Friday, March 21, 2008

DAUGHTER-IN-LAWS BE AWARE

Hey Daughter-in-laws.....If you were to ask your husband's what favorite cookie did your mother bake for you as young children????? .....I bet they would all say...Cherry Macaroons!

Well, today I looked in my very old receipe file and found it. Here it is: (If you want to make your husbands very happy make these cookies for him)

Cherry Macaroons:

1 1/3 cup shortening
1 1/2 sugar
1 t. salt
1 1/2 t. Almond extract
2 unbeaten eggs
3 1/2 cups sifted flour
2 t. baking powder
1 cup of cut cherries
2 t. baking soda
1 1/2 cups coconut

Cream shortening, gradually add sugar, almond extract and eggs, and beat together.
Sift together flour & other dry ingredients. Add to shortening mixture and mix well.
Add cherries and coconut. Dough should be somewhat stiff.
Place cookes on ungreased cookie sheet (tin foil).
Bake at 375 degrees until light brown for 10 mins.


AND DAVID DO I HAVE A SURPRIZE FOR YOU ON EASTER!!!!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

LOL - I am on it!

BigWaveDave said...

Give me a hint on the surprise?

How many batteries does it take?
[] 1-4 AA
[] 5+ AA
[] 1 9V battery
[] Solar powered

how many moving parts does it have
[] < 10
[] > 10
[] too many to count
[] it's solid state

What type of AI does it have
[] none
[] Computational
[] neural net
[] fuzy logic

Ruth Swaner said...

bigwavedave....no batteries, no moving parts except from hand to mouth,no AL....love MOM

StockPicker555 said...

I have no recollection of eating a cherry cookie when I was young. The birds ate all the cherries off the tree and we were lucky to get an Oreo for Christmas.