Tu Beshvat Date-Nut Squares
Submitted
by: Barbiel |
1 1/2
cups chopped pitted dates
3/4 boiling water
1/2 cup shortening or oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups sugar |
1 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cups chopped nuts
1/2 cup confectioners sugar |
| Mix dates and
boiling water in a small bowl. Let it cool. Mix shortening, eggs
and vanilla until light fluffy looking. Mix sugar, flour, cocoa,
baking soda and salt together. Add to
batter alternately with date mush. Spoon into a greased 9 x 13
baking pan. Sprinkle top with chopped nuts.
Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes. Let cool,
remove from pan. Put confectioners sugar into a wire colander
and sift over the cake. Cut into squares. |
Chocolate
Chips Cookies
Submitted
by: Barbiel |
2
cups sugar
2 eggs
2 sticks margarine
3 tablespoons vanilla sugar |
1
package. ground walnuts
1 packages ground filberts
2 cups potato starch |
| Mix margarine and
sugar until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat until fluffy. Add
walnuts, filberts and potato starch. Mix well, then slowly add
the chocolate chips. Put the mixture in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
Remove batter from fridge. Drop by teaspoonful onto cookie sheet.
Freeze for 10 minutes. Bake 350°F 12-15 minutes. |
Hamantaschen
Submitted
by: Barbiel |
1 cup
margarine, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup orange juice
3 1/2 cups flour, sifted
|
1/2
teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
grated rind of 1 lemon
|
| Cream together
margarine and sugar until flufffy. Stir in remaining floured
surface, roll out each part 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2-inch
rounds. Put a heaped teasponful of filling in center of each
round. Fold 3 sides over, pinching edges together to form a
triangle. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350°F in a
preheated oven for 25 minutes or until golden. Makes 36
hamantaschen. |
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