Show OK I 1 So What Else s w l i 1 I Is C k 0 S t S 00 In I t by Ro Robert but Kjar Its It's Memorial Day and what are you remembering If youre you're like most people youre you're probably trying to reme remember ber if you bought en enough drinks for the par party y or trying to decide whether youre you're going to have a volleyball or a badminton tourney all in memoriam of great Hes He's up there at the cemetery wishing someone would trim the grass around the tombstone that bears his name But there you you you-go go This is Memorial Day These ese forgotten folks just have to take all this lying down its it's time someone put th the meaning back into the day T That's wh where today's recipe comes from l l' l S Sh Shocking oc ki kiS ng S Sugar ugar Cookies Cook les v 1 2 1 U c sugar ugar L. L i flour flour dO dOur 4 Q OV 0 y 31 4 C. C 11 ur 3 t 4 s- s r J 1 r l f 1 3 i 9 y t r 2 TT milk J i Yd L 21 2 21 2 1 bakIng powder 1 v. tJ f i f 44 w 1 tit i. i If iCo i- i Co I 2 3 2 c. c butter b u tt er v.- v. 7 V- V i u. u L v Z 2 eggs eggs' vv r I 1 S 1 j. j 1 It t. t vanilla 2 1 1 l t. t salt Of course anyone can make up a Christmas recipe or an Easter recipe that's what recipe books are made of But no one will ever come to appreciate the real meaning of Memorial Day as long as we refuse to discuss it With such a delicate subject like death one has to exercise care in the words one chooses So we wont won't mention words like cream together or b beat at thoroughly in this recipe Begin by mixing g. g the sugar and butter together r til the stuff is well Then real until they're just yellow Then mix the take the eggs and mix them up good eggs with the milk and dribble in the vanilla and add all this to the granular glob Of course its it's not just going to be the easiest thing in the world to mix but take it to do conversions for all the dry ll have nice and easy And no spilling or you you'll ingredients Now g get i the dry i ingredients that would be y your ur flour baking po pow powder r and salt and sift them together til they're a well blended dust like old what's his til its it's it smooth remember patience is a virtue Take the dry and add to the wet s meant well-mixed-put well itin itin it itin I and well oops Now that your batter is smooth w in a bowl and nd put it in the fridge for about two or three hours By y the way if you youre you're re remaking could be fo for a while snack up midnight you making these cookies as a a. a You can use this time to your advantage to make ake up some icing and some clever cleyer epitaphs to decorate the cookies with Icing cing is s easy just ignore the c complicated ted 2 T T. of butter 2 1 1 1 of vanilla of powdered sugar is a package recipes X ipes Icing just and d eno enough mil milk J to bring it to a. a good g o consistency r CY Cook it over low low Ij eat t and d then n a t the background a kg an and l one n pL pLc c can white to use e. e into one it parts se separate two It col color or dark to todo do the letters Wi with tit V. V t Y r. r r v f t Epitaphs are riot not so easy but here are a few that might give you some ideas Lying still and still lying v vRest Rest in peace everyone else is f fi t. t-t. T Gas G a I. I line Ine f. f five Ive f feet ee t t to 0 th the eng right ht I. I f Still 1897 Still Waiting g. g l' l Mary Robertson OL ery McDonald Johnson Etc L Help Im I'm Alive Type up a few of pf these epitaphs and cut them into little pieces like old what's his name I me mean n like fortune cookies S Two hours is up take the batter out of the fridge Roll it out onto a floured surface and cut a straight edge along the bottom well pretty straight lets let's say You are going to cut tombstones out out out-of of this What No tombstone-shape tombstone cutter you say Just take a credit card and lay it flat flaton on the bottom edge Now if you were to 9 tip it up on its sharp edge you can it would cut the batter hatter right Now take a small paper or plastic cup and squeezing the sides together til ti they meet the cuts c from credit card push down and nl you'll have havea a rounded finish on the top of your yo rJ tombstone J. J v To complete these memorial wonders cook them in a degree oven on a lightly lighty greased cookie sheet Cook about 8 minutes or until they start start brown brow on th the bottom After they've cooled place an epitaph on top of each cookie and se seal l it Jt it with icing On top you c could write great gran great dads dad's name When they sink their their teeth into these guilt trips you you'll ll never be invited d to another family party for Memorial Day Congratulations |