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To: Diana in Wisconsin
We bake our holiday (Valentines Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years) cookies with friends, at their house. About 100 dozen, if not more, during the course of the year. Almost all of them are donated to the State Veterans Home in town.

Personal favorites: pfeffernusse and cream cheese pecan cookies.


Pfeffernusse (makes 180)

2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
2 TBS all purpose flour sifted
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 Cup butter
1/3 Cup sugar
1 large egg
1/4 Cup finely chopped almonds
1/3 Cup molasses
1/3 Cup anisette
1 TBS lemon juice

Sift first nine ingredients together; set asside

Cream together butter, sugar, egg, and almonds

Mix molasses, anisette, and lemon juice together

Then add the flour mix alternately with the liquid mix into the creamed mixture. Beat well, and refigerate over night.

Pre heat oven to 350F

Shape into 1 inch balls, bake on a greased cookie sheet 10 to 15 minutes. While still warm, roll in powdered sugar.


Cream Cheese Pecan Cookies (makes 120)

1 Cup butter
8 oz cream cheese
2/3 Cup sugar
1/2 Cup brown sugar
2 Cups flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
1 Cup chopped pecans

Cream butter and cream cheese; add sugar, and blend well

Mix in flour

Add pecans, and roll in wax paper.

CHILL AT LEAST 24 HOURS; or, may be placed in freezer.

Preheat oven to 350F

Slice about 1/4 inch thick, and place on ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for 12-15 minutes.

38 posted on 11/26/2010 6:34:48 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: A Satanically Transmitted Disease spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus)
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To: ApplegateRanch

When you say anisette, you do mean the actual liqueur out of the Big-Girl bottle, not the tiny little Barbie bottle of anisette flavoring, correct?


56 posted on 11/26/2010 7:19:56 PM PST by nina0113
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To: ApplegateRanch

I’m going to make the Cream Cheese Pecan Cookies, they sound devine!


71 posted on 11/26/2010 7:47:43 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (We reserve the right to live.-B.Netanyahu)
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