Old Fashioned Vinegar Cookies Food

OLD FASHIONED VINEGAR TAFFY

Steps:

• Mix sugar, vinegar, and water in a medium saucepan; stir well before putting on the stove. Cook over low heat about 8 to 10 minutes until it reaches (228F) the softball stage.
• Add butter or margarine and vanilla.
• Pour the mixture into a buttered platter and let it cool enough so you can handle it. Butter your hands well (important! keep enough butter on your hands otherwise you'll stick), pick up the blob and begin to pull it. The more you pull the whiter it gets.
• When it has reached the right consistency, cut into small pieces with a pair of scissors (easier to use for this than a knife.)

VINEGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar. Mix in flour, soda and vinegar.
• Shape dough into small balls.
• Place on greased cookie sheet and flatten with a fork or small wooden mallet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes at 350°.

OLD-FASHIONED VINEGAR ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, water, 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Stir over low heat until sugar disolves. Cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening; stir in milk with fork until soft dough forms.
• Roll out into a rectangle about 1/4-inch thick. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over surface of rectangle. Dot with 2 tablespoons butter.
• Roll up, starting at longer side. Cut crosswise into slices 1 1/4 inches thick.
• Place slices, cut side up, close togather in deep baking dish. Dot with remaining butter.
• Pour hot vinegar mixture over all. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Serve hot with heavy cream.

OLD FASHIONED VINEGAR PIE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, flour, and salt in medium bowl.
• Beat eggs until very light, then add butter, vinegar, and hot water.
• Add dry ingredients and blend well.
• Cook over double boiler, stirring constantly until thick.
• Add 1/2 cup nuts.
• Pour into pie shell and sprinkle with remaining nuts.
• Supposed to be "one of the most delicious pies".

GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Beat in the molasses, egg and vinegar. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until easy to handle (dough will be sticky)., On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with 4 in. cookie cutters dipped in flour. Using a floured spatula, place cookies 1 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 5-6 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool., For icing, combine confectioners' sugar and milk in bowl. Spread over cooled cookies; let dry completely. If desired, combine paste food coloring and a few drops of water; using a fine brush or the blunt end of a wooden skewer, decorate cookies.