recipe project

13/4 cups boiling water
1 cup uncooked oats (quick or old fashioned)
1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 stick (half cup) butter or margarine
2 extra large eggs
13/4 cup unsifted all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 pkg. (12oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided in half
3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Pour boiling water over oats. Let stand at room temperature 10 minutes. Add brown and granulated sugar and butter. Stir until butter melts. Add eggs. Mix well. Sift together flour, soda, salt and cocoa. Combine flour and sugar mixtures. Mix well. Add about half of the package of chocolate chips. Pour batter into greased and floured 9"x13" pan. Sprinkle walnuts and remaining choc. chips on top. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven about 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. This is quick and easy...never fails.

Posted by Nita at 8:24 AM | Permalink
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125 grams unsalted Butter
70 grams sugar
200 grams flour

Combine butter and sugar in food processor. Add all of the flour and run for about 1-2 minutes. It won't form a ball. Pour mixture onto the counter and press toghether with hands until a ball forms. Divide the dough in half. Roll one half out until very thin. (Mom/Oma always said to the thickness of the back of a butter knife.) I have good success using a floured pastry cloth to roll the dough on. Cut out into laurel leaf shape...or any small shape you like. Bake at 350-375degrees until light gold. They bake fast, so keep an eye on them. Cool on a rack. Put togethr with apricot preserves. These are so delicate and require light touch. These are my favorite christmas cookie.

Posted by Nita at 8:13 AM | Permalink
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1 Tablespoon Anise seed
2 Tablespoons boiling water
3/4 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon soda
2 eggs
2 cups sifted flour
3 tablespoons sesame seed, toasted

Combine anise seed, and boiling water and steep while mixing dough. Cream butter with sugar and soda. Beat in 1 egg. Drain anise seed and add. Stir in flour a little at a time. Mix well. Chill dough over night. Roll dough in 1/2" balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet 11/2" apart. Put a piece of waxed paper over cookies and flatten to 1/6" thickness with the bottom of a glass. Remove waxed paper. Beat remaining egg and brush tops. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seed. Bake in hot oven, 400 degrees, 7-8 minutes. Makes 12 dozen. Note: to toast sesame seeds place them in shallow pan in moderate oven, 350 degrees, 10 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally.

Craig likes these!

Posted by Nita at 7:58 AM | Permalink
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CRUST

1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt

Blend all togethr and press mixture into 9x13 pan. Bake 20 min. at 325 degrees.

TOPPING

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
grated rind of half a lemon
powdered sugar

Combine first five ingredients and pour over crust. Return to oven and bake 25 minutes at 325 degrees. Remove from oven and cool. Dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars.

When I juice lemons, I will often freeze the rinds and then when I need some grated lemon rind I just use the frozen ones. A microplane is the neatest thing going to grate lemons as well a chocolate and cheese.

Posted by Nita at 7:41 AM | Permalink
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