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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
11
A joyful guide to holiday baking and decorations featuring Merry Christmas Cut Outs Sugar n Spice Gingerbread Men Holiday Puff Balls and several festive confections. It highlights cookie mobiles decorative treats and gift ideas like Pfeffernusse Nibbles Luscious Apricot Tarts Yuletide Toffee Squares and Gala Oatmeal Cookies in glass containers.
Cream butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla then mix. Stir in oats and salt, blend. Chill at least one hour. Roll to 1/8 inch, cut with cookie cutters. Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350F. Cool and frost with confectioners sugar decorations. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
SUGAR N SPICE GINGERBREAD MEN 3 cups sifted all purpose flour 3/4 cup brown sugar 2/3 cup dark molasses 2 tablespoons water 1/2 teaspoon cloves Sift together flour salt soda cinnamon ginger nutmeg and cloves into bowl Add shortening brown sugar egg molasses and water Beat until smooth about 2 minutes Stir in oats Chill at least 1 hour Roll out on floured board to 1/8 inch thickness Cut with gingerbread man cutter Place on greased cookie sheets Bake in a moderate oven 350 F about 12 minutes cool Decorate with confectioners sugar and cookie decorations Makes about 3 dozen. 1 1/2 cups quick or old fashioned oats
Form 10 edible balls from puffed rice with a cereal mix, corn syrup and sugar boiled to soft ball stage. Add vanilla, coat evenly, shape into balls, insert decorative string, and let dry overnight for holiday ornaments.
Apricot filling made by simmering dried apricots with brown sugar and water, then cooled. Tart shells formed from a flour butter oats dough, baked at 350 F for 35 to 40 minutes, yielding 48 miniature tarts.
Butter and oats bake into a chewy toffee bars recipe. Readable steps describe melting butter and corn syrup then stirring in oats brown sugar salt and vanilla before baking and chilling to cut into bars yielding about six dozen servings.
Recipe card lists Gala Oatmeal Cookies with butter eggs vanilla and oats plus nutmeats and candies. Instructions cover creaming butter and sugars, combining dry ingredients, stirring in oats and nuts, shaping on sheets and baking at 350 degrees. Variations include Gumdrop Cookies, Peanut Cookies and Coconut Cookies with substitutions for chocolate candies.
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