Shortbread

Shortbread
yield 20-24 pieces

Cream together:
1 1/2 sticks butter
2/3c powdered sugar
Add and knead:
1 3/4c flour
1/2 tsp salt

Pat into bottom of 11" pie plate
Use sharp knife to cut dough into 24 wedges
Prick all over with fork
Bake until pale yellow, firm to touch
Do not allow to brown
Cool, turn out right side up

Pecan Tassies

Pecan Tassies
yield 24 tassies

Cream together:
1/4c butter
3 oz cream cheese
1c flour
1/4 tsp salt
Shape into 24 balls and press into tassie pans
Filling:
2 eggs
1 1/2c brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
1c chopped pecans
Pour the filling into the shells
Bake @ 350* for 30 min

Peanut Butter blossoms

Peanut Butter Blossoms
yield 4 doz

1/2c butter
1/2c peanut butter
1/2c sugar
1/2c brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/3c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
48 unwrapped kisses
Mix all ingredients together except the kisses
Roll into 1" balls
bake @350* for 12 minutes
While hot from the oven, insert a kiss in the center

Quick Peanut butter blossoms

Quick Peanut Butter Blossoms
yield 5 doz

1 (14 oz) can Eagle brand condensed milk
3/4c peanut butter
2c Bisquick
1 tsp vanilla
Mix together thoroughly
Roll into 1" balls
Bake 375* for 6-8 minutes
When taken from oven, while hot, insert a Hershey kiss in the center

Vienna Tarts

Vienna Tarts
yield will be determined by the size one cuts the pastry
8 oz cream cheese~ softened
3c flour
1c butter
1/2c milk
Mix above to make pastry
Roll thin
Cut in 2" squares
Bake on ungreased sheet 10-15 min @ 375*
Filling:
nut paste
jam
jelly

Mini Lady Locks

Mini Lady Locks
yield: 6-7 dozen
clothespins or cut a 1/2" dowel into 4" sections

Mix together with hands:
4c flour
2c butter or margarine (1# butter or 4 sticks )
Blend well
Add:
2 egg yolks
2c sour cream (1 pint)
Mix very well.  It will be sticky
Wrap in 2 sheets floured waxed paper
Refrigerate overnight
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Divide dough into 4 pieces
Roll into large rectangle (floured) about 1/4" thick
Cut into strips about 6" long and 3/4" wide
Wrap each strip around rods
Place loose end underneath on lightly greased baking sheet
Bake 350* oven for 15 minutes
Remove from rods/pins while hot
Cool and let dry thoroughly
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Cream filling for lady locks
Cook to paste
1c milk
2 1/2 Tbsp flour
Cover and cool in refrigerator
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Beat together until sugars are incorporated and smooth
1c Crisco
1 1/2c powdered sugar
1/2c granulated white sugar
Add this to the cold paste
1 tsp vanilla
Beat with mixer until very light
Add
6 heaping Tbsp marshmallow creme
Mix till no trace of sugar is left
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Fill horns with pastry bag (10") with #21 tip (big, Wilton)
After using the rods/pins, do not wash but just wipe them off

GROUND BEEF SOUP

This is a tough recipe... when I made it, I was remembering Campbell's Noodles and Ground Beef.. and wanted to make something similar, as Wendell always loved that.  I can't eat it because of my beef intolerence, but wanted to make something other than chicken soup which he really doesn't care for.. though every time he eats it, he says how good and savory it it.  :)
So here goes...
I dumped about 2 gallons of spring water into a huge pot and brought it to a boil.
Add about 2# of good low fat ground beef
Stir it up breaking all the little bits of beef into tiny particles.
Add 2 Mayan sweet onions, chopped coarsly
Add 8 large carrots, also chopped coarsly
Add 6 large stalks of celery, chopped coarsly
I added 1 packet of onion soup mix to all of this.
Then add about a quart or more of stewed tomatoes- I used my own home canned
Add a large can of any brand vegetable soup
Keep this simmering for several hours..
I added some shredded cabbage- about 2 cups.
Taste it.. needs some black pepper from my pepper grinder.. to taste

I serve the first bowl to Wendell for his opinion.. if he gives me 'thumbs up', I proceed to the next step, which is canning the batch.
I use 8 oz canning jars
One large scoop of meaty mixture and fill the rest up with broth
Wipe the top of the jar, apply the seal and pop them into the pressure canner.
60 minutes @ 10# pressure.
Each jar is a single serving of soup and he counts 2 proteins/1 vegetable on his ADA diet. 
I'm amazed that when the jars cool, there is nearly NO fat accumulated in the jars.