Recipe Request

Rye Shortbread ready for the oven.

I had a request for recipes, I thought I would give you my oldest favorite and my newest favorite cookie recipes. I'll start with my newest Rye Shortbread. This recipe was given to me by the women who sells Wolfgang"s Grain and flours an Enderby company. 

Rye Shortbread

I changed the recipe from 2 cups rye flour to 1 cup rye flour and 1 cup oat flour, I love oat shortbread and I like the change.

Pre heat oven to 300 F. Line two 8" cake pans with parchment paper.

1 cup butter, softened (My preference is Earth Balance, soy free)

1 cup brown sugar

1cup rye flour

1 cup oat flour

1/2 cup corn flour

Icing sugar (Wholesome sweeteners has a sugar without cornstarch) Optional

Place butter and brown sugar into a bowl cream thoroughly. Mix the flours together and stir into the creamed butter and sugar. Divide the dough into two pieces. Press each piece of dough evenly into the prepared cake pans. I cut each into 12 pieces and poked each piece with a fork. Sprinkle Icing sugar on the centers. Bake in the pre heated oven until the tops of the cakes are golden brown, and the edges turn a slightly darker brown, 45 minutes to 1 hour. In my oven 50 minutes is good. 

Cut the shortbread again while it is still warm and cool, sprinkle more  icing sugar on top and store in a tightly sealed cookie tin or container lined with parchment or waxed paper 

Viennese Nut Balls( Christmas)ready for the oven

The recipe Sue Ellen wrote 33 years ago, now covered in batter with torn and crinkled edges.

 When I was a kid in Cincinnati Mom would buy the most delicate cookies at Christmas time, we called them crescents. Sometimes they were shaped like a crescent moon and some times they were balls covered in icing sugar. I loved those cookies. In 1978 I lived in the very small village of Oona River on Porcher Island. One of my neighbor's Sue Ellen had a recipe for my favorite Christmas cookies and she was willing to share it with me. 

Viennese Nut Balls (Christmas)

Set the oven for 300 F

Cream thoroughly 1 cup of butter

Add

1/4 cup of sugar

11/2 cups flour

1 cup ground nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts or black walnuts

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix well. Shape into balls the size of large marbles Roll in Confectioner's sugar. Place on cookie sheet . Bake 35 minutes, cool and roll in confectioners sugar again makes 36 cookies.

Viennese Nut Balls and Rye Shortbread all ready to eat.

Enjoy.

Organic Produce and Crafts in Enderby

Today was a great day for shopping in Enderby. We had a Christmas crafts show at the Enderby Seniors Hall. It's also on tomorrow December 4th from 9:00am till 3:00 pm.You  can buy:

knitting,

finely carved wood ear rings,

pickled vegetables,

apples,

Reindeer and mice,

Lampworking glass beads and pendents, by Back Porch Beadery,

wooden angels,

A great selection of the best cotton dish clothes.

Garlic in the form of wreathes, vinegars, and pickled. Woven baskets, by Skye Farms,

Lobo's pet treats, even little muffins,

Christmas cookies of many shapes and sizes, all wrapped in plastic,

Jewels by Lynn

book marks to go in those books you bought for the kids( of any age)

 When I was done at the crafts show I walked over to the Legion where they have a Farmers market on Fridays. One in the morning 10 am to 1-pm and one in the afternoon 3 to 6 pm. I go to both morning and afternoon for the variety.

I bought Rye flour and she gave me a receipt for rye shortbread. I have made it a few times and it is very good.

Icelandic wool knited and felted.

Tocino Alpacas, knights and yarns

Plum balls, fruit cake, scarves, etc.

Helge Hodal and his beautiful wood laminated boxes with exotic woods.

I walked home through the wet snow with a bag full of goodies. Now I will be off to the afternoon Farmers market to get my baking and more organic produce for the week.


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