Cooperative Living November/December 2017 - 36

CommonwealthKitchen
Celebrate
the Season
with
Holiday Cookies & Treats
The custom of a holiday baking bonanza dates back to
the Middle Ages, when spices like nutmeg and
cinnamon were just starting to be widely used, along
with dried fruits that added sweetness and texture.
Only on the most important holidays could families
afford to bake and exchange cookies made with these
expensive ingredients.
FROM OUR READERS:
Chocolate Candy Cane Kisses
Linda Eberts, Louisa, Virginia
Ingredients:
FROM OUR READERS:
Pepparkakor
Traci Gustafson, Ruther Glen, Virginia
Ingredients:
2 sticks butter, softened
1½ cups sugar
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons molasses
3¼ cups flour
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
3 teaspoons cinnamon
3 teaspoons ginger
2 teaspoons cloves
2 teaspoons baking soda
Directions: Cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg and molasses. Sift
flour with spices and baking soda to combine, then stir into sugar mixture to make
a very stiff dough. Form into long rolls and chill until ready to bake. Either slice
thinly or roll on a floured surface, using cookie cutters to make gingerbread men
or other shapes. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 8-12 minutes,
depending on size of cookie. Cool on a wire rack and decorate as desired with
icing made of 1 egg white combined with 1½ cups powdered sugar and ½
teaspoon vanilla or other flavoring.
FROM OUR READERS:
Potato Chip Cookies
Delores Carl, Mineral, Virginia
Ingredients:
2 sticks butter, softened
2
⁄3
cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions: Cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Add flour and crushed potato chips
and mix well. Drop teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350
degrees for 10-12 minutes.
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1½ cups flour
½ cup crushed plain potato chips
Send us your recipes!
We need recipes for these upcoming issues:
recipes using maple syrup and Easter brunch
recipes.
Please email submissions to commonwealthkitchen@
co-opliving.com or mail them to Commonwealth
Kitchen, c/o Cooperative Living, P.O. Box 2340, Glen
Allen, VA 23058-2340. All published submissions will
receive a $20 Walmart gift card.
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2 cups flour
1
⁄3
cup cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2 sticks softened butter
1 cup sugar + extra for rolling
1 egg
1 tablespoon vanilla
10 oz. Hershey's Candy Cane Kisses
Directions: Sift together flour, cocoa and salt.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter and 1 cup sugar
until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla
and gradually stir in flour mixture. Chill dough until
firm, then roll in 1-inch balls and toss in extra sugar
to coat. Place 1-inch apart on parchment paperlined
cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for
5-6 minutes. Meanwhile, unwrap a corresponding
number of Hershey's kisses. Remove from oven and
press a Candy Cane Kiss lightly in the center of
each, then bake another 2-3 minutes. Cool
completely on a wire rack.
AMANDA CUNNINGHAM PHOTO
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