Another Recipe from Lawana Whaley

Vanilla-Espresso Snowballs Yield: 3 1/2 dozen

1/3 cup vanilla coffee syrup
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 1/2 tsp instant espresso granules
1 (9-oz) pkg vanilla wafers, finely crushed
3/4 cup sifted confectioner's sugar
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
Confectioner's sugar for coating

1. In a bowl, combine coffee syrup, corn syrup & instant coffee granules. Stir until granules dissolve. Let mixture stand for 5 minutes.
2. In another bowl, combine cookie crumbs, 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar & walnuts; stir well.
3. Pour coffee mixture over crumb mixture, stirring well to combine.
4. Shape dough into balls. **(see note below).
5. Roll in confectioner's sugar twice to coat well.
6. Store in an airtight container.

**(This can be a learning process...from experience I found that you have to use pressure from your hands to get them to form into rough ball shapes and that you will have LOTS of dough stick to your hands. Place the roughly shaped balls aside. After you have all of the dough shaped into balls, wash your hands thoroughly. Now roll each piece into a smooth ball shape. Stop and wash hands as necessary to keep dough from sticking to hands again.)

Blogger's note: These are spectacular!

Recipe for Workshop Snickerdoodles

We had two great treats prepared by Lawana Whaley for our apron workshop. Here is the recipe for the snickerdoodles:

SNICKERDOODLES * * * Yield: 6 dozen

1 cup vegetable oil margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsps cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbsps sugar
3 tsps cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1. Cream together margarine and 1 1/2 cups sugar; add eggs, blend well.
2. Mix together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda & salt; add to creamed mixture & mix well.
3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
4. In small bowl, mix together 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon.
5. Rolls balls of dough in sugar-cinnamon mixture to coat.
6. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until flatttened and barely brown.
8. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack to cool.

ENJOY!

Make Your Own Mixes

The February 28th SOS will feature imformation on how making your own mixes can simplify meal preparation. You will learn to make your own mixes, receive recipes, and leave with some mixes in-hand. Registration fee is $4 (payable by check at the Garland County Extension Office) and the deadline to register is February 21. The workshop begins at 10 a.m.

RESCHEDULED WORKSHOP

The apron and pin cushion workshop had to be postponed due to ...SNOW! The new date is Monday, February 21. All the other things are the same... 9 a.m. at the EHC Building on the Garland County Fairgrounds. Lakeside EHC is looking forward to a fun, instructive day.