My grammy and mama taught me just about everything I know. I thought I would start a new blog to share some of these wonderful recipes and how to's with others. For quite some time I have been writing another history and humor blog for my home town. It also includes recipes so I will be using some of the recipes in my other blog to help complete this new blog endeavor. Please feel free to visit my other blog at:
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There always seems to be a need for a large pan of something sweet when you go visiting or to a cook out. One of the best family recipes I have is for a jelly roll sized pan of french cookie bars. This recipe has been in our family for a very long time and it seems I always have the ingredients to bake this, even when I'm out of stuff to make other sweet treats.
Filled with raisins and nuts, you can't go wrong. A thin glaze of icing sets off your taste buds and makes you crave just one more square of cookie. Enjoy!
French Cookies
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp baking soda (put in boiling water)
3 cups flour
2 eggs
1 cup margarine
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup raisins (boil in water and use remaining water as the above water.
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Note: I put about 1 1/4 cup of water on the raisins and boil them and then measure out 1 cup of raisin water for the boiling water liquid. Cream sugar and margarine. Add soda to boiling water but don't add to sugar yet. Add baking powder and cinnamon to flour and then add flour mixture to sugars and after thoroughly mixed, add boiling water with baking soda. Add raisins/nuts. Pour into greased and floured jelly roll pan. Bake 350 over, and check with a toothpick after 10 minutes. This gets done fast (usually about 12-14 minutes). Make a thin glaze with powdered sugar and water and pour over the hot cake. Yummy.
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