Cookies Anyone?
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This picture is much better than the one of me covered in flour. |
Hmm. I know there are much better bakers out there than me, but I tend to question what temperature things should be baked at and for how long. My first book, Plain Perfect, featured a recipe for rhubarb pie. Do you know how many rhubarb pies I had to bake to figure out what temperature and how long to cook? Several!
Actually, this recipe did state that the cookies should be baked for 10 minutes at 350. BUT, had I known that the recipe would make 130 cookies, I might have cut it in half. I was about halfway through the process when I took this picture. So, my question is - when this recipe appears in An Amish Christmas, do you think I should cut the recipe in half or leave it as I received it from my Amish friend? I can't give out the recipe since it will be appearing in the book, but I can tell you that these are yummy! Actually, it couldn't hurt to give it to one lucky winner! Post a comment on this entry, and I'll draw a winner next week and you can have a sneak peek at the recipe.
The winner of a signed, first edition copy of Plain Perfect from last week is (drum roll!)... KIM MOITY!
One more thing - I reviewed a dear friend's book on my personal blog. Our very own Amy Clipston's A Gift of Grace! Check it out at http:/blog.bethwiseman.net.
Thanks for visiting! Stay tuned for Kathy on Wednesday!
Many blessings, Beth
Posted by Beth Wiseman at 3/8/2009 3:13 PM 
Categories: Recipes
Tags: amish recipe new blog amish amish blog
Categories: Recipes
Tags: amish recipe new blog amish amish blog
This sounds like an excellent cookie to try for my annual cookie exchange that i have every december. Can't wait to try it.
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Beth, I suggest you print the recipe as you received it and just note somewhere how many cookies it will make. Some may want to bake the big batch and package them up as gifts, especially at Christmas. If someone wants less, they can always cut the recipe in half!
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I say leave the recipe and just be sure to include the yield. Folks can cut it in half if they want to. But since it's at Christmas when folks do lots of baking, it's nice to have a recipe with a high yield. I get tired of seeing recipes that only make 2-3 dozen. Not worth the effort!
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I suggest leaving the recipe just as you received it. The cookies look delicious. Anytime i make a large batch of cookies, i send some to work with my husband and give some to family and friends. Just state how many cookies the recipe makes. Cutting the recipe in half wouldn't be that hard to do. Can't wait to try these out. I have two Amish cookbooks now and i love them. I do run into the problem of what to set the oven at or for how to bake. I'm always looking for new cookies to bake at Christmas time. Last year it was a snicker doodle recipe from one of the books. Everyone loved them. Still looking for a recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie though.
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What a great story. Personally, I would cut the recipe in half and mention the yield as well. Who could spend the time to make that many cookies at one time and then what would you do with all of them? You would have to have many friends or a very large party to use them up because, as my husband tells me, cookies must be eaten soon after they are made and aren't as good after they have been frozen. I have to believe him, don't I?
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Leave the recipe as is. Please be sure to indicate how many cookies recipe will make. I love to bake a large number of cookies; my grandsons love to take them back to college when they return after the holidays. This will be a new one for them.
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Beth,
Leave it like it is. If you have too many at one time, you could give them away to someone, freeze them, or like at my house, they all get eaten in just a few days.
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I too would need step by step directions for cooking as I am not Miss Suzie Domestic! The cookies not only look yummy but I was able to imagine the aroma that filled your kitchen.
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I am reading your e-mail at 5:15 am, and you have started my day off with a laugh. Like you, I need exact recipes, and then wish I was like my Mother, who did a pinch of this and that and it was delicious. Thanks for my first laugh of the day.
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In had the honor of trying these wonderful cookies yummy. would love to have the recipe but i can wait and get it out of the book. hey Beth dont know if anyone else had this problem but your picture didn't come up. keep the recipe as is people love to bake at christmas and this could serve alot of freinds.
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I hope you put the full recipe in the book with a not if you want to cut in hald due to how many it makes. Sorry I missed the contest but loved your book !
Can't wait for more.
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I tried to send a message the other day and only got an error. I will try again....Leave the recipe alone. Let everyone know how much it makes and let them decide if they need to cut it back or just make extra for work and friends. Patrick had to get some cookies from Zack's batch because the guys in the shop ate all of them before he had a chance. Zack did share his cookies with his grandparents and dad and they all loved them.
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