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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Whole Wheat Spice Bars

I've gotten many requests for the recipe for this, and now it's in a centralized location for all to enjoy:

Wet Ingredients
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Dry Ingredients
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsps cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Blend wet ingredients until smooth. Add dry ingredients and mix until all ingredients are moist. Spread dough onto 1 large cookie tray leaving about 1 inch from the edges. Bake 15 minutes at 325 degrees. Cut in squares and enjoy.

Variations:
Add more flour to make cake-like
Add chocolate chips

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

snickerdoodles



Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

Makes 4 dozen.