Mincemeat Cookies
Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.
Anne Stevens coffee-and-nut drop cookies
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From (Anne Stevens).
Ingredients
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup light B. sugar
- the measured ingredients plus water as an alternative to coffee and unquantified grease for the cookie sheet
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teas. nutmeg
- 1/2 " Cinnamon
- 1/2 " salt
- 1 teas soda
- 1 cup mincemeat
- 1/2 cup nutmeats chopped
Directions
- Cream egg, shortening, B. sugar together.
- Add coffee (or water) mix together.
- Add flour + spices, mincemeat + nuts.
- Drop on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake 350 for 12 - 15 minutes
Timing: 12 - 15 minutes
Temperature: cold coffee; 350°
Equipment: mixing vessel; dropping utensil; greased cookie sheet; oven
Chilled slice-and-bake mincemeat bars
Old Binder typed slice-and-bake section
Ingredients
- I cup butter or vegetable shortening;
- 2 cups light-brown sugar;
- 2 eggs, well beaten.
- 2 cups flour;
- I teaspoon salt;
- I teaspoon cream of tartar;
- I teaspoon soda;
- I generous cup mincemeat
- I generous cup mincemeat; I cup broken nut meats
Directions
- MIX........
- Add........
- Sift to-gether,
- Add sifted ingredients alternately to first mixture with.......
- Line straight sided pan with wax paper or aluminum foil and pack dough in this. Cover and chill
- Remove and slice into bars,reshaping edges to make them straight, bake about 375 degree oven about 10 minutes.
Timing: about 10 minutes
Temperature: chill; about 375 degree oven
Equipment: straight sided pan; wax paper or aluminum foil; oven
Notes
- not tomato mincemeat; walnuts are good
As written
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Plain white-sugar drop cookies
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Yield: Makes 6 dozen cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 1/2 cups ready-to-use mincemeat
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. soda
Directions
- Cream together shortening & Sugar until light & fluffy.
- Add eggs & beat until smooth.
- Stir in mincemeat.
- Sift together flour, salt & soda.
- Add to shortening mixture & mix thoroughly.
- Drop from teaspoon onto greased baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake in a moderately-hot oven (375°F) about 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Timing: about 12 minutes
Temperature: a moderately - hot oven (375°F)
Equipment: teaspoon; mixing bowl, beating and stirring utensils, sifter, teaspoon, greased baking sheet, and oven
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Ingredients
- 1 c shortening
- 1½ c sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 c flour
- 1 tsp Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1⅓ c or 14 oz or (16 oz Pint) Mincemeat
Directions
- Bake at 375°
- Cream shortening + sugar, add eggs, beat well
- Gradually Add Combined ingredient. Mix well
- Stir in mince meat. Drop by tsp on greased sheet 2" apart. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned
Timing: 8 to 10 minutes
Temperature: 375°
Equipment: greased sheet
As written
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Plain drop-cookie quantities and yield
- Clear Tote blue-ink two-sided card
- 1 cup shortening, 1 1/4 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 1 1/2 cups mincemeat, 3 1/4 cups flour; bake about 12 minutes; makes 6 dozen.
- Clear Tote brown-ink one-card card
- 1 cup shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 1 1/3 cups or 14 ounces or a 16-ounce pint mincemeat, 3 cups flour; bake 8 to 10 minutes; no yield stated.
Cookie construction
- Clear Tote blue-ink two-sided card
- Drop dough by teaspoon onto a greased baking sheet about two inches apart and bake at 375 degrees.
- Clear Tote Anne Stevens card
- Drop the coffee-and-nut dough on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees.
- Old Binder typed slice-and-bake section
- Pack dough in a lined straight-sided pan, cover and chill, remove and slice into bars, reshape the edges, and bake at about 375 degrees.
Sweetener, liquid, spices, and nuts
- Clear Tote brown-ink one-card card
- White sugar with no added liquid, spice, or nuts beyond the mincemeat.
- Clear Tote Anne Stevens card
- Light brown sugar, 1/4 cup cold coffee or water, nutmeg, cinnamon, and chopped nutmeats.
- Old Binder typed slice-and-bake section
- Two cups light-brown sugar, cream of tartar, and one cup broken nut meats, with walnuts recommended.
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