C10 - Sunday News, December 14, 1980

DIETS BEWARE BECAUSE...

‘Tis the season to make cookies

The aroma of baked
cookies filling the house, the
children busily making
chrsitmas decorations and
jack frost tapping gently on
the window panes, are
welcoem signs thatChristmas
and festive parties are just
around the corner.

hold soft peaks. Add sugar
gradually. Add vanilla; beat
until mixture holds © stiff
peaks and sugar is dissolved.
Fold im outs, fruit and
coconut. Drop rounded
teapoonsfuls on ungreased
brown paper on a baking
sheet. Bake at 275 for 45

food

For the following
Cathedral Windows recipe,
simply store the rolls of
dough in the freezer, ready
to slice and bake as needed.

CATHEDRAL WINDOWS

1 cup butter or
margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
‘4 cup hard-cooked egg
yolks mashed (4 yolks)*
3 cups all purpose flour
% tsp. salt
% tsp. grated orange peel
1 cup chopped candied
fruit
1 cup whole candied
cherries

Thoroughly combine
butter, sugar and egg. Sur in
egg yolks, flour, salt and
orange peel. Blend in fruit.
Form in rolls t’% in. in
diameter. Wrap in foil or
transparent wrap; freeze.

Heat over to 350. Slice
cookies very thinly. Place on
greased baking sheet. Bake
8-10 minutes.

Makes about
cookies.

10 dozen

*To hard-cook = yolks:
Separate eggs and set whites
aside for other uses. Slip
yolks into hot water, suf-
ficient to cover. Cook below
boiling point 4 to 8 minutes
or until set. Test with a
toothpick .

Menngve cookies may be
stored loosely covered in a
cool, dry place for several
days. If the am is humid,
store in an air-tight con-
tainer, should memnguos
become sticky, they may be
dned out by placing them in
a 200° oven for 20-30
minutes

MERINGUE COOKIES

4 cgg whites
‘Ye tsp cream ol tartar
‘4 isp salt

1 cup fine white

sugar

2 tsp vanilla

‘A cup chopped walnuts
‘A cup. chopped
frunt

‘A cup shredded ccm onut

candicd

Hoat cgg whites” until
frothy Add cream of tartar
and aalt, beat until whites

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minutes to 1 hour or until
firm. Cool away from drafts.

Makes about 3%. doz.
cookies.

For the sweet tooth, these
mouth-watering almond
meringue bars are a must.

ALMOND
MERINGUE BARS

2 cups flour
2 egg yolks
'A cup sugar
V« tsp. salt
¥% cup butter or
margarine
‘A cup jam or jelly
2 egg whites
Y tsp. almond flavouring
Ve cup sugar
‘A cup coconut
“4 cup shvered almonds

Heat oven to 400.
Measure flour into a medium
bowl and make a well in the
centre. Add egg yolks,
cup sugar, salt and butter.
Work together with hands
until well blended. Press
dough into ungreased 9x9”
pan. Bake 15 to 20 minutes.

COOKIES, COOKIES AND MORE COOKIES!

Cool slightly; spread with
jam or jelly. beat egg whites
until they will hold soft
peaks. Gradually add '% cup
sugar. Add almond
flavourinog; beat until
meringue holds stiff peaks

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and sugar is dissolved. Fold
in coconut. Spread meringue
over jam, sprinkle with
almonds. Bake 8-10 minutes,
or until meringue is brown.
Cut into bars. Makes 2 dozen
bars.

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