Grandma Lubbers' Ribbon Cookies

[Guest guest]

When I was young, our family used to go to my grandparents and aunts

house for Christmas Eve. We used to have to wait in the breakfast

room before going to the living room because Santa was not ready yet.

wink wink. It really was pretty enjoyable waiting in the breakfast

room because we were served mounds of cookies. My favorites were

Ribbon Cookies. They taste great and make an impressive visual sight.

I tweaked this recipe a lot.

 

 

Grandma Lubbers' Ribbon Cookies

 

Cream topgether:

2 cups ghee

2 1/2 cups organic sugar

 

 

Add:

2 tsp. vanilla

2 egg replacer equivalent

 

Add:

5 cups flour

3 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

 

 

After the dough is well mixed, divide it into three equal parts in

bowls. To the first pat add and mix 4 Tbsp. poppy seeds. To the

second part, add 6 Tbsp. carob chips, melted. To the third part add

1/2 cup dried cherries or candied cherries. (recipe is below). Also

add 1/4 cup coconut that is finely ground in coffee grinder. Line a

9 " x5 " x3 " bread pan with waxed paper. Put the poppy seed mixtre in

the bottoms of the lined pan, then the carob mixture, and then the

cherry - coconut mixture on top. Cover with waxed paper and put in

refrigerator overnight or freezer for an hour or so.(Don't let it

freeze). Make one cut lengthwise down center. Take out of pan and

cut with serrated knife into 1/4 inch slices so each cookie has 3 ribbons.

 

Place ribbons on lightly oiled cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degreesF fo

8-10 minutes until golden brown. Do not overbake.

 

 

Candied Cherries

 

 

Add to skillet.

6 oz. drained maraschino cherries ( recipe below) with 1/4 cup water

in skillet, sprinkle evenly with 1/2 cup organic sugar. Cook & stir

often 30 min or until glazed. Let stand in the syrup overnite. Place

on a cheesecloth covered rack, cover with more cheesecloth.

 

Let dry 2 days. Chop. Use or freeze.

 

 

Homemade Maraschino Cherries

 

Use medium saucepan and combine 1 cup water with 1 cup honey, 1/2 cup

grape juice (red grape juice is best). 1 star anise pod or 1/4 tsp.

fennel seeds and pinch of sea salt. Bring to boil and then simmer.

Then add fresh cherries with stems. I used frozen cherries, 3 Tbsp.

fresh lemon juice and 1 tsp of pure almond extract and simmer until

cherries are tender, roughly 5 minutes. Let cherries cool, put in a

jar and refrigerate. Use within 2 weeks.

 

GB

[Guest guest]

This recipe sounds great. Just for reference, could you tell us how you

" tweaked " it from the original? Just curious.

thnx!

 

Grandma Lubbers' Ribbon Cookies

 

 

> When I was young, our family used to go to my grandparents and aunts

> house for Christmas Eve. We used to have to wait in the breakfast

> room before going to the living room because Santa was not ready yet.

> wink wink. It really was pretty enjoyable waiting in the breakfast

> room because we were served mounds of cookies. My favorites were

> Ribbon Cookies. They taste great and make an impressive visual sight.

> I tweaked this recipe a lot.

>

[Guest guest]

Jim

 

The original called for butter, eggs, candied cherries (I made

homemade), sugar, chocolate, white flour( I used WW pastry), no baking

soda)

 

GB

 

 

, " Jim Lynch " <jplynch wrote:

>

> This recipe sounds great. Just for reference, could you tell us how

you

> " tweaked " it from the original? Just curious.

> thnx!

>

> Grandma Lubbers' Ribbon Cookies

>

>

> > When I was young, our family used to go to my grandparents and aunts

> > house for Christmas Eve. We used to have to wait in the breakfast

> > room before going to the living room because Santa was not ready yet.

> > wink wink. It really was pretty enjoyable waiting in the breakfast

> > room because we were served mounds of cookies. My favorites were

> > Ribbon Cookies. They taste great and make an impressive visual sight.

> > I tweaked this recipe a lot.

> >

>