Ginger Cookies

Here's an easy cookie recipe that will have your
 whole house smelling like a bakery. 

 They are full of spicy cinnamon, ginger, cloves, 

and nutmeg. YUM!

I used a hand  mixer to cream the butter and sugar,

then added the egg and honey. Mix well.

Dump all the dry ingredients into a sifter.

 Add to the the bowl and mix well. 

I chilled the dough to  make it easier to handle.

 Roll into 1" balls and then roll in sugar.

 Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake

 @375 for 9 minutes....that was 

the perfect time for me.

 Cool on the sheet for 5  minutes before removing.

Remove to a wire rack to cool completely before

 storing in an airtight container. Of course you'll

want to eat one or two while they're still warm

with your tea or coffee. 

Delicious! 

You  might as well double the recipe because

they are great for sharing and they go fast!

Ginger Cookies

3/4 C Butter (1-1/2 sticks or 6oz)

1 C white sugar

1 egg

1/4 C honey or molasses

Beat all together then add the 
dry sifted ingredients 

2-1/4  C sifted flour

1/2 t ginger

1/2 t ground cloves

1/2 t nutmeg

2 t cinnamon

1/4 t salt

2 t baking soda

Mix well and refrigerate for about

 30  minutes to make rolling easier.

Roll into 1" balls and roll in a plate of sugar

(about 1/4 C ). Place 2" apart on an 

ungreased cookie sheet. Bake @375 for

 9 minutes. Let cool on the sheet for 5 minutes

 before removing to a wire rack to cool.

Store in an airtight container.

Enjoy!

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The Best Way To Purchase Gluten Free Cookies In Your Cookie Jar (Caren Billy)

Something most of us have been hearing more and more about on the news, from doctors, and from family and friends, is the need for a gluten-free lifestyle. Gluten, a protein complex present in wheat, barley, and rye, is found to be the main cause of sickness for those diagnosed with Celiac disease. Eating gluten free takes a little effort on anyone's part, but it's a crucial part of life for different reasons for different people. Regardless how any of us change our diets, we all want the capability to eat foods that we find comforting, and that primarily holds true when it comes to sweets. High quality gluten free cookies can be hard to locate and often, online retailers are a great way to save time and money.

Going the gluten free way most likely is not done by choice, or it may be a vital, life changing decision. The symptoms of gluten intolerance, attributable to an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine, have been found to be relieved only when gluten is removed from the diet. Lately, the number of people with Celiac disease is growing larger, and these people have been told that keeping gluten out of their food and their home will help.

Finding gluten free foods in most local grocery stores is challenging. White and brown rice, potatoes and tapioca are just some of the many grains and vegetables that can be utilized as a substitute for wheat flour. Every type of flour has different tastes, characteristics, uses and nutritional content, and successful gluten free foods will often use a variety of flours to create a great tasting well-textured product.

Many people love baked goods, and some people will find that baking gluten free goods that taste good will take some trial and error. Gluten is a protein that can help baked goods to hold their shape. When selecting gluten free cookies and other baked goods, it's important to find a product that doesn't crumble and has a really good, smooth texture.

It can be hard for most people to find a variety of, or even any gluten free foods in their local supermarket. There's a lot of online websites where these items can be found in abundance and at low prices. You can find merchants that can be found online that supply many varieties of cakes, cookies, breads and much more that are gluten free.

Finding pleasurable, gluten free foods can be a difficult and even depressing venture, especially for someone with a number of dietary restrictions. Finding baked goods that aren't just gluten free, but also dairy and nut free is often a challenging, but well rewarding feat. Companies that offer foods for those with multiple needs can oftentimes be highly trusted to avoid cross-contamination. If you've got an illness that makes it necessary that you forgo any gluten, you can trust that a company that specializes in selling gluten free products is knowledgeable with the foods they sell.

Baking gluten free cookies, muffins and other delicious goods is a difficult skill to master and cannot be done by just anyone. Finding a retailer who knows about the wide array of gluten free flours available and how each one affects foods differently can make a huge difference on the quality of their products. Finding a wide variety of gluten free foods can be difficult, unless you've found a good seller, local or online.

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The Best Way To Purchase Gluten Free Cookies In Your Cookie Jar (Caren Billy)

Something most of us have been hearing more and more about on the news, from doctors, and from family and friends, is the need for a gluten-free lifestyle. Gluten, a protein complex present in wheat, barley, and rye, is found to be the main cause of sickness for those diagnosed with Celiac disease. Eating gluten free takes a little effort on anyone's part, but it's a crucial part of life for different reasons for different people. Regardless how any of us change our diets, we all want the capability to eat foods that we find comforting, and that primarily holds true when it comes to sweets. High quality gluten free cookies can be hard to locate and often, online retailers are a great way to save time and money.

Going the gluten free way most likely is not done by choice, or it may be a vital, life changing decision. The symptoms of gluten intolerance, attributable to an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine, have been found to be relieved only when gluten is removed from the diet. Lately, the number of people with Celiac disease is growing larger, and these people have been told that keeping gluten out of their food and their home will help.

Finding gluten free foods in most local grocery stores is challenging. White and brown rice, potatoes and tapioca are just some of the many grains and vegetables that can be utilized as a substitute for wheat flour. Every type of flour has different tastes, characteristics, uses and nutritional content, and successful gluten free foods will often use a variety of flours to create a great tasting well-textured product.

Many people love baked goods, and some people will find that baking gluten free goods that taste good will take some trial and error. Gluten is a protein that can help baked goods to hold their shape. When selecting gluten free cookies and other baked goods, it's important to find a product that doesn't crumble and has a really good, smooth texture.

It can be hard for most people to find a variety of, or even any gluten free foods in their local supermarket. There's a lot of online websites where these items can be found in abundance and at low prices. You can find merchants that can be found online that supply many varieties of cakes, cookies, breads and much more that are gluten free.

Finding pleasurable, gluten free foods can be a difficult and even depressing venture, especially for someone with a number of dietary restrictions. Finding baked goods that aren't just gluten free, but also dairy and nut free is often a challenging, but well rewarding feat. Companies that offer foods for those with multiple needs can oftentimes be highly trusted to avoid cross-contamination. If you've got an illness that makes it necessary that you forgo any gluten, you can trust that a company that specializes in selling gluten free products is knowledgeable with the foods they sell.

Baking gluten free cookies, muffins and other delicious goods is a difficult skill to master and cannot be done by just anyone. Finding a retailer who knows about the wide array of gluten free flours available and how each one affects foods differently can make a huge difference on the quality of their products. Finding a wide variety of gluten free foods can be difficult, unless you've found a good seller, local or online.

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Health Benefits of Corn Flakes And Nut Cookies (Anamika Swami)

The nutritional value of your breakfast can be enhanced with the consumption of fortified breakfast cereals. Corn flakes include a number of vitamins and minerals with the power to meet the daily nutritional requirements. It includes no cholesterol and sugar. Therefore it is often considered to be a healthy food item that can be consumed for a complete breakfast. It is often consumed with nuts and chocolates too.

There are many health benefits associated with the use of cereals. Today it is easy to find a wide range of breakfast cereals which include different flavors, nuts, fruits and so forth. Some of the most delicious flavors include strawberry, mango, pineapple, orange, banana and chocolate.

Cereal breakfast can be bought in different varieties from most of the stores these days. These cereals are fortified with vitamins and minerals. Daily intake of vitamins such as Vitamin C, D, A, and B6 are known to improve overall health of a person on various ways. A bowl of breakfast cereals with nuts, fruits, low fat cream or yogurt can help a person to stay healthy and energetic all throughout the day.

Moreover, these cereal products seldom contain fat or sugar and therefore it includes fewer calories compared to the other food items. It is also light weight and easy to digest. This ready-to-eat breakfast is among the most popular and widely consumed food items in the entire world.

There are breakfast cereal products with honey and high fiber which helps to lose weight. These types of cereals are hugely demanded due to constant rise of obesity and health issues in most of the people today. The modern lifestyle includes the consumption of junk food items such as fried food, burgers and pastries which increases the consumption of calories.

In addition to breakfast cereals, nut cookies and chocolates are also widely consumed by a large number of people all around the world. There are various types of delicious chocolates available today. Milk chocolates, dark chocolates and white chocolates with nuts and fruits are some of the most popular varieties of products.

Chocolates have many beneficial properties too. Dark chocolates have the power to boost body mechanisms and elevate the mood. It is considered to be healthy in many ways. There are a huge range of dark cocoa products which can be bought from most of the stores these days. It can also be bought from online stores at affordable price rates.

Nut cookies are another popular variety of food item which is loved by people of all ages. Many of the leading and reputed brands of companies manufacture different types of nut cookies. Cookies can be baked at home too although it is widely available in many of the stores these days. Nut cookies are both tasty and healthy as it includes a healthy source of nuts.

There are nut cookies with the inclusion of fruits and chocolates too which are quite tasty. Different types of food products can be bought from online stores too at affordable price rates.

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How do the strips get inside fortune cookies By Raju Hasan

"A secret admirer will soon send you a sign of affection. And so love blooms are begun by it and its credit would go to a Fortune Cookie. With more than 60 million fortune cookies made yearly, messages of love and inspiration are what we seek, even if the cookie crumbles. How do the strips get inside fortune cookies.

Whether this delightful end to a meal was devised in China, Japan or America is not known. There are four legends behind the cookie in the Marketing blog:

Legend One:

Some time in the 13th or 14th Century, Mongols occupied China. The patriotic revolutionary, Chu Yuan Chang planned an uprising against the Mongols. To keep his plan top secret and share the date of the event, messages were hidden in ""Moon Cakes"". It was the right strategy as ""Moon Cakes' contained a ""yolk"" made from Lotus Paste, that the Mongols found to be unpleasing. Chu Yuan Chang replaced the ""yolk"" with a rice paper message. His plan foiled the Mongols and the Ming Dynasty came to be.

Some say this legend inspired the Chinese 49ers who worked on the American Railway through Nevada to California. When the Moon Festival time was to be celebrated they had number ""Moon Cakes' and improvised with biscuits, How do the strips get inside fortune cookies in the Marketing blog.

Legend Two:

Meet Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese immigrant and designer of the renowned Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco Bay Area, California. This legend gives credit to Hagiwara for inventing the History of fortune cookies in 1914. While doing work for an anti-Japanese Mayor, Hagiwara was fired. He endured great hardship until a later Mayor reinstated him after great public outcry. To show his gratitude for his supporters, Hagiwara created cookies that contained a little ""thank-you"" note inside. Their popularity grew and the fortune cookies were exhibited at the 1915 World Fair in San Francisco.

Legend Three:

Round the same time as Hagiwara, a Chinese immigrant by the name of David Jung, founder of the Hong Kong Noodle Company is thought to have devised the fortune cookie in 1918 in L. A., California.

Witnessing the unemployed and poverty near his store, he created a rolled up pastry and tucked inside an inspirational message published by way of a local Presbyterian Minister. Then handed the pastries out to give aspire to his ""neighbors"".

Legend Four:

Also in La, this legend could be the story of a Japanese-American baker named Seichi Kito. His cookies were created and inside he put haiku versus and sold the creations to Chinese restaurants.

To the day, Seichi Kito's bakery, Fugetsu-Do still remains part of L. A.' Little Tokyo and celebrated its 100th anniversary. Displayed prominently in Fugetsu-Do's window is the form purportedly used to make the initial cookies.

In 1964, Edward Louie of San Francisco's Lotus Fortune Cookie, devised a machine to make the cookies after being hired to make cookies that solicited ideas for a Pepsodent Toothpaste jingle.

Most people enjoy a fortune cookie - a wafer biscuit that some historians believe came from the 12th and 13th centuries. Macaroons are still popular as they were in the late 1700's with their crisp exterior and soft inside. Peanut butter cookies did perhaps not come on the scene until 1922, but remain a favorite among adults and kids alike. Chocolate chip cookies remain the greatest choice and they were introduced in 1937."

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Vanilla - Almond Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

Today was a nice day with my daughter and mother-in-law as they came over and decorated Christmas cookies.  Frosted cookies are a favorite of ours.  Every year I go searching for the perfect recipe and  I'm  excited to say  I finally found the recipes I will use for cut out cookies and royal icing for now on.  I found the recipe on the blog Bake at 350.  The dough is easy to roll out and it doesn't have to be chilled first.  The icing uses meringue powder instead of egg whites (purchased at Michael's Craft Store), it's easy to work with and sets up nicely on the cookie. Most importantly they taste good with a touch of almond flavoring.  You'll have to check out the amazing blog, Bake at 350,  it's written by Bridget.  She has great step by step instructions about decorating and baking cookies.  Also here is a video showing Bridget making the cookie dough, video on University of Cookie.

Vanilla-Almond Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

3 c unbleached, all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 c sugar
 2 sticks (salted) butter, cold & cut into chunks
 1 egg
 3/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp pure almond extract

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Combine the flour and baking powder, set aside.

Cream the sugar and butter. Add the egg and extracts and mix. Gradually add the flour mixture and beat just until combined, scraping down the bowl, especially the bottom.

The dough will be crumbly, so knead it together with your hands as you scoop it out of the bowl for rolling.

Roll on a floured surface to about 1/4" to 3/8" thick, and cut into shapes. Place on parchment lined baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let sit a few minutes on the sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.


Royal Icing
(This will cover 2-3 dozen)

4 TBSP meringue powder
1/2 c. water
1 lb. powdered sugar
1/2 - 1 tsp light corn syrup
few drops almond extract

Combine the meringue powder and water. With the paddle attachment of an electric mixer, beat until combined and foamy.


Sift in the powdered sugar and beat on low to combine. (Do NOT skip the sifting!)


Add in the corn syrup and extract if desired. ( The corn syrup helps keep the icing shiny.)

Increase speed to med-high/high and beat for about 5 minutes, just until the icing is glossy and stiff peaks form.

Do not overbeat.

Cover with plastic wrap touching the icing if not using right away or divide and color using gel paste food colorings.

This "stiff" icing is perfect for outlining and detail decorating. To fill in your cookies, add water to your icing a teaspoon at a time, stirring with a rubber spatula, until it is the consistency of stiff syrup. This technique of filling a cookie with thinned icing is called "flooding.


I didn't use piping decorating bags but instead I used squeeze bottles (purchased at Michael's craft Store) to decorate.  If using squeeze bottles don't use the "stiff" icing but thin out a little but not too thin.  With the squeeze bottles you can't do the fine detailed work but  otherwise work GREAT! 

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Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lets pretend that we are just coming home 

from school and have a big plate of 

warm cookies and cold milk waiting for us.

They are so easy to mix up.

 Start with room temperature butter, 

beat in the sugars, then add the egg.

 Beat until fluffy. Mix in vanilla.

 Add the flour, baking soda and salt thru a sifter.

 Dump in the chocolate chips.

 Mix just until everything is incorporated.

 Use a teaspoon full and space 2" apart.

 I sometimes use parchment paper. 

An un-greased baking sheet is all you'll need.

 Bake @375 until lightly golden around the edges.

 Cheers!

 Scratch and Sniff.....just kidding!

 I chill the remaining dough and when firm enough 

I roll it into walnut-sized balls. 

I then freeze or refrigerate 

to bake more warm cookies the next day.

That's how we roll!

They don't last long!

Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 stick butter, softened
1/2 C brown sugar
1/4 C white sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1-1/2 C flour
1/2t baking soda
pinch salt if using unsalted butter
1 C chocolate chips, semi-sweet


Set the butter in a bowl to reach room temperature. Add sugars and beat with an electric mixer until blended. Add the egg and beat until creamy. Beat in the vanilla.
Add the flour, soda , and salt thru a sifter. Add the chocolate chips. Beat again
until everything is well mixed. Drop by using a rounded teaspoon full of batter onto
 an un-greased cookie sheet 2" apart.
Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes, until golden around the edges.
Optional add-ins: 1/2C walnuts or pecans lightly toasted and chopped.

(when you double the recipe use 3/4C brown sugar and 3/4 C white sugar)

tip: roll chilled dough into walnut-sized balls, refrigerate or freeze to bake up fresh warm cookies anytime!

Enjoy!

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Homemade Biscotti

Biscotti are a twice-baked Italian dipping cookie. 

They are wonderful with a latte or cappuccino. 

Perfect for dipping into your favorite coffee.

 The recipe is similar to mandelbrot or Mandlel Bread 

which dates back to early European cultures and 

is a popular Jewish treat. Mandel means almonds in

 German, so they traditionally have

 almonds and almond extract.

 Beat sugar and oil in an electric mixer 

until sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes.

 Add the eggs one at a time, beating until well incorporated.

 Gradually add the flour. 

Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts.

 Add the toasted almonds. Toasting brings out

 the flavor. I used the toaster oven and bake 

 for 5 minutes at 350 until fragrant and golden. 

You can easily add your own touches.  

 I used 1/2C almonds and 1/2C

mini chocolate chips. 

Spray a large (12X18) sheet pan.

 Pour the batter evenly on the pan.

 Bake in a 350 oven.

 Until golden, about 20 minutes.

 Remove from oven and let cool for 7 minutes.

 Turn out onto a cutting board.

 Slice lengthwise down the middle, 

then cut across into 1/2-to 3/4-inch strips

 You can also cut lengthwise into thirds 

to make smaller pieces.

 At this point I store some in the freezer before

 the second baking. When I want to serve them I 

remove from the freezer and let sit at room 

temperature for about 5 minutes then bake on a 

cookie sheet at 350 until toasted, about 8 minutes.

 Return the cookies to the sheet pan and return to 

the 350 oven and bake for 6 minutes then flip. 

and bake the other side for another 6 minutes. 

 Serve for coffee.

Store extra cookies in a large jar.

Biscotti

Almond or Chocolate Chip

1 C sugar

1 C  vegetable oil 

4 eggs

1-1/2 C flour

2 t vanilla extract

1 t almond extract

1 C toasted almonds

(or 1 C mini chocolate chips or

half of each)

Beat sugar and oil with a mixer until dissolved.

Add eggs one at a time, beating until well mixed.

Gradually add the flour. Stir in the extracts.

Stir in the almonds or mini chips.

Spread onto a sprayed baking sheet (12X18)

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, until lightly golden. 

Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 7 minutes. 

Turn onto a cutting board and cut in half lengthwise, 

then cut across into 1/2" to 3/4" strips.

 Return cookies to the sheet pan and return to

oven to bake another 6 minutes, flip and bake 

the other side for another 6 minutes, until golden.

Enjoy! 

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