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The Quilt Inn Country Cookbook  
Aliske Webb  
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cloves garlic, chopped  
/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated  
/4 cup pine nuts, toasted  
/3 cup olive oil  
tsp. fresh ground pepper  
tsp. salt  
Place all ingredients in blender and puree. Mash potatoes by hand (like the  
lumpy bits, it seems more home-made that way) with pesto sauce and serve.  
My Mom has been making these delicious cookies since 1950. The original  
recipe was German or Swiss but has been changed down through the years. Mom  
uses Buckwheat honey and makes her own orange and lemon peel. (Recipe follows)  
Basler Leckerli  
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cup ground mixed peel (recipe follows)  
1/2 cups whole unblanched almonds  
/4 cups honey (try a flavored honey like Buckwheat or orangeblossom)  
1/4 cups sugar  
juice and zest of 1 lemon  
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1/2 tbsp. Kirsch or Brandy  
cups all purpose flour  
dash salt  
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tsp. cinnamon  
/4 tsp. cloves  
/4 tsp. nutmeg  
tsp. baking soda  
Grind almonds and fruit peel. Set aside.  
Mix dry ingredients and place in mound on pastry board.  
Heat honey and sugar to boiling point. Addlemon juice and zest. Remove from  
heat. Add ground almonds, peel, Kirsch and stir until well blended.  
Make a small well in center of dry ingredients and pour in honey mixture. Lightly  
fold all ingredients together making soft crumbles. Do not make into a firm ball. When  
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Aliske Webb 1999. All rights reserved.  
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