Sunday, Nov. 22, 1992 - North Shore News - 39

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Traditional Christmas cookie recipes

HRISTMAS

BAKING isa

tradition.

There’s no

other time of
the year when we put so much
emphasis on a variety of rich
and ornate cookies.

By Barbara McCreadie
Contributing Writer

We buy expensive ingre-
dienis — real butter, baking
chocolate, pecans and liqueurs.
But aren't the results
beautiful?

Here are some recipes that
may be new to you this year
but could become Christmas
traditions.

Kelly’s Truffles
& squares semi-sweet chocolate,
coarsely chopped
¥% cup butter
3 tablespoons whipping cream
1 beaten egg yolk
3 tablespoons Swiss Almond
Chocolate liqueur (buy ina
one-shot bottle unless you keep
it around)

In a saucepan over very low
heat, melt the chocolate with
butter and cream — takes
abcut 10 minutes and needs
constant watching.

Stir a bit of the hot mixture
quickly into the beaten egg
yolk and thea add to the
chocolate mixture in the
saucepan.

Stir and cook very gently
until thickened. Add the li-
queur and chill until cold and
smooth — about 1% hours.
Stir occasionally.

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Beat with an electric mixer
until fluffy —- about two
minutes. Chill 15 minutes until
it holds its shape when drop-
ped from a teaspoon.

Drop by teasnconfuls onto a
waxed paper covered cookie
sheet. Chill again. Roll in
chocolate sprinkles, finely
chopped nuts or coconut.
Store tighily covered in a cool,
dry place.

Ella Dyer’s Deadly Rum Balls
6 02. plain mitk chocolate
chips
2 cup rum
3 tablespoons corn syrup
3 cups icing sugar — sift be-
fore measuring
I cup finely chopped walnuts
1% cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1 cup flaked coconut, divided
Melt chocolate chips and
blend in syrup, rum and sugar.
Add nuts, crumbs and half the
coconut and blend well. Line a
cookie sheet with waxed paper.
Roll the mixture into bite-
sized balls and roll in the re-
maining coconut. Place ina
tightly sealed container and
refrigerate 2-3 days to mellow
the flavor.
Wendy Houghion’s Melting
Shortbread
1Tib. REAL butter
1 cup icing sugar
3 cugs flour
¥2 cup cornstarch
Cream butter until light and
fluffy. Add sugar gradually.
Add flour and cornstarch and
beat —- the mixture will break
up — and then mix with your
hands. Drop by teaspoons on-

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Phote submitted

CHRISTMAS IS traditionally a busy time for home
bakers. Now is the time to begin digging out last
year’s yuletide recipes, and also experimenting with
something new to please excited holiday tastebuds.

Stained Glass Cookies
Colored lifesavers (1 package
each: green, red, yellow)

Y cup vegetable shortening

te an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 325°F about 11
minutes or until golden brown
on the bottom.

You don’t go

V3 cup sugar

Lege

1 teaspoon lemon juice
% cup honey

3 cups flour

J teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

In a large bowl, cream
shortening. Add sugar and egg
and beat until smooih. Stir in
lemon juice and honey and
beat. Combine flour, baking
soda and salt and stir in. Chill
three to four hours.

Pinch off a bit of dough and
roli between your hands inio a
smali rope, about % inch in
diameter. Form the ropes into
holiday objects -— wreaths,
bows, bells -— leaving a space
in the centre. Place ona
sprayed cookie sheet.

Place the lifesavers in sepa-
rate small plastic bags and
crush with a mailet. Fill the
centres ef your cookies with
the crushed candy. Bake at
375°F for seven to 10 minutes.
The cookies are done when the
candy is melted.

Lift off the sheet while hot.
These make attractive
Christmas tree ornaments —
kids love them. Obviously,
they should be hung for a very
short time —- attach them just
before the kids arrive. Who
needs Fido climbing the tree?

See Mark page 40

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