Posts by Gail South

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325. Butter a baking sheet and line w foil. Lightly butter and flour foil, knocking off excess flour. Beat egg whites till softly peaked, then add whites, sugar, zest, vanilla and pinch of salt an beat until sharply peaked. Stir in coconut. Drop 16 T…

In med bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in lavender, mint and lemon zest. Combine flour, cornstarch and salt; mix into the batter until well blended. Divide dough into two balls, wrap in plastic wrap and flatten to about one inch thick. Refrigerate until firm, about…

Mix flour and coconut. Combine corn syrup, brown sugar and butter in heavy saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; gradually blend in flour mix, then vanilla. Drop onto foil-covered cookie sheet by scant teaspoonfuls, 8″ apart. Bake at 350 for 8-10 min. Cool 3-4 min on wire rack until…

Blend cream cheese w melted butter. Stir in flour. Freeze 1 hour. Cut off golf ball sized pieces, roll out and trim into squares. Put 1 tsp jam on each. Fold into triangles. Seal edges w fork and bake 10-15 min on greased cookie sheet at 450. Cream Cheese 4.5ozButter 0.5c meltedFlour 1c

In food processor, combine flours, brown sugar, soda, salt and butter about 10 pulses. Add remaining ingredients, pulse 5 times, then process until the mix forms a mass, about 20 seconds. Remove the dough, press it into a ball and divide in half. Cover one half w plastic wrap. Preheat oven to 325. Roll out…

Sift dry ingredients together. Heat molasses w butter till boiling. Stir in milk and add to flour. Stir w wooden spoon till smooth. Wrap in waxed paper and chill overnight. Roll and bake at 350 for 8-10 min. Note: for Gingersnaps, use 1 c sugar, 1 c butter, no milk or baking powder and add…

Heat oven to 400. Spray a cookie sheet liberally w cooking spray. Melt butter in small saucepan over low heat; set aside. In bowl of electric mixer, combine egg whites and sugar; beat on medium for about 30 seconds. Add flour and salt and beat until combined. Add butter, cream, and extract and beat about…

Preheat oven to 375. Beat whites till softly peaked. Add salt and gradually add sugar. Beat till stiff. Add vanilla and chocolate. Drop on greased cookie sheet. Turn off oven and don’t open door for 4 hours. Egg White 2Chocolate Chips 6ozSalt 0.25tspSugar 0.75cVanilla 1tsp

Cream butter and granulated sugar. Add flour,salt, vanilla and nuts. Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15-18 min. When done, sprinkle w confectioners sugar. Makes 8 doz. Butter 1lbSugar 6TVanilla 2 tspFlour 4cNuts 4c walnuts or pecans, half ground and half finely choppedSalt 0.75 tsp