Geneva Cookies Recipes

GRANDMA MINNIE'S OLD FASHIONED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) .
• Over a large bowl, sift together all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, sugar. Cut in butter and blend with a pastry blender until mixture resembles cornmeal. Stir in lightly beaten egg, cream, and vanilla. Blend well. Dough may be chilled, if desired.
• On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Sprinkle with sugar; cut into desired shapes. Transfer to ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until delicately brown.

PASTE GENOVESI - COOKIES FROM GENOVA

Steps:

• Make the Dough: Mix the flour and the Crisco until the Crisco is melted. In a small pot, warm up the milk, about 1/2 cup, add the vanilla and the sugar and pour it into the flour. Add the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and mix well. Cream of Milk: In a pot, add 8 Cups of milk and 1 Cup of sugar and put on the stove. In the meantime, in a bowl add 1 Cup of cold milk and 10 Tbs of corn starch. Mix well until the corn starch is dissolved. Once the milk warms up, add the cold milk with corn starch slowly while you continue to stir the milk and the cream becomes firm. (The cream should be prepared the day before as it should be used cold) Once the cream is cold, add the chocolate chips and cinnamon and mix well. Cookies Preparation: Cut a piece of dough and flatten it with a rolling pin. Deposit a Tbs of cream at the center, cover the cream with the dough to form a half moon and with a glass cut the excess dough in order to have a perfect half moon. Make all your cookies and when done bake the at 350F for about 15 mins. They are done once you see that they have turned golden. Also check the bottom to be sure that they do not burn. Once they come out of the oven and cool off, sprinkle them with powdered sugar.

MORAVIAN GINGER COOKIES II

Steps:

• Mix molasses, shortening and brown sugar in a large bowl. Stir in flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices. Cover and refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Roll half of the dough at a time to 1/8 inch thickness or paper-thin on a floured cloth-covered surface. Cut into 3 inch rounds with floured cutter.
• Place about 1/2 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 1/8 inch thick cookies about 8 minutes; paper-thin cookies about 5 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: Mix 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and 1-2 tablespoons half-and-half until of spreading consistency. Spread frosting on cooled cookies.

GENEVA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350. Mix all the ingredients together, spoon with a small cookies scoop onto parchment paper. It is very important to bake on parchment paper. bake for about 10 min. let sit on paper for a minute then transfer to a cooling rack. This recipe can be doubled.