COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL DECEMBER 6, 2017
German Molasses Cookies or Gingerbread Men
Makes 8 dozen
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Dough
Cook's Corner
1 pkg. (8 ounce) Cream Cheese, softened
3/4-cup butter (1-1/2 sticks) softened
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2-1/4 cups fl our
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
By Betty Kaiser
(541) 942-1317
bchatty@bettykaiser.com
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Note: For a sweeter dough add ¼ cup brown sugar, 1 table-
spoon milk and a pinch of salt.
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Preheat oven to 350° F. Roll above dough to 1/8-inch thick-
ness on lightly fl oured surface. Cut into assorted shapes using
3-inch cookie cutters. Place on greased baking sheets.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Transfer
cookies to wire rack; immediately press about 1/2-teaspoon
crushed candies onto each hot cookie. Cool completely on
rack. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
Food Coloring of your choice
Roll one fourth of dough at a time about 1/8 inch thick on a
fl oured surface; cut with a 3-inch round cutter or fancy cutters.
Transfer to ungreased cookie sheets. Bake about 7 minutes.
PBJ Thumbprint Cookies
Frost cooled cookies lightly and put faces on gingerbread
men or snow ladies. Use raisins for eyes, Red Hots for lips or
decorate with your favorite sprinkles.
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Turn dough onto a fl oured surface and knead until easy to
handle, using additional fl our if necessary. Cover in plastic
wrap; refrigerate and allow dough to ripen one or two days.
Note: For gingerbread men, roll dough 1/4 inch thick and
cut with a gingerbread-man cutter. Bake about 13 min. Makes
a lot!
Cookie Frosting
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Melt butter in a saucepan; add molasses and brown sugar and
heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally. Pour into a
bowl; cool.
Sift remaining ingredients together; add to cooled mixture in
fourths, mixing until blended after each addition.
Sugar Cookie Cut-outs
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COTTAGE GROVE ELKS LODGE
1 cup butter
1 1/4 cups light molasses
3/4 cup fi rmly packed light brown sugar
4 cups sifted all-purpose fl our
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl
with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add
fl our and baking soda; mix well. Cover. Use as base for the
following two cookie recipes.
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hristmas is coming! And it just wouldn’t be Christmas
morning without cookies for Santa. So, whoever in your
house is responsible for Santa’s snack, had better start
thinking about what they’re going to bake. After all, his cookies
can’t be store bought! Everyone knows that Santa and his reindeer
love home baked goodies with their cups of milk.
Tradition says that leaving cookies and milk for Santa began in
medieval Germany when folks decorated their (paradise) trees with
apples, wafers and cookies. Later, cookies were included in the cel-
ebration of St. Nicholas day on the sixth of December and placed
on the fi replace hearth.
With nearly three weeks to go until Christmas, this is a great time
to get our cookie recipes organized for Santa and the entire family.
I like to make a list of needed ingredients, check out the sales and
stock up on everything so there won’t be any last minute super mar-
ket runs. Be sure and check your butter, brown and powdered sugar,
eggs and cookie cutters.
This is the only time of the year that my husband and I frost
cookies. I’m the baker but he’s the decorator. I make the dough,
roll it out and cut it into shapes. Once they’re baked and cooled, he
chooses the colors and designs to make the angels, reindeers, stars,
Santa’s and gingerbread men come to life.
Our two family favorites are sugar cookies and gingerbread men.
Both are simple to make. It’s the decorating that’s tricky. The sugar
cookie dough is made with cream cheese (no eggs). It is tender and
easy to handle. The gingerbread recipe makes a lot. The frosting can
be used on both kinds of cookies. And since everyone loves Thumb-
print cookies, I’ve included a special recipe for the kids—peanut
butter in the dough with jelly on the top. Any kind will do. I like
apricot but kids may prefer grape. Enjoy!
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1 cup all-purpose fl our
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/4 cup butter softened
1/2 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350’ F.
Whisk 1 cup all-purpose fl our, 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/4 tsp
salt together in a small bowl.
Combine in mixer: 1 egg with 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup
natural peanut butter, 1/4 cup soft butter and 1/2 tsp vanilla. Mix
well. Add fl our mixture.
ROLL into tablespoon-sized balls and set on baking sheet.
Make a deep indent in the center of each ball. Fill with jelly of
choice. Bake in center of oven, 7 to 9 min. Makes about 18.
Recipes available online at
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