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Monday, December 19, 2011

Pepperneal -- for Christmas

Grandma Leah Rasmussen’s Pepperneals
6 cups flour                            1 cup sugar
1 cup lard                               1 3/4 tsp. black pepper
1 3/4 tsp. ginger                     1/2 tsp soda
2 cups buttermilk or sour milk
Roll as cookies cut with a large thimble or roll in ropes and slice.  Bake 350 degrees for 10-40 minutes (until brown).  
This was her grandparents recipe, from Denmark

Monday, December 12, 2011

Fudge - Fron Heloise's Column in the Newspaper

I love this Fudge  --- I make it every year -- And I share it also --- 

Eat fudge -- yeah!

Fudge
4 1/2 cup sugar
1 large can evaporated milk
3 (6 oz) pkg. choc. chips
1 (10 oz.) pkg. mini- marshmallows
1/2-cup butter or margarine
2 cups chopped nuts
1 tsp. Vanilla
Put sugar and milk in a large, very heavy saucepan and bring slowly rolling boil.  Let boil for 8 minutes.  Remove from heat and add chocolate chips, marshmallows and butter.  Beat only until chips & marshmallows are melted.  Add vanilla and nuts, spread in large ungreased pan.  
From Heloise's column.  Newspaper.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Butter Cookies -- To Decorate

BUTTER COOKIES - Ida Rasmussen 
1 cup sugar                           3 cups flour
1-cup butter                             1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs, beaten                      1/2 tsp. salt
Cream together butter and eggs.  Sift dry ingredients and add to mixture.  Chill 1 hour.  Roll to 1/8 inch thick.  Cut with cookie cutters.  Bake at 375 degrees to 8 minutes.


This is my Mom's Recipe.  It is the only one I use to decorate.  

You will have to watch the over -- 8 minutes doesn't sound like a lot  --- Just as the first one is getting sort of brown -- Pull them out.

Then Frost & decorate -- I bake them one day and decorate they next.  

You will love these