Title: Almond Sugar Cookies
Categories: Diabetic, Cooky/bars, Snacks
Yield: 32 cookies

5 tb Margarine (75 g)
1 1/2 tb Fructose** (22.5 ml)
1 tb Egg white (15 ml)
1/4 ts Almond, vanilla, or lemon
-extract (1.25 ml)
1 c Unbleached flour (125 g)
1/8 ts Baking soda (.6 ml)
1 pn Cream of tartar
32 Almond slices
**Substitute 4 pkts.
-saccharin or 8 pkts.
-aspartame or 4 packets
-acesulfame-K for the
-fructose. It will not
-change the exchanges.

SOURCE: The Joslin Diabetes Gourmet Cookbook by Bonnie Sanders Polin,
Ph.D., and Frances Towner Giedt, copyright 1993, ISBN #0-553-08760-6.
Formatted into MM by URsula R. Taylor.
Preheat oven to 350~F (180~C). In a medium size bowl, combine margarine
and fructose, beating until light and fluffy. Mix in egg white and almond
extract. Gradually stir in flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar; mix
well. Form into 1/2-inch (1.5 cm) balls. Place on a nonstick cookie sheet.
Di a flat-bottomed glass into flour and press down on each ball to flatten
cookie. Top each cookie with an almond slice. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes,
until lightly browned. Transfer to parchment or wax paper to cool. Makes
about 32 cookies.
Per 2 cookie serving: calories – 90, protein – 2 g, carbohydrate – 10 g,
fat – 4 g, calories from fat – 40%, dietary fiber – trace, cholesterol ~ 0
mg, sodium ~ 49 mg, potassium – 33 mg, Joslin Exchanges – 1 bread/starch
and 1 fat.

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Title: HOT FUDGE SAUCE I
Categories: Sauces, Desserts
Yield: 1 servings

1 1/2 c Sugar
2 tb Flour
3/4 c Cold water *
– *for a richer sauce,
– use evaporated milk
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
3 tb Butter or margarine
1 ts Vanilla

MIX THE SUGAR AND FLOUR IN A heavy saucepan, blend in the water and heat,
stirring constantly, over moderate heat until boiling and thickened. Reduce
the heat to low, add the chocolate and cook and stir until the chocolate
melts. Beat in the butter and vanilla. Cool slightly, beating now and then.
Serve warm. And here’s something else you might try. Simply begin your
favorite fudge recipe, but cook the syrup only to about 220F or 225F. Take
it off the heat, cool maybe 10 minutes, then drop in the butter, add the
vanilla and heat until satiny. You couldn’t get a more authentic hot fudge
sauce than this! Makes 1 1/4 Cups

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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 94 11:28:20 PDT
From: williams@lanl.gov (Louise Williams)
Subject: Spring Roll Recipe

This is an original recipe that I have been working on for several months.
I was originally trying to duplicate the vegetarian spring rolls served by
the Saigon Springs Restaurant in Colorado Springs. My family and friends
love them. I hope you enjoy them too.

SPRING ROLLS (makes 12)

12 spring roll wrappers (rice paper)
6 oz. firm tofu (not silken)
2 T. or more soy sauce, tamari, or Bragg’s liquid aminos
6 oz. thin rice noodles (vermicelli)
48 fresh mint leaves
1/4 head leaf lettuce
3 shredded carrots (optional)
spring roll sauce (see below)

You can get the spring roll wrappers at an oriental grocery store,
and they will keep on your shelf indefinitely. They are fragile; keep them
flat and handle them gently. Be sure they are made of rice. You CANNOT
substitute egg roll wrappers in this recipe. The round ones, about 8 1/2
inches in diameter, are the easiest to work with. I like the Flying Goose
brand, although the brand with a rose on the front works well, too.
Slice the tofu into 1/2 inch slices. Pat dry with paper towels.
Press it for an hour or so if you have time. Put the tofu slices on a
nonstick cookie pan. Add the soy sauce, trying to keep it on the tofu as
much as possible. Bake at 325 for about 45 minutes, turning occasionally
and adding more soy sauce if they look like they can absorb more. When
they are nice and brown and dry, cut them into strips, about the size of
French fries. You will need one strip per spring roll. (If you don’t have
time to bake the tofu, cut it into strips and fry it with the soy sauce on
a nonstick skillet for a few minutes, carefully turning each strip, trying
to crisp it up a little on each side.) Set aside.
Wash and dry the lettuce. Tear it into 3 or 4 inch pieces,
removing stems and crisp veins. Your lettuce needs to be on the limp side.
Any crisp pieces will tear the spring roll wrappers when you try to roll
them.
Wash and dry the mint. Remove all stems! Set aside. (If you can’t
get fresh mint, you can substitute fresh cilantro, but the spring rolls
will taste completely different, and my family would rather I not make them
if I don’t have mint.)
Shred or grate the carrots. Again, they need to be small enough
pieces that they are not crisp. You may prefer your spring rolls without
the carrots.
Throw the rice vermicelli into boiling water and cook until just
done, about 2 or 3 minutes. Pour into a colander, and rinse with cool
water. The noodles need to be well drained and cool enough to handle. Set
aside.
Put an inch or two of water in a pan that is big enough to hold the
spring rolls. (Cool water works fine). Separate the wrappers, and stack
them in the water, making sure each one is completely covered with water
before putting in the next one. Leave the wrappers in the water until they
are flexible (about 2 or 3 minutes). Remove the whole stack at once, and
place them on a clean wet kitchen towel, covering them with another damp
towel.
Now you are ready to assemble them. Carefully remove one wrapper
and put it on another surface (I use a bamboo sushi mat, but you could
easily use another damp towel. If you use a plate, dump off the excess
water between each spring roll.) Working quickly, put onto the wrapper 3
or 4 small pieces of lettuce, 4 leaves of mint, a handful of rice noodles,
one strip of tofu, and a few tablespoons of carrots if desired. Quickly
fold the bottom of the wrapper over the pile, fold in the sides, and
continue to roll up. After I’ve done four or five, I wrap each in plastic
wrap to keep them from drying out too much. If one of them is falling
apart, wrap it in plastic wrap immediately. Have a piece of plastic wrap
cut and ready in case one is falling apart. (If you are serving them to
company, start over with a new wrapper on the ones that are falling apart.)
If a lot of them are falling apart, then something may not be drained well
enough, or you may be trying to fill them too full, or some of your
wrappers may be defective with too many tears and holes, or too thin.
Serve cold or room temperature with sauces of your choice. NOTE:
you do not EVER cook these spring rolls. When you finish rolling them up,
they are done! They will keep in the refrigerator for a day or two. They
travel well for lunches and outings. For an appetizer, serve one or two
per person. As a main course, count on at least three per person.
SAUCES: These are good with a peanut sauce, but that wouldn’t be
fatfree. They are also good with a plum sauce. If anyone has a good plum
sauce recipe, please send it to me. I serve them with the sweet sauce
below AND a bottled chili sauce (I like Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, made by
Huy Fong Foods, Inc.)

SWEET SAUCE FOR SPRING ROLLS
(makes enough for about 3 dozen spring rolls)

4 T. sugar
1/4 c. soy sauce
1 c. broth or water
2 T. corn starch
1/4 c. cold water
1 clove garlic, crushed with 1/4 ts. salt

Combine sugar, soy sauce, and broth. Bring to a boil. Add corn starch
mixed smoothly with the cold water, and stir until the mixture thickens
some. Simmer, stirring for 1 minute. Stir in garlic. Serve any
temperature.

Quaker’s Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Recipe By : Paul A. Meadows
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
——– ———— ——————————–
1 c Margarine/butter, softened
1 c Firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c Granulated sugar
2 Eggs
1 ts vanilla
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1 ts baking soda
1 ts ground cinnamon
1/2 ts malt (optional)
3 c QUAKER Oats uncooked (quick or old fashion
1 c raisins

Heat oven to 350 F. Beat margarine and sugars until
creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add
combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix
well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well. Drop by
rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake l0 to l2 minutes or until light golden brown.
Cool l minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.
Cool completely.

Easy Bar Cookies: Press dough onto bottom of
ungreased 13×9-inch baking pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes
or until light golden brown. Cool completely; cut
into bars. Store tightly covered. 32 BARS

High Altitude Adjustment: Increase flour to 2 cups
and bake as directed.

Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies: Spread softened ice cream
on bottom side of one cookie; top with second cookie.
Wrap in plastic wrap or aluminum foil; freeze.
Remove from freezer a few minutes before serving.

Chocolate Dipped Cookies: Place 2 cups (12 ounces)
semisweet chocolate pieces in dry l-quart glass
measuring cup or microwaveable bowl. Microwave at HIGH
l to 2 minutes, stirring every 20 seconds until
smooth. Or, place in top part of dry double boiler
over hot, not boiling, water; stir occasionally until
smooth. Dip half of cookie in chocolate; gently
shake to remove excess chocolate. Sprinkle with
finely chopped nuts, if desired. Place on wax paper
until set. If chocolate thickens, microwave at 30
second intervals or set over hot water again until
fluid.

Nutrition Information: 1 cookie Calories 100,
Calories From Fat 36, Total Fat 4g, Saturated Fat 1g,
Cholesterol 10mg, Sodium 75mg, Total Carbohydrates
13g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 2g

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Title: FUN GWAU (STEAMED TRANSLUCENT DUMPLINGS)
Categories: Appetizers, Pork, Chinese
Yield: 30 servings

6 Dried Chinese black
Mushrooms
6 oz Shrimp, shelled deveined
1 ts Salt
1 1/2 tb Peanut oil
6 oz Ground pork butt
1/4 c Finely diced bamboo shoots
1/4 c Finely diced water
Chestnuts, preferably fresh
2 Green onions, chopped
2 ts Sugar
1/4 ts White pepper
1 tb Shao Hsing rice wine or dry
Sherry
1 1/2 ts Light soy sauce
2 ts Cornstarch
2 tb Chicken stock
2 tb Coarsely chopped fresh
Coriander leaves
1 Oil
Wheat Starch Wrappers
(see recipe)
Light soy sauce, for
Dipping
Chinese mustard, for
Dipping

can be prepared entirely in advance and reheated a few
minutes before serving. The wheat starch wrappers
have an interesting chewy texture, a unique
translucent appearance and are absorbent of flavors.
Roll out the wrappers as thin as possible; otherwise
they come out rubbery.

Cover mushrooms in warm water for 20 minutes or
until soft and pliable. Remove and squeeze out excess
water from the mushrooms. Cut off the stems at the
base and discard them. Finely mince the caps.

Toss the shrimp with salt and let them stand 10
minutes. Rinse well with cold water, pat dry
thoroughly. Coarsely mince.

Preheat a wok or skillet. when hot, add the
peanut oil. over medium- high heat, add the mushrooms,
shrimps, pork butt, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts,
and half the green onions; stir-fry until the pork
turns white. Season with the sugar, white pepper, wine
and soy sauce. Combine the cornstarch and chicken
stock in a small bowl and mix until smooth; pour into
wok. Stir fry for 1 minute longer. Remove the
mixture to a shallow plate and mix in the remaining
green onion and coriander. Allow the filling to cool,
then refrigerate it until needed.

Makes almost 2 cups of filling.

Prepare the Wheat Starch Wrapper dough. Pinch
off 1-inch balls of dough. Lightly oil the ball and
flatten it into a thin 3 1/2-inch circle. An oiled
Chinese cleaver is traditionally used; however, a
tortilla press or a rolling pin works. Put 1 large
teaspoon of filling in the center of the circle. Fold
it in half and pinch the edges to seal the filling
inside. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.

Place dumplings without touching each other on a
lightly oiled bamboo steamer (or a heat resistant
plate). Steam over boiling water for 3 minutes.
Serve hot, dipped in light soy sauce and Chinese
mustard. Serve with Chinese Mustard, for dipping.

Makes 2 1/2 dozen dumplings.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg. Reposted by Fred Peters.

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RED LOBSTER GARLIC CHEESE ROLLS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
——– ———— ——————————–
16 oz Very finely shredded
-Cheddar cheese
6 c Water
5 lb Box of Bisquick Mix
-Garlic butter,
-soft or melted

Mix together cheese, water and Bisquick in a large
bowl. Drop onto a non-stick cookie sheet or one that
is covered with aluminum foil. You will need to
experiment with size but they should turn out to be
about the size of a normal biscuit (about 2″ in
diameter??). Bake at 400 degrees until golden (sorry,
don’t have the cooking time. Perhaps the Bisquick box
can help). Right after you remove the rolls from the
oven, spread or brush VERY GENEROUSLY with garlic
butter (soft or melted butter with lots of finely
diced or crushed garlic mixed in). Serve rolls warm.

Note: I have no idea how many rolls this makes so you
may want to cut it down unless you plan on feeding a
herd!

From: Matt, my waiter at Red Lobster Posted by:
Debbie Carlson – Cooking Echo From: JOAN JOHNSON

Courtesy of Shareware RECIPE CLIPPER 1.0 From:
NANCY GOLDEN Date: 09-21-92 (20:22)

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Title: CHICKEN AND MIXED VEGETABLES WITH SHRIMP SAUC
Categories: Chinese, Chicken
Yield: 4 servings

2 c Mung bean sprouts
8 Nami dried black mushrooms
1 lg Green bell pepper
1/2 Stewed chicken breast
8 Green onions
1 ts Fresh ginger root
2 tb Peanut oil
3/4 c Rich chicken stock
1 tb Medium sherry
1/2 ts Sugar
1/2 ts Shrimp sauce
1 ts Thick cornstarch paste

Preparation: Wash and soak mushrooms in warm water
for 45 minutes; remove stems; slice caps in thin
strips. Wash bell pepper; slice in half lengthwise;
slice in long, thin strips. Remove chicken meat from
bone; pick meat apart into shreds. Wash green onions;
cut off roots and discard; shred green tops and
whites. Peel and slice fresh ginger root into thin
matchsticks. Rinse bean sprouts to remove any loose
pieces.

Place bean sprouts and sliced pepper in colander in a
larger bowl. Pour boiling water over vegetables to
cover. Steep for 2 minutes. Remove colander from hot
water; flush vegetables with cold water.

Stir-frying: Heat oil in wok until it just begins to
smoke. Stir-fry mushrooms for 30 seconds. Add
chicken and ginger sticks; stir-fry another 30
seconds. Push ingredients up side of wok. Add stock,
sherry and sugar; bring to boil; then add shrimp sauce
and cornstarch paste; stir liquids until fairly thick.
Return vegetables, plus bean sprouts and peppers.
Stir-fry for another minute until everything is hot.
Add green onions. Serve. Gravy will tend to thin as
sprouts give off liquid, so be sure it is thick to
start.

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Title: CHOCOLATE DIPPED MACADAMIA NUT SHORTBREAD COOKIES
Categories: Cookies, Desserts
Yield: 36 servings

1 c Butter
3/4 c Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla
2 c Sifted flour
3/4 c Chopped macadamia nuts
1 c Milk chocolate chips
– or –
1 c Semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 ts Vegetable shortening

In large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and
fluffy. Gradually stir in flour until well blended. Stir in macadamia
nuts.
Place dough on wax paper and shape into a roll two inches in diameter.
Wrap in paper and foil and chill at least two hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cut roll into slices approx. 1/4 to 1/2 inch
thick. Bake on ungreased baking sheet for 20 minutes or until cookies
begin to brown. Remove from oven; cool on wire rack.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl melt chocolate chips (microwave works well) and
stir in shortening. Mix well. Dip one end of each cookie into chocolate
mixture and place on wax paper. Refrigerate cookies until chocolate
hardens. Store in cool place. Makes 2-3 dozen cookies.

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Title: CHOCOLATE SUGAR COOKIES
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 42 servings

3 Squares BAKER’S Unsweetened
-Chocolate
1 c Butter or margarine
1 c Sugar
1 Egg
1 t Vanilla
2 c All-purpose flour
1 t Baking soda
1/4 t Salt
Additional sugar

Microwave chocolate and margarine in large microwavable bowl on HIGH 2
minutes or until margarine is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely
melted.

Stir 1 cup sugar into melted chocolate mixture until well blended. Stir in
egg and vanilla until completely blended. Mix in flour, baking soda and
salt. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 375’F. Shape dough into 1″ balls; roll in additional sugar.
Place, 2″ apart, on ungreased cookie sheets. (If flatter, crisper cookies
are desired, flatten balls with bottom of drinking glass.)

Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire
racks.

Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

Prep. time: 15 minutes. Chill time: 30 minutes. Baking time: 8-10 minutes.

JAM-FILLED CHOCOLATE SUGAR COOKIES: Prepare Chocolate Sugar Cookie dough as
directed. Roll in finely chopped nuts in place of sugar. Make indentation
in each ball; fill center with your favorite jam. Bake as directed.

CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL SUGAR COOKIES: Prepare Chocolate Sugar Cookie dough as
directed. Roll in finely chopped nuts in place of sugar. Make indentation
in each ball; bake as directed. Microwave 1 package (14 ounces) KRAFT
Caramels with 2 tablespoons milk in microwavable bowl on HIGH 3 minutes or
until melted, stirring after 2 minutes. Fill centers of cookies with
caramel mixture. Drizzle with melted BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate.

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Title: Basic Yellow Cake
Categories: Cakes, Easter
Yield: 1 servings

3/4 c Margarin, butter or
-shortening
1 1/2 c Granulated sugar
3 Eggs
3/4 c Milk
1 t Almond extract
2 1/4 c Cake flour
2 1/2 t Baking powder
3/4 t Salt

Grease and flour a 10″ round pan. Preheat oven to 375’F. Place all
ingredients in bowl of electric mixer. Mix on low speed until
thoroughly combined, scraping bowl frequently. Increase speed to
medium and beat for four minutes. Pour into pan; smooth top of
batter. Bake 25-30 minutes, until cake tests done. Do not overbake.
Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove cake from pan and
continue cooling on rack.

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