The BEST Drop Sugar cookies are always made by Grandma first. Some of my best childhood memories are grandma making these thick, soft, yet tender crisp on the bottom – sugar cookies. I have tried recipe after recipe and always come back to this one for ease and taste.
Drop Sugar Cookies – 2 eggs, 2/3 c. sugar, 2/3 c. oil, 2 tsp. real vanilla, Stir with a fork till thick and fluffy. Add: 2 c. flour, 2 tsp. baking pwd, 1/2 tsp. salt. Stir well and drop on a greased cookie sheet – 1/4 c. dough for large cookies – Bake 350 for 13 – 15 – cool on rack – Frost and Decorate with candy sprinkles for holidays – picture shown is for Valentines Day Cookies
ButterCream Whipped Frosting – 1/2 c. softened real butter, 2 c. powdered sugar, 1 – 1/2 tsp. real vanilla, dash of salt, 1 – 2 Tbsp. hot milk – Beat butter till fluffy, add other ingredients, beating till whipped and fluffy. My grandmas favorite way to make this frosting was to add orange or lemon peel to taste and then frost. (For chocolate butter cream icing add 1/3 c. lightly packed cocoa – excellent on brownies)
Do you love apple pie and ice-cream? This recipe is easy and delicious – we used to have apple pie only once in awhile – now we can have it more often because it doesn’t take the time it did before and yet still out of this world delicious. Sweet Tart flavor – American as Apple Pie
Crust: 2 cups flour, 3/4 tsp. salt, 2 Tbsp. brown sugar, 1/2 cup real butter softened, 1/2 cup lard, 4 Tbsp. ice cold water
Directions: With a pastry blender mix flour, salt, butter, and lard till crumbly, mix the brn. sugar with the water and blend into flour mixture with fork, do not over knead, set aside, Makes 2 pies with one top crust.
Filling: Fill a 9×13 glass baking dish with 10 cups sliced apples, granny smith, Macintosh, Jonathon’s, or a mixture. Set aside. In a medium sauce pan combine 3/4 cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup white sugar, 4 Tbsp. flour, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. nutmeg, mix completely with a whisk, stir in 1 c. water, and 1/4 c. butter, heat to boiling and thickened. Pour over apples and mix.
Take chunks of dough pieces and pat into your hand – round 1/4 inch thick crumbly cookies, place on top of apple mixture till the top is covered using all the dough, sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. mixed cinnamon and sugar, bake at 350 for 1 hour. While baking make caramel sauce, Remove from oven and serve with ice cream and caramel sauce.
Homemade Gourmet Caramel Sauce: 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 c. Karo syrup, 6 oz. canned milk, mix and cook to just under a soft ball, color will be golden brown, or test in ice cold water, it can be molded with your finders to a soft ball. For an added crunch – stir in 1/2 cup toasted pecan pieces – Remove from heat and add 1/2 tsp. vanilla, serve hot over pie and ice cream
The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.
Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch.
The grave site was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded.
Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was considered a very smart cookie, but wasted much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.
Doughboy is survived by his wife Play dough, three children: John Dough, Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.
The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
If this made you smile for even a brief second, please rise to the occasion to share that smile with someone else who may be having a crumby day and kneads a lift.
