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An Anti-Cook's Recipe Book
Because some of us just have no talent in the kitchen.
--Featured Delicious Recipe, for December, 1995--
Chocolate Pixies
(great chocolate cookies for Christmas)
1/4 cup butter
4 squares of unsweetened chocolate (4 oz.)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (OPTIONAL!)
powdered sugar
1. In a 1-quart saucepan, melt butter and chocolate. Cool.
2. In a large mixer bowl, combine the chocolate mixture, 1 cup of the flour,
all the sugar, eggs, baking powder, and salt. Beat at medium speed 2-3 minutes
until well-mixed. By hand, stir in remaining cup of flour and nuts.
3. Cover all this, refrigerate it till firm (at least 2 hours).
4. Heat oven to 300°. Shape the dough into 1 inch balls and roll them
in powdered sugar. Place them 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets, and
bake 12-15 minutes or until firm. Cool completely--makes 4 dozen.
--this is a family recipe that comes originally from a chocolate
cookbook, I'm told.
...and, December, 1995's Most Disgusting Recipe
"Frozen Snowball Snacks"
"Take a scoop of frozen Cool Whip.
Decorate with sprinkles.
Watch them disappear.
Hint: Serve immediately or store in freezer."
--from a Cool Whip ad in Ladies' Home Journal.
(Talk about fast food... Coming next month, I bet, a recipe instructing
us to try eating Cool Whip right from the tub with a spoon, standing in
front of the open freezer?)
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