Ingredient: shortening

Mom’s Oatmeal Cookies

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 Mom's Oatmeal Cookies
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
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Instructions
  1. Mix first 6 ingredients, with beater, add dry ingredients except oats and chips. Add oats and chips and mix by hand. Bake at 350F 12-15 minutes.
Recipe Notes

This is my mum's recipe, and this is how I learned to bake cookies.  Yep, that's what the recipe cards looked like!  I'll elaborate when I have more time, but I wanted to get these amazing cookies online as soon as possible!  I love these things!

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Spice Cake

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 Spice Cake
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
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  1. Sift the flour, measure and resift 3 times with the baking powder and salt. Combine the spices and mix thoroughly with boiling water. Cream the butter until soft and smooth, blend in 3/4 C of the sugar, and add the beaten egg yolks. Beat until light and fluffy. Stir in spice mixture; then add flour mixture and milk alternately, beginning and ending with flour and beating until smooth after each addition. Beat egg whites, add remaining 1/4 C sugar, and continue beating until very stiff; fold into batter. Turn into two 8-inch cake pans which have been lined with thin plain paper in bottom. Bake in a moderate oven (350F) for about 25 minutes, until springy when pressed lightly with the finger tips. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans and then turn out and cool thoroughly on cake racks. Put together with orange frosting.
Recipe Notes

I changed the recipe slightly from what was in the cooking encyclopedia.  First, I changed to shortening rather than butter: though both were listed as options, I prefer shortening.  I also added an egg yolk to try to counteract the dryness.  That didn't work as well as I'd hoped, so I'm going to add 2 egg yolks next time, and look into changing from milk to buttermilk.

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Nutrition Facts
Spice Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 193 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4g 6%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 53mg 18%
Sodium 179mg 7%
Potassium 27mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 36g 12%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g 0%
Sugars 15g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 7%
Vitamin C 0.3%
Calcium 10%
Iron 9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Sweet Roll Dough

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 Sweet Roll Dough
The basic magic dough to create a glamorous coffee cakes, such as Swedish Tea Ring, and Stollen, as well as dinner and luncheon rolls in many interesting shapes.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Passive Time 90 minutes
Servings
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  1. Mix the dry yeast with 2 C flour, the sugar and salt. Heat milk and water to 110-115F; add to flour mixture with egg and shortening. Mix until smooth. Add enough flour to make a dough that is easily handled.
  2. Turn onto lightly floured board and knead until smooth (about 5 minutes). Round up in greased bowl, cover with a cloth and let ruse in warm place about 25 minutes.
  3. Punch down and shape. Let rise and bake as directed in specific recipes.
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Nutrition Facts
Sweet Roll Dough
Amount Per Serving
Calories 177 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 0.5g 3%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.3g
Cholesterol 11mg 4%
Sodium 126mg 5%
Potassium 83mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 36g 12%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 3g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 3%
Calcium 3%
Iron 9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.