Managed to get a secret family recipie type thing, I've wanted it for a while.

Decided to take a whack at making some tonight.

Wow. It's alot of work, cleaning up the kitchen was a pain, but they are SOOOOOOO GOOD!.

I made 24, a couple are going to my friends at school, and a couple are currently sitting in my stomach.

I've still got a huge thing of dough sitting in the freezer. I'm guessing plenty for 150 more cookies.

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Just because it has two clutches, shifts faster, uses a torque converter or has near-infinite gear ratios, requires less driver intervention and is more efficient doesn't make it better in my opinion.
Save The Manual Transmission

where are mine?

Um.


FedEx Lost them?

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Security is just a word. The act of being secure is entirely different.
"...but I think that to make your dream a reality, having a dream itself is a mandatory prerequisite"
From A Book: Walking Through The Impossible

Just because it has two clutches, shifts faster, uses a torque converter or has near-infinite gear ratios, requires less driver intervention and is more efficient doesn't make it better in my opinion.
Save The Manual Transmission

I would think you would make microChip Cookies.

They're nice, simple too.

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congrats, microchip!

Hang on to those secret family recipes, don't let them die out!

We've lost a few in my family because no one, apparently, bothered to get them from my great-grandmother before she died.

Plus, there's nothing better than making recipes you remember from your childhood.

I'll be making sugar cookies this weekend with my mother's recipe.

It's great that you multiplied the basic recipe

I always quadruple mine but I've had a tough time working up to cookie making this year.

I'll post the recipe if anyone is interested.

The cookies are addictive!

Post away, GeneL . . .

always interested in family recipes . . .

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Bill
Flagler Beach, FL 32136

Carpe Vino!

Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.
— David Rains Wallace

My grandmother used to make what she called "Spritz" cookies with a shortbread-like recipe that could be extruded through a cookie press (like a caulking gun with various shape templates). You could make wreaths, Xmas trees, and some other shapes. They were incredibly good, annd a lot of fun to make with kids around.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2005 10:22AM by ka jowct.

Gene's favorite Sugar Cookie recipe

Preheat oven to 350ºF. (see notes below for my tips on the preparation)

* 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter*, room temperature (1 lb)
* 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour (9 cups)
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil (Mazola Right Blend) (2 cups)
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (2tsp)
* 1 egg (4 eggs)
* 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar (2tsp)
* 1 teaspoon (Cook's Cookie Vanilla) extract (4tsp)
* 1/2 teaspoon salt (2tsp)
* 1/2 cup sugar (2 cups) *
Additional sugar for pressing cookies
* 1/2 cup powdered sugar (2 cups)
* Optional (I consider necessary!) - 1 cup pecan pieces or experiment with other additions

This recipe makes about 3 dozen (Quantities in parentheses will give you around 12 dozen cookies which you will need if you are giving them as gifts and of course you must taste test each batch as they come out of the oven! )

1. Using electric mixer beat butter, oil, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup powdered sugar in large bowl until well blended, then mix in egg and vanilla. (I mix by hand when I make the smaller recipe - it's really easy when the butter is completely softened)
2. Sift flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar and mix in.
3. Mix in pecan pieces
4. Cover mixture and chill until firm, about 30 minutes or up to 1 day. (The dough keeps well if sealed and refrigerated and it can be frozen as well.)
5. Butter 2 large baking sheets or use parchment paper for easy cleanup and no need to butter the sheets - I just started using silicone baking sheets)
6. Roll 1 tablespoon dough into ball.** Place on prepared sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing balls evenly on sheets.
7. Dip flat-bottomed glass into water to moisten, then dip into sugar and press dough to 1/4-inch thick round. Repeat with remaining dough balls, dipping bottom of glass into sugar before pressing each cookie.***
8. Bake cookies until light brown, about 12 -15 minutes. (12 1/2 - 13 minutes in my oven)
Transfer cookies to racks and cool completely.

Gene's notes:
* Make sure you use sweet butter.
** I use a small (3 tsp) size ice cream scoop to drop the dough.
*** My last tip is that I use an old bud vase that has a starburst pattern on the bottom to flatten the cookie dough.
It's much more interesting if you can find something with a suitable pattern to use. You will also find that in the
step where you flatten the cookies the sugar may cake on the glass. This is always the case with me, but I feel it is
very important to the final texture and taste to get a good coating of sugar on each cookie. I often sprinkle a little extra sugar
after pressing to ensure the texture.

* I hope you enjoy these cookies. Please let me know your results -




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2005 11:23AM by GeneL.

No familial secret recipe for typical mine:

Thanks GeneL . . .

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Bill
Flagler Beach, FL 32136

Carpe Vino!

Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.
— David Rains Wallace

Please be aware that as you take each batch out of the oven you will end up having to try one cookie to make sure it came out ok.

Addiction Alert! - Level Orange