Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars
3 egg whites
2/3 vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1.5 tsp lemon rind
3/4 cup sugar
2+ cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Beat egg whites with fork, stir in oil, vanilla, and rind (I used the dried type from the spice section). Blend in sugar. Stir together flour, powder, and salt and blend into sugar/oil mixture, should be about the consistency of play-dough. May be made as drop cookies flatten with glass that has been buttered on the bottom and dipped in sugar, or press into a 7×11 pan and sprinkle liberally with sugar. Bake in 325 degree oven til edges are slightly golden and center isn’t raw. (this works in high altitude - some adjustment may be necessary for lower)
Brown Sugar Shortbread
½ cup softened butter
¼ cup brown sugar firmly packed
2 cups flour
½ tsp ground nutmeg
pinch of salt
Cream butter and sugar, combine remaining dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. On lightly floured surface roll dough to ½ thickness, cut into wedges, pierce with fork. Bake on un-greased cooking sheet at 300f until light gold on edges, about 20 minutes
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Chocolate Chip (Toffee) Scones
3 ¼ cup flour
½ cup sugar
1T + 1t baking powder
¼ t salt
1 cup semi sweet choc chips
½ cup toffee bits (optional)
2 cups chilled whipping cream
2 T unsalted butter melted
additional sugar for sprinkling
375f oven, lightly spritz baking sheets with cooking spray.
Combine flour, ½ c sugar, baking powder, and salt in large bowl, stir in chocolate chips and toffee bits. In separate bowl, beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Fold whipped cream into dry ingredients. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead gently until soft dough forms – about 2 minutes. Pat dough into large circle approx 1 ¼ inch think. Cut into pie shaped wedges. Transfer to prepared baking sheets spacing well apart. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with additional sugar. Bake until edges are a light golden brown – about 20 minutes. Best served warm.
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Pie Crust (double crust)
3 cups flour
1 cup Crisco (vegetable shortening)
½ cup boiling water
1t salt
Mix flour, salt, & Crisco well. Mix in boiling water. Let stand 10 minutes.
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September 27, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Mary Kathryn,
I’ve been using this over and over again. Thanks for putting it on your blog. Today I will use it with wonderful Winesap apples we got from a farmer here in the mountains of New Mexico.
Thanks again.