Cookies for Haiti

Fannie Farmer, famed cookbook author and "mother of level measurements" who standardized cups and such here in the U.S. near the turn of the 20th century, was our highlighted UU today in church class. And so, we hosted a bake sale during fellowship to raise money to help with Haitian relief. And while we made the cookies--from scratch, from a mix I made at home (so Sis learned about Farmer and level measurements too!), or from a tube from the store--we talked about Farmer's contributions to American cookery and practiced level measuring. There were batches of chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and the much loved and demanded Snickerdoodles , all for 10 cents each. Of course, most people made larger donations (though some did count out those dimes. But it all counts), so that we made $98 (with a lot less than 1000 cookies)!!! Added to the more than $100 the church school kids made with their fundraiser last week (of cookies and origami and other things), we'll be making a good-sized donation to the UUSC-UUA (Unitarian Universalist Service Committee-Unitarian Universalist Association) on behalf of the kids in our congregation. I'm so proud of our kiddos.

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Snickerdoodles

kes 4 dozen

1 ½ cups sugar

½ cup butter

½ cup shortening

2 eggs

2 ¾ cups flour

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon salt

assorted colored sugars optional (or use cinnamon-sugar mixture)

Heat oven to 400°F. Mix 1 ½ cups sugar, butter, shortening, and eggs. Stir in flour, cram of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

Shape dough into 1 ¼” balls. Dip one side of ball in colored sugar (note: if you roll the whole ball in sugar, the sugar on the bottom will burn and stick to the pan). Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Gold Medal’s Cookies from the Heart or Extra Special Holiday Baking