Mameres Crybabies Recipes

CRY BABIES II

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger; stir into the molasses mixture alternately with the milk. Finally, mix in the chocolate chips and raisins. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

MOM'S CRY BABY COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets. Set aside. Throughly cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses, egg, salt, spices, and beat until blended. Stir together water and soda and add to first mixture. Stir in flour and raisins and nuts if using. Drop from a teaspoon onto a greased baking sheet. Bake 350 degress for 10-15 minutes.
• 2. These can be served plain or iced with a simple vanilla frosting.

CRY BABIES I

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Dissolve the baking soda in the coffee.
• Cream the shortening with the white sugar. Beat in the eggs, coffee mixture, molasses, vinegar, 1/2 cup of the cocoa powder, spices, and flour. Dough should be thick and slightly sticky. Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool, then glaze.
• To Make Glaze: Combine the confectioner's sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, and enough water to achieve a desired spreading consistency. Beat until smooth.

CRY BABY COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortning, sugar, molasses and eggs together.
• In a seperate bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, ginger, salt and.
• soda together.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Alternately add flour mixture and coffee, beating well after each addition.
• Drop from a teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake in a moderate oven (350 F) until done, about 7-10 minute.

MAMERE'S CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving liquid and set aside. Add water to reserved syrup to make 1 cup, in saucepan.
• Heat until mixture boils, dissolve jello in hot liquid and cool.
• Gently stir in gingerale and chill until partially set.
• Meanwhile, blend drained pineapple and cranberry sauce into pineapple mixture and fold into 9x12x2 dish.
• Chill until firm.
• Prepare dessert topping according to directions, fold in cream cheese.
• Spread over gelatin.
• Toast pecans in 1T butter in moderate oven 350 for 10 minutes.
• Spread over salad and chill.
• *prep time does not include refrigeration time needed.
• *** You can also use SF gingerale for this recipe, as well as No sugar added crushed pineapple and SF lemon jello.I save calories by this method.

CRYBABY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with Silpats. Into a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. With machine running, gradually add molasses and egg. Add dry ingredients, alternating with milk, starting and ending with the dry ingredients; scrape down bowl as necessary. Stir in coconut, walnuts, and raisins.
• Drop by tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies. Bake until golden brown, 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool on pans until almost, but not completely cool, about 5 minutes.
• Dip tops of cookies into icing, and decorate with sprinkles or chopped nuts.

CRY BABY MOLASSES COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Drop from a spoon onto pan.
• Bake at 350 F until lightly browned at edges (I believe 8-10 minutes but WATCH).
• Remove to wire cooling rack (if needed let sit on pan 1-2 minutes).
• Ice while hot/warm with powdered sugar icing.

MEMERE'S MEAT PIE AND MEAT STUFFING

Steps:

• Chop onions and celery and saute until soft.
• Lightly cook pork and drain off grease.
• Add ground beef to pork and cook 5 minutes.
• Transfer meat to deep pan, pot, or Dutch oven.
• Add onions and celery.
• Cook over low heat for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
• Drain any grease that has surfaced, and remove from heat.
• Add seasoning, salt, and pepper.
• Add hot water and bread crumbs, and mix well.
• Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
• While that's standing, preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Spoon meat mixture into pie crust and bake (in bottom shell) for 20-25 minutes. (Variation: add any amount of mashed potatoes after first 15 minutes.).
• Add top crust and seal. Bake until done.

MAMERE'S CRYBABIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Mix together first 5 ingredients (stop at nutmeg).
• Beat together brown sugar and melted butter.
• Beat in molasses and egg.
• Stir in dry ingredients alternately with water until just combined.
• Drop batter by rounded teaspoonfuls on greased sheets.
• Bake @ 375 for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool and serve.