Strudel

December 28, 2012

Author: Janie Krantz

Ingredients

½ pound soft butter

2 c. flour

5 T. water

1 T. vinegar

1 egg

cinnamon

sugar

tart jam

nuts

coconut

powdered sugar

Preparation

Dough: Cut together the soft butter and flour like pie dough. Then add the next three ingredients and work together. Divide into 4 parts – refrigerate for an hour. Roll out very thin. Sprinkle with cinnamon, sugar, tart jam, nuts, and coconut. Roll up like a jelly roll. Seal ends. Bake 1 hr at 325 degrees on a flat pan. Cut while warm. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

The Butcher’s Daughter

March 6, 2014

Author: Sarah Horowitz

It’s 9 AM. I hear the familiar voice of the nine o’clock newsman on the radio. The pots stop rattling. It’s time for my mother to stop and listen. From my bed the Yiddish news takes over the smells from the kitchen.

The smell was overpowering, the mixture of chopped liver with cooking onions and fresh made cookies. That mixture for sure did not get me out of bed for breakfast. Instead I quietly listened to news from the gentle mans voice. The news about American Jews, Israeli Jews, what the weather was.

I knew my mom would review these news items with my aunts and neighbors. So I listened carefully. It was hot out. The day was waiting for me but I knew that my mom would make me eat. She was going to make me try the fresh meat for breakfast. I hate meat but I love cookies. The only way to get the cookies was to eat the meat.

Tried both and again my mom told me what a good girl I was. The butcher’s daughter has to eat meat for breakfast!

Ingredients:

10 cups flour

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

1tsp vanilla

1tbsp baking soda

1 glass orange juice

1lb margarine (salted)

1 glass oil

Preparation:

Mix-use cookie making machine. Try not to use the cutters with holiday themes e.g. trees, crosses, stars. Drop cookies brush with egg whites. Decorate with sprinkles and sugared nuts. Bake ten minutes. Cool on racks. Store in large pickle jars.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

April 2, 2014

Author: Rebecca Tannenbaum

Ingredients:

1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell

2 large eggs

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened

1 cup (6 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

1 cup chopped nuts

Sweetened whipped cream or ice cream (optional)

Preparation:

PREHEAT oven to 325° F.

BEAT eggs in large mixer bowl on high speed until foamy. Beat in flour, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Beat in butter. Stir in morsels and nuts. Spoon into pie shell.

BAKE for 55 to 60 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between edge and center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Serve warm with whipped cream, if desired.

* If using frozen pie shell, use deep-dish style, thawed completely. Bake on baking sheet; increase baking time slightly.

Thanksgivukkah Snack Mix

This fall we need a new snack mix to eat while watching football and playing dreidel! By combining equal parts of any of the snack foods below, you can create your own mix to capture the flavors of Chanukah and Thanksgiving, or Thanksgivukkah!

Ingredients:

CHANUKAH THANKSGIVING

Potato sticks Sweet potato chips

Dried apples Dried cranberries

Chocolate gelt Dried green beans

Pecans Dried strawberries

Yogurt chips Corn Nuts/Corn Chex

Cinnamon sugar Pumpkin pie spice

Preparation:

Pick equal amounts of a few ingredients from each column. Mix it up in a bowl and serve. Eat while rooting for your favorite football team, or trying to get a “Gimmel,” and enjoy!

This post was submitted by OOGIAH.