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Show Family Vookly Cookbook fun-proj- mas to prepare: 1 ect Va eonfdMnt' copiftd sifted flour to prepare: iugor cup I STRING-UP- S to bake: 25 min. 6-- min. 8 f 3M , cups sifted flour teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt 2 egg whites, unbeaten Va teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup (about 4 ox.) black walnuts, coarsely chopped 1. Generously grease cookie sheets. 2. Sift together into a bowl the sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt Add egg whites and vanilla extract gradually, mixing until smooth after each addition. Stir in the nuts., uls about 2 in. apart onto 3. Drop by teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt 1 cup butter 2 teaspoons vanilla extract l'i cups sugar 2 eggs 1. Sift first three ingredients together. 1 Yx 2. Cream butter and vanilla extract together until butter is softened. Add sugar gradually, creaming until fluffy after each addition. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. 3. Mixing only until blended after each addition, add dry ingredients in fourths to creamed mixture. Chill dough thoroughly, about 4 hrs. 4. Remove amount of dough needed for a single rolling and return remainder to refrigerator. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough Ya in. thick. Cut with a variety of cookie cutters. Transfer to cookie nf cookie sheets. 4. Bake at 250F 25 min. Remove cookies to cooling racks. About 5 doz. cookies vr; OMe 25 min. Vi Vi half-teaspoo- f to bake: 20 min. to HOLIDAY BLACK WALNUT MOUNDS How the fragrance of baking introduces the holiday mood! Cookie baking and the for ' the Christmas tree can decorating of string-up- s be a for all the family, and now is the time to plan that festive, charming custom. Here are recipes for molded, rolled, refrigerated, drop, and bar cookie doughs. pre-Christ- mm MILAN IE DE PROFT, Food Editor , sheets. 5. Bake at 400F 6 to 8 min. Remove cookies to About 5 doz. cookies cooling racks. , Chocolate Srring-UFollow recipe for Holiday String-Up- s. Melt 2 sq. (2 t)z.) unsweetened chocolate over simmering ps water. Add melted chocolate and ' v f - - - - - --- r cup finely chopped pecans to the dough after the last addition of the dry ingredients. 7 ..... 1 II NoUFer, Christmastre&, ornaments, before - ing make holes in cookies by using long secof tions paper straws and inserting one section of straw into top end of each cookie. Decorate cookies 1-- in. ; " ' with Fluffy Frosting, silver shot, red or green sugar, or candies. (See photo.) ' ' J I fw FLUFFY FROSTING .. , to prepare: ' ... VA Yi 20 min. cups sugar cup water lJi tablespoons 2 egg whites light corn sirup teaspoon vanilla extract 1. Combine sugar, water, and corn sirup in a saucepan. Place over low heat and stir until sugar , is dissolved. Continue cooking without stirring until 1 j - - - i ..' , mixture reaches 240F (soft ball stage forms a soft ball in very cold water; flattens when taken from water). 2. Beat egg whites until rounded peaks are formed and egg whites do not slide when bowl is partially-inverteContinue beating egg whites while pourthe hot ing sirup over them in a steady, thin stream. After all the sirup is added, continue beating until trosting is very thick and forms rounded peaks (holds shape) . Fold in the vanilla extract This will stay soft for about an hour. If it begins to harden, reheat in saucepan. About 2Va cups .s Holiday String-Up- s, Fluffy Frosting, and steaming hot cocoa served in "winkin' Santa mugs to keep the decorators happy. 14 n ir- - ' wa , I " . Family Weekly, December S, 1959 . d. |