I had every intention of posting the recipe for the cookies I made today. I clipped it from my Simple & Delicious magazine awhile back and thought they would really be good. They weren't. They're edible, but definitely not worth sharing (either in print or in reality).
Instead, I'll share a recipe for piecrust that my cousin gave me years ago. She took it from the January 1977 issue of Gourmet. I rarely make piecrust from scratch (it's too easy to buy good ready-made ones) but when I do, this is simple and very good.
Cream Cheese Pastry
In a large bowl cream together 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter and 4 oz. (1/2 cup) cream cheese, both well softened. Thin mixture with 2 Tbs. milk and sift in 1-1/4 cups flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and 1/2 tsp. salt, stirring the mixture until it is well combined. Form the dough into a ball, dust it with flour and chill it, wrapped in waxed paper, for at least 3 hours.
Makes a double crust.
- Kelly
- Making my way through the ups and downs of life, holding fast to my favorite Bible verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~2 Corinthians 5:7. I began blogging in earnest at Yahoo360 on October 24, 2005. (briefly using LiveJournal and blog-city prior to that) In June 2008 I moved to Blogger. I'm now at WordPress where I hope to remain.
7 comments:
I'm sorry your cookies didn't turn out, Kelly! That's a bummer. But I am glad you shared this recipe. It sounds delicious. I'm going to copy it and try it for Thanksgiving with my apple pie. I appreciate you. Blessings!!
Sounds pretty easy, and delicious with the cream cheese!
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The pastry sounds wonderful. What was the problem with the cookies?
Afraid I'm into the ready-made crusts the few pies I even make.
Sorry about the cookies!
Thanks for the pastry recipe. I like to make my own and your recipe sounds tasty.
This sounds great Kelly! My family wants more pie, but I don't enjoy making crusts either. I'll try it though!
Tracy, the cookies used boxed biscuit mix and pudding mix. They just didn't taste right and I really didn't like the consistency. Unfortunately I still ate my share of them. I'm glad it only made 18 cookies!
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