Sept. 15th is my mother's 90th birthday and now a days, there is nothing she likes better than goopy, sweet things! So, I'm making up some of her old favorties to put in her freezer and she can just pig out.... this is the first one I made - she got the recipe out of the newspaper Christmas season 1960 and we've made it every every year since then. They are great for sending to out of town kids and they freeze also.
My mother cut out and sent this recipe to me from the December 8, 1960 Yakima (Washington) Herald newspaper and we have been making these ever since. I used to send these as part of a Christmas goodie box to my children every year and I just recently found out two of my grandchildren had never tasted this bar before….their mother removed them from the package before they saw them. I couldn't believe it!
LEPKUCHEN
Cookie ingredients:
4 lg eggs -- well beaten
1 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsps cocoa
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp. each: cloves -- allspice & mace
15 drops maple flavoring -- (~1 tsp)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp brandy or brandy flavoring
2 Tbsps water
6 Tbsps butter -- melted
2 1/2 cup flour
2 1/2 tsps baking powder
1 1/2 cup walnuts -- chopped
1 cup honey
Glaze:
2 cup confectioner's sugar -- sifted
3 Tbsps milk
2 Tbsps butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs, sugar & salt.
Add the rest of the cookie ingredients, mix well, adding nuts and honey last.
Pour into a shallow baking sheet which has been lined with wax paper (or parchment), for 25 minutes.
Bake for 25 min. Turn from pan and spread immediately with glaze.
GLAZE: Sift sugar into a bowl and set aside.
In a saucepan, heat milk and butter over low heat, stirring until butter melts.
Remove from heat and add to the sugar, mixing well. Add the vanilla.
Cut into 1 ½" squares.
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My mother cut out and sent this recipe to me from the December 8, 1960 Yakima (Washington) Herald newspaper and we have been making these ever since. I used to send these as part of a Christmas goodie box to my children every year and I just recently found out two of my grandchildren had never tasted this bar before….their mother removed them from the package before they saw them. I couldn't believe it!
LEPKUCHEN
Cookie ingredients:
4 lg eggs -- well beaten
1 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsps cocoa
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp. each: cloves -- allspice & mace
15 drops maple flavoring -- (~1 tsp)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp brandy or brandy flavoring
2 Tbsps water
6 Tbsps butter -- melted
2 1/2 cup flour
2 1/2 tsps baking powder
1 1/2 cup walnuts -- chopped
1 cup honey
Glaze:
2 cup confectioner's sugar -- sifted
3 Tbsps milk
2 Tbsps butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs, sugar & salt.
Add the rest of the cookie ingredients, mix well, adding nuts and honey last.
Pour into a shallow baking sheet which has been lined with wax paper (or parchment), for 25 minutes.
Bake for 25 min. Turn from pan and spread immediately with glaze.
GLAZE: Sift sugar into a bowl and set aside.
In a saucepan, heat milk and butter over low heat, stirring until butter melts.
Remove from heat and add to the sugar, mixing well. Add the vanilla.
Cut into 1 ½" squares.
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) is HUGE here around the holidays--it is usually done a bit thinner and made into cookies....they are very good!!
Wish she was still celebrating birthdays.
