By CECILIA B. JACKSON
(M iss Goody)
• C o o k ie s a t C h ristm a s; tim e a r e
a u n iv e r s a l c u s to m . T h is is tr u e
w h e th e r you m ak e L ebkuchen,
N iir n b e rg e r, Z u c k e r H utchen,
S c o tc h S h o rtb re a d , F in s k a K a k o r,
S a n d b a e ls e r, M andel K a g e r, B e r ­
l i n e r K r a n s e r o r The p o p u lar
S p r i t z , w hich tr a n s la te d m e a n s
i ‘s p u r te d o u t o f a p r e s s ” .
M y p la n i s not to give you a ll
t h e s e f a v o rite s of o th e r lan d s
b u t to d e s c r i b e ’ and give you
th e r e c i p e s f o r S o m e of o u r
fa v o rite A m e ric a n c o o k ie s which
w ill d e lig h t e v e ry o n e a t C h r is t­
m a s . T h e s e a r e a ll a little d a in ­
t i e r , o r 11fa n c y e r” th a n y o u r
b r e a k f a s t o r a f te r sc h o o l sn a c k
c o o k ie . T h esc^ are th e type you
m ay u ^ e f o r C h r is tm a s e n te r ­
ta in in g o f a n y kind: a c o ffe e ,
anr a fte rn o o n te a , a bu ffet o r ju s t
ota 4 ?our own C h r is tm a s d in n e r
ta)
( Sonde of them , m ay h a v e bow s
o r c o r d s a tta c h e d to hand them
• fr o m y o u r C h r is tm a s t r e e to
"give to th e n e ig hborhood c h ild re n
.who sto p in . O th e r s - a r e d e sig n e d
f o r a C h r is tm a s p la te of c o o k ie s,
w h e th e r fo r th e e v e n ts a lr e a d y
m en tio n ed o r to tie u p in s a r a n
w r a p w ith a g in g e rb re a d m an on
to p to g iv e , a s a g ift d u rin g the
• h o lid a y seaison.
F ro m the o v e r 600 co o k ie r e ­
c ip e s given you to the y e a r s o f
t h e M iss Goody c o lu m n , I have
- - c h o se n e le v en r e c i p e s , fo r th e ir
c o lo r , t a s te , sh a p e and s iz e . F o r
a C h r is tm a s co o k ie p la te m u st
h a v e in fin ite v a r ie ty to be a t­
t r a c ti v e . A ll of th e s e a r e good
. “ k e e p e r s ” so m ay b e done ahead
o f tim e , a n d s o m e m ay b e fro z e n .
H o w ev e r, th e b e s t w ay to do lr
h a v e a l l y o u r C h r is tm a s p r e p a r
a tio n s c o m p le te by the w eek b e ­
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f o r e C h r is tm a s , s o the l a s t w eek I e g g
m ay b e sp e n t c o o k ie b a king.
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Needless to say, i f you h ave
S ift g o g e th e r f i r s t s ix d r y i n - ,
p a r ti c u l a r fa v o rite s in y o u r own g r a d ie n ts . M ix s h o rte n in g , s u g a r
r e c i p e f ile , by a ll m e a n s u s e a n d m o la s s e s . B e a t in e g g . Add
th e m , and e lim in a te th e co o k ie s o u r m ilk th e n d ry in g re d ie n ts .
in m y l i s t th a t is m o st lik e C h ill b e fo re r o llin g o u t f o r e a s e
y o u rs . F i r s t o f a ll , o f c o u r s e , •in h a n d lin g . R oll s m a ll a m o u n ts
a r e th e g in g e rb re a d men, w hich, a t a tim e . C u t w ith g in g e rb re a d
w ith th e i r r e d n e c k tie s alw ay s
m a n c u tt e r , p la c e on g re a s e d
h a n g on o u r Christmas tree, (lightly) cookie sheet. Place
a n d d e c o r a te th e p a c k a g e s we w h o le c lo v e fo r m o u th , c u rra n ts ,
s e n d o u t. T he o th e r s a r e Jo h n n y for eyes and buttons down front.
A p p le se e d and Sponge c o o k ie s fo r
b a s i c s , th en O ld W o rld B u tte r h o r n s , F ille d M in c e m e a t c o o k ie s,
C h r is tm a s S u r p r is e c o o k ie s and
W alnut c o o k ie s fo r m o re s u b s ta n ­
t i a l “ f a n c ie s ” . You m u s t, of
c o u r s e , h a v e D ate B a r s , and
f o r the lig h te r s id e and s m a lle r
in s iz e B u tte r B a lls a n d S p ritz
c o o k ie s .
If you lik e to fu s s w ith r o l l
a n d c u t c o o k ie s to f r o s t we have,
a ls o inclu d ed C h r is tm a s B u tte r
c o o k ie s , b u t a c tu a lly , w ith th e
m an y s l i a e s fo r y o u r co o k ie p r e s s
you c an m ake S p ritz c o o k ie s in
a v a r ie ty o f s h a p e s su c h a s
C h ris tm a s t r e e s , w r e a t h s ,
c a m e ls and th e lik e w ith m uch
l e s s effo rts T h e d e c o ra tin g is
s im p le r u sin g tin y r e d cinnam on
c a n d le s o r c o lo re d s u g a r s . If
you do m ake th e r o ll a n d c u t
c o o k ie s u s e a s im p le b u tte r
f r o s tin g , c o lo re d , to d e c o ra te .
P r e s s a loop of c o r d in th e d o u g h '
b e fo re baking i f you p lan to hang
th em on y o u r t r e e .
G in g e rb re a d C ookie M en
3 c s s ifte d flo u r
2 ts p b a k in g pow der
1 /2 ts p s a l t
1 ts p cinnam on
1 / 2 ts p eac h n u tm eg a n d c lo v e s
1 /2 c sh o rte n in g
1 /4 c firm ly p a ck e d b row n s u g a r
T ip th e f e e t of s o m e o f th e m en
a s i f th e y w e re d a n c in g , j u s t
f o r fun.
B ake a t 375 a b o u t 12 m in .
R em o v e fro m tin w ith sp a tu la .
W hen c o o l lo o p -a cord through
a le n g th o f r e d rib b o n , t ie r i b ­
b o n aro u n d - h is n e ck w ith bow
u n d e r h is “ c h in ” a n d h e i s r e a d y
to h ah g on y o u r C h r is tm a s t r e e .
I u s u a lly do- m y g in g e rb re a d m en
(I have e v en b e en c au g h t C h r is t­
m a s e v e ty in g o n n e c k tie s .) S to re
in tin u n til C h r is tm a s .
Joh n n y A p p le se e d C o o k ies
3 c s flo u r
1 ts p s a l t .
2 ts p b a k in g p o w d e r
1 c s h o rte n in g
2 c s b ro w n s u g a iy p a c k e d
1 ts p v a n illa
1 egg
the weekend after Thanksgiving
1/2 c milk
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T ie t h e i r n e c k tie s on th e n to o ,
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as it takes longer than you think,
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A Leslie S p e a k e r a d d s rich , full to n a l effects you w oitldn t
believe p o ssib le .'W h a te v e r y o u r level o f m usical e x p e rtis e ,a
L eslie S p e a k e r y ’ves t h a t “ pro fessio n al to u c h .1 It s th e su re
wav to e n h a n c e th e fam ily joy a n d
' to g e th e rn e ss w h ic h m usic in sp ire s
a gift w hich m o n ey c a n 't buy .
H e a r a live d e m o n s tra tio n to d ay !
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