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Patricia's KitchenChristmas BakingWe always made pizzelles at Christmas, being of Italian descent. We also made anise biscotti and Italian cookies. These recipes are a sort of 'show me' recipes. It's hard to tell someone how much flour to actually add. You sort of need to be there to know what consistency of dough is expected. I'm sure if you look in enough cook books, you would find recipes for the above that would be more successful for you than my trying to tell you how to make them. As far as pizzelles are concerned, you can use the recipe that comes with the pizzelle iron, as you need a pizzelle iron to bake the pizzelles But, having a love of baking, the following are recipes that became Christmas family favorites. They sort of evolved over the years. The Apricot Pinwheels came from a little Fleischmann's yeast and Gold Medal flour baking booklet called "Yeast Baking and You." Sometimes you can find the best recipes in these little booklets. To make the Pinwheels you start with Gossipy Sweet Bun Dough. It is such a lovely dough. You can make all kind of things out of it. There are several recipes that go with this dough. Below are some of them. Kolachie was a recipe that I found in the Encyclopedia of Cookery that I bought one book at a time from Kroger. I don't necessarily make them for Christmas, but that is usually when the lemons are really good. They are better fresh. They seem to loose something after they sit around awhile. So if you make these, try to make them sometime when you have company for breakfast. Company usually comes with Christmas. They are good around Easter, too. The Butterball and Cherry Nut Slice recipes came from another little booklet put out by Pillsbury's Best Flour, Nestle's Morsels, Brer Rabbit Molasses, Sun Maid Raisins and Sunsweet prunes, American Dairy Association and Pillsbury cookie decorator. I've had it forever it seems. Once I got some melted butter all over it. I guess that will keep the pages from drying out. I have doubled and even tripled these recipes with good success. There are a lot more recipes in this little booklet that I have never made, but to show you how old it is, there is an offer of a New Mirro Cookie Press for only $1. A regular $2.25 value! It was offered by the American Dairy Association. I can't believe I've lived that long. Oh my! I hope you enjoy trying some of these cookies for your holidays. They all freeze well, so they can be made ahead of the holidays. I, also, made all these cookies for my daughter's and son's weddings. Patricia Marks is a mother, grandmother, baker, and contributor to Cadelyn Cuisine. |
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