Recipes

Submitted by Ken Klassen

1-1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups corn syrup
2 eggs
1 cup hot water
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups Crisco
about 12 cups flour
1 tsp. each of staranise, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix together all dry ingredients except baking soda.

Mix together brown sugar, corn syrup, eggs, baking soda and Crisco add hot water.

Add dry ingredients to the wet, add more flour if necessary to make it short bread consistency.

Roll into logs about 1 inch in diameter. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled slice about 1 inch thick.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Submitted by Joyce Adrian-Sotski

Mix into 2 cups flour and set aside:

1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. star anise seed
1/8 tsp. allspice

In a large bowl mix together:

1-1/2 cups brown sugar and
1 cup butter
Add 2 cups syrup and mix well
Add 2 eggs and mix well

Dissolve 2 tsp baking soda in 1 cup hot water and add to sugar mixture
Add the flour-spice mixture
Add 1 tsp. vanilla and enough flour to make a soft dough

Roll into snakes about 3/4 inch in diameter. Refrigerate until thorougly chilled, or freeze until ready to bake, and slice into pieces about 3/4 inch long.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Note: If ground anise is not available, steep 2 teaspoons of seeds in 1 cup of boiling water for 3 minutes, strain and use this as the hot water in the recipe.