Lumberjack Cookies Yum Food

NEW ENGLAND LUMBERJACK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream together the sugar and shortening.
• Add molasses and eggs.
• Mix well. Sift together the dry ingredients and stir.
• Put 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl.
• Dip fingers into the sugar, then pinch off a piece of dough and roll into a 1-1/2-inch ball.
• Place dough balls on greased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. The dough will keep for a week or more in the refrigerator.

LUMBERJACK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Roll out on a floured surface to 1/8-in. thickness; cut with a shirt, head, tree and axe cookie cutters dipped in flour. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; re-forming and re-rolling dough as needed. Bake until edges are lightly browned, 8-10 minutes (do not overbake). Remove to wire racks to cool. , For frosting, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, add meringue powder, cream of tartar and salt; stir to combine. Add cold water, vanilla and almond extract; gently mix until smooth and no lumps remain. Gradually add confectioners' sugar and beat on low until soft peaks form and frosting is glossy, 7-10 minutes. Divide into 5 portions; tint shades of red, green, brown, gray and desired flesh tone. If needed, add additional confectioners' sugar until stiff peaks form. Divide red, gray and flesh-tone portions in half; to 1 portion, add water, one tsp. at a time, until flood consistency is reached. Place frostings into piping bags fitted with #2 round piping tips., For Plaid Shirt Cookies: Using stiff red frosting, pipe shape of shirt around edge of cookie; fill center with flood-consistency red frosting, using toothpick to pop any bubbles if needed. Allow to dry until frosting is firm to the touch, several hours or overnight. To create plaid pattern, place stencil over cookie. Center pattern and ensuring stencil is secure; use airbrush gun with black edible ink or can of black color mist to spray lightly over stencil. Repeat until desired depth of color has been reached. Carefully remove stencil; allow the color to dry completely, 15 minutes to 1 hour. Repeat with remaining shirt-shaped cutout cookies, cleaning stencil as needed. Using stiff red and white frosting, pipe shirt details such as collar, cuffs, seams and buttons. Allow frosting to dry completely., For Lumberjack Head Cookies: Using stiff red frosting, pipe shape of hat; fill center of hat shape with flood-consistency red frosting. Allow to dry until firm to the touch, several hours or overnight. To create plaid pattern, place stencil over red hat portion of the cutout cookie. Center pattern and ensuring stencil is secure. Use airbrush gun with black edible ink or can of black color mist to spray lightly over stencil. Repeat until desired depth of color has been reached. Carefully remove stencil; allow to frosting to dry completely, 15 minutes to 1 hour. Repeat with remaining head-shaped cutout cookies, cleaning stencil as needed. Using stiff flesh-tone frosting, pipe shape of face; fill shape with flood- consistency flesh-tone frosting. Using stiff brown frosting, pipe shape of beard; using toothpick, create texture in frosting to resemble hair. Allow to dry completely, several hours or overnight. Pipe mustache and eyebrows with brown frosting. Pipe nose with flesh-tone frosting. Using small amounts of black and white frosting, pipe eyes. Pipe brim of hat and pom-pom details with stiff red frosting. Allow to dry completely., For Tree Cookies: Pipe stiff brown frosting for trunk. Use toothpick, create wood grain pattern. Allow to dry slightly, about 1 hour. Pipe dark green frosting to form branches; allow to dry completely, several hours or overnight. If desired, pipe stiff light green frosting partially over dark green frosting. Use a toothpick, create texture to resemble pine needles. Allow to dry completely , For Axe Cookies: Pipe stiff gray frosting in the shape of axe head; fill with flood consistency gray frosting. If desired, pipe lighter gray frosting to form beveled edge of axe; allow to dry, several hours or overnight. To form handle, pipe stiff brown frosting; using a toothpick to create wood grain pattern. Allow to dry completely. , Store cookie at room temperature in tightly sealed containers.

LUMBERJACK BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush an 8-inch square baking dish with oil.
• Bake the waffles on a baking sheet until lightly golden and slightly crunchy, 10 to 12 minutes. Cut each waffle in half.
• Fill a small pot with the sliced potatoes, a large pinch of salt and enough cold water to cover the potatoes by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. Once the water starts simmering, cook the potatoes until tender, about 2 minutes. Strain the potatoes, and transfer to a large bowl.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the peppers, scallion whites and garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, until the peppers are just tender and browned in some spots, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to the bowl with the potatoes, add 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and toss to combine. Transfer to the prepared baking dish, press into a flat layer and sprinkle half the Cheddar over the top.
• Whisk together the milk, eggs, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper in a medium bowl.
• Layer the sausage, cut-side up, on top of the potato-pepper mixture. Shingle the toasted waffle halves, in two rows, on top. Pour the custard down one side of the casserole dish (it won't cover the waffles). Sprinkle the remaining Cheddar over the top, cover loosely with foil and bake until the Cheddar has melted, the custard is set, the potatoes are tender and the sausage is cooked through, about 40 minutes. Uncover, let rest for a few minutes and sprinkle the scallion greens over the top.

LUMBERJACK BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Then add brown sugar to a mixing bowl.
• Add apple cider vinegar over brown sugar.
• Add ginger to your sauce mixture, then whisk everything together.
• Cook up the bacon bits in a hot pan until they are crispy.
• Place crispy bacon to the side and save the bacon grease.
• Add chopped onions to the same pan you cooked the bacon.
• Pour sauce over onions and simmer for 8 - 10 minutes.
• Create mixture of beans in a baking dish.
• Add bacon to the dish.
• Pour sauce over the beans and bacon.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Bake for 1 hour covered. Remove dish from oven, stir, and cook uncovered for another 30 minutes.

LUMBERJACK COOKIES "YUM"!

Steps:

• Cream together the sugar and shortening. Add molasses and unbeaten eggs. Mix well. Sift together the dry ingerdients and stir in. Put 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Dip fingers into sugar, then pinch off a ball of dough and roll in to the size and shape of a walnut. Dip the rolled ball into the bowl of sugar. Place balls on a greased cookie sheet about three inches apart. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. This recipe makes four dozen large soft cookies, twenty-four to a standard cookie sheet. The dough will keep indefinitely in the refrigerator.