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.

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.

LIME ZEST WAFERS

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar with a mixer or wooden spoon until well blended.
• Add the vanilla extract, mix in the egg whites just until incorporated.
• Gradually add the flour and salt and mix just until absorbed.
• Stir in lime zest. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray flat baking sheets with vegetable spray or use parchment paper.
• Using a 1/2 tsp measure drop the batter onto the baking sheets leaving a few inches between the cookies because they spread.
• Bake until the edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes and remove the cookies immediately to a wire rack.
• Let sit to cool completely.
• Notes: Using a baking sheet with sides causes the cookies to over brown, flat cookie sheets with no edges are beast. If the wafers become to brittle on the sheet before removing to the wire rack, place in the oven for 30 seconds to soften.
• These should be nice and crisp, cool completely before placing in a container.
• Do not make them too large or they will be soft. These are nice and light, and not overly sweet. Always a hit.

CREAM WAFERS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter, flour and cream. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle. , Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 1-1/4-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sugar. Prick each cookie 3-4 times with a fork. , Bake 7-9 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool., In a small bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough cream to achieve desired consistency. Remove half to another bowl; tint one portion of filling with red food coloring and the other half with green. Carefully spread filling on bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.

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.

MAMA'S FINNISH WAFERS

Steps:

• cream butter and sugar. add eggs, vanilla and flour. work until smooth. put mix in a cookie tube dispenser. squeeze out any shape you like onto greased cookie sheet. bake at 325 til golden brown.