Mamas Finnish Wafers Food

DELICIOUS BROWN EDGE WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Add flour and salt; mix well.
• Drop dough (the size of a marble) on greased cookie sheets leaving quite a large space between each.
• Press a pecan in the center of each.
• Bake 14 to 15 minutes.

LEMON WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly grease cookie sheets,or line with parchment paper.
• Sift together flour and baking powder,set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs,vanilla,lemon extract and lemon zest.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets,3" apart.
• Sprinkle with yellow sugar crystals.
• Bake 8-10 minutes,or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire racks.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225 degrees.
• Place unwrapped caramels and milk in a microwave-safe bowl; microwave, uncovered, on high for 3 minutes or until melted. Stir until smooth.
• Place vanilla wafers on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Spread caramel mixture over vanilla wafers.
• Top each wafer with a square of chocolate bar.
• Place in 225 degree oven for 1-2 minutes or until chocolate melts.
• Remove from oven and spread chocolate with an icing knife.
• Top with pecans if desired.

MAMA'S FINNISH COFFEE BREAD

Steps:

• dissolve yeast in warm -not too hot- water with a small amount of sugar to feed the yeast. in a large pot,heat milk and butter until boiling. remove from heat and cool until lukewarm. beat eggs and sugar together. add salt, cardamom, flour and yeast mixture. kmead well on a floured surface. cover and let rise til double. separate dough into halves and then separate each half into 3 loaves.(6 loaves total) separate each loaf into 3 sections. roll each section between your hands into long tubular shapes. braid the 3 sections together and tuck ends. put loaves on a greased cookie sheet. let rise double again. bake at 325 for 15 minutes. remove from oven. brush top of loaves with a beaten egg mixed with a little sugar. sprinkle sugar over egg glaze. return to oven for 15 minutes more.

MAMA'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease two (6x9 inch) loaf pans.
• In a small bowl, mash bananas together with vanilla.
• In a large bowl combine brown sugar, oil, sour cream, and eggs, stirring until combined.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to sugar mixture, stirring until just combined. Stir in banana mixture, ground pecans, and mini chocolate morsels.
• Pour into pans and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 15 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.