Archive for September, 2010
Icing for Sour Cream Cookies
Thursday, September 9th, 20101/2 c melted butter
2 c confectioners’ sugar
1 t vanilla
4 t hot water
Mix butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla together. Add teaspoons of hot water until you reach your desired consistency for spreadable icing.
Old Fashioned Butter Cookies
Thursday, September 9th, 2010Cream together 1 c butter and 1 1/2 c sugar.
Add 2 beaten eggs, 1+ t. vanilla, 1/4 t. almond extract.
Dissolve 1/2 t. baking soda in 3 T sour cream.
Add 3 c flour
Roll 1/8″ thick on floured surface. Cut with floured circle.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes — NOT until brown.
Icing: Use “Icing for Sour Cream Cookies”
Grandma Balsley’s Rhubarb Pie
Thursday, September 9th, 20101 1/2 C Sugar
3 eggs
3 T flour
1/4 t salt
5 C diced rhubarb
nutmeg
Place rhubarb in 9 1/2″ unbaked pie shell – mix sugar, flour, salt and eggs together well and pour over rhubarb. Sprinkle with nutmeg and bake at 350 for 50-60 min
Done when toothpick comes out clean Serves 6.
(word for word taken straight from the index card grandma wrote it on)