy from Wordpad, to the blog.
Happy Holidays, GB