From the book: Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm)

When I was a kid growing up on our dairy farm in Wisconsin 40 years ago, cookies with a date filling were my dad's favorite kind. Here is the recipe. 3/4 cup butter or margarine (softened) 3/4 cup shortening 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 5 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt several tablespoons of milk if the dough seems too dry Jam: blackberry, black raspberry, strawberry, red raspberry, plum conserve, apple conserve, or date filling (recipes for plum and apple conserve and date filling are included below.)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter, margarine, sugar Holiday Recipe: Filled Cookies Recipe

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Canarian Recipes for Shrove Tuesday

by Pamela Heywood

For the British at least, Shrove Tuesday is probably better known as Pancake Day. Those wonderful delicacies, smothered in sugar and lemon and often tossed around in village competitions. As you will see from the recipes below, the Brits certainly don't have the monopoly of this type of fare for the occasion:

REBANDAS DE CARNAVAL

This a great way to use up stale bread at any time.

Ingredients: 1 "yesterday's" Canarian loaf (any crusty white bread like a French stick or baguette will do just as well), 1 egg, 1 cup of milk approx., Sugar, Sprinkle of ground cinnamon.

Method: Slice the bread diagonally into 1/2 to 3/4 inch slices and discard the ends of the loaf. Beat the egg, milk and cinnamon together in a bowl then Canarian Recipes for Shrove Tuesday Recipe

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Best Recipes: Peanut Butter and Jelly Milkshake

by Donna Monday

Our old favorite sandwich standby: peanut butter and jelly, has got a new twist! That’s right. Now you can have your peanut butter and jelly in a glass. Got milk?

A little ice cream? Good. Then you’re ready to have a yummy taste treat that will really satisfy all your PBJ desires.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Milkshake makes a great afternoon snack for kids and adults. Now all you’ve got to do is decide what kind of jelly you want with that milkshake.

I know. Decisions like this can be so hard sometimes.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Milkshake 1 tablespoon peanut butter 2 tablespoons jelly or jam (grape, raspberry or strawberry) 1/2 cup milk 1 cup vanilla ice cream

Directions

Combine peanut butter a Best Recipes: Peanut Butter and Jelly Milkshake Recipe

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