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2
1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 well-beaten egg
2 tbsp. milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Stir in the egg, milk and vanilla essence. Cream
together shortening and sugar and mix with the
batter. Chill overnight before using. Roll-out
dough and cut with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
Each cookie needs a top and bottom. Bake at
350º for 8-10 minutes. When cool, assemble
cookies. Place a teaspoon of raspberry or strawberry
jelly on the bottom of a cookie then cover with
another cookie. The tops of the cookies should
be facing outward on both top and bottom. Sprinkle
with powdered sugar on top.
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1
small box raspberry gelatin
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 cup egg whites
3/4 tsp. almond extract
1 cup shredded coconut
Combine gelatin, sugar and salt. While beating
egg whites at high speed on electric mixer, gradually
add gelatin-sugar mixture. Add almond extract
and continue beating until glossy and stiff peaks
form. Stir in coconut.
Place baking parchment on baking sheets; drop
mixture by heaping teaspoonfuls about 2 inches
apart onto prepared sheets. Bake at 275º
F for about 35 to 40 minutes.
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