Orange nut crisps

½ cup sugar
1/3 cup margarine or butter
1 orange rind, grated
1 lemon
rind, grated
1 egg, separated
1 cup flour
1 cup black walnuts

Cream sugar and shortening together very well. Work in flour, orange rind, lemon rind and egg yolk. Work this all together thoroughly with your hands. DO NOT USE MIXER after you have creamed sugar and shortening. Make into small balls about size of walnut. Roll each in slighly beaten egg white, then in chopped nuts. Place on greased sheet and flatten them with flat bottomed glass covered with damp piece of old clean cloth to about ¼" thickness. Bake in moderate oven 350 deg for 15 min. Use 1 egg white for double batch. Grease pan. If making double batch, save 1 egg white for meringues.

- Vera Trimpe Kuebbing, Ft Mitchell KY

Pecan crisps

1½ sifted Gold Medal flour
1 cup sugar
¾ tsp salt
½ cup soft
shortening
1 egg, separated
3 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup pecans,
finely chopped

Sift flour, sugar salt into bowl. Mix in thoroughly with fork shortening, egg yolk, milk, vanilla. Form into balls size of small walnut. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Press 1/16" thick with bottom of greased glass dipped in sugar. Brush with slightly beaten egg white. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake in quick moderate oven 375 deg for 8-10 min. Do not overbake. Yield about 5 dozen.

- Vera Trimpe Kuebbing, Ft Mitchell KY

spice cookies

¾ cups shortening at room temperature (margarine or butter)
1 egg
1 cup sugar
¼ cup molasses

Sift together and stir in by hand (Do not use electric mixer)

2 cups flour
2 tsp soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
¾ tsp ginger
¾ tsp ground cloves

• chill dough at least 1 hour
  
• make balls size of walnuts and place on ungreased cookie sheet
  
• bake 10-12 min at 350 deg F
  
• allow to cool on cookie sheet for about a minute, then roll in confectioner’s sugar while still warm
  
• yield: 50 cookies
  
  - Vera Trimpe Kuebbing, Ft Mitchell KY

Vera Trimpe Kuebbing recipes

orange nut crisps
pecan crisps
spice cookies