Nelson Family Recipe Book


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Fork Cookies  
Alice Sullivan--recipe from her aunt, Annie Pearson  
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cup brown sugar  
cup white sugar  
cup butter or oleo  
eggs  
2 teaspoons cream of tartar  
3 ½ cups flour  
1 teaspoon vanilla  
pinch of salt  
teaspoons soda  
Cream shortening and sugar; add well-beaten eggs, then soda and cream of tartar sifted into  
flour. Add vanilla and salt. Take dough by tablespoons and form into ball with hands. Place  
on cookie sheet; press down with fork and bake until nice and brown. About 70 cookies.  
Butter Cookies  
Deb Stanley  
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pound butter, softened  
cups sugar  
teaspoon salt  
4 cups flour  
1 teaspoon vanilla  
1 egg  
Roll dough into 2" log. (Use center cardboard from paper towel roll and saran wrap.)  
Refrigerate 2 hours. Cut into ¼" thick slices. Bake at 375º for 10 minutes. Cool a little on  
baking sheet, then move to cooling racks. Very good--taste like shortbread cookies.  
Krumkake  
Olive Jacobson & Harriet Stanley--Gladys Nelson's recipe  
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cup butter, softened  
cup white sugar  
cup buttermilk (or 1 c. cream + 4 eggs)  
eggs  
1 teaspoon cardamom (or to taste)  
1 teaspoon vanilla  
2 cups flour, or enough to make a stiff dough  
Mix all ingredients well. Place about 1 tablespoon dough in center of Krumkake iron. Keep  
turning until done. Take off with spatula and form into a roll while hot. Fresh cardamom will  
give a stronger seasoning. You can grind your own or use ground cardamom.  
Krumkake  
Harriet Stanley & Matt Stanley--Esther (Vernon) Johnson's recipe  
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eggs  
cup sugar  
teaspoon cardamom  
1 cup + 2 tablespoons flour (enough to make  
pancake batter consistency)  
½ cup cream  
½
cup butter, melted  
Beat together eggs, sugar, and cardamom. Mix in butter and flour. Whip cream and fold into  
mixture. Bake on krumkake iron.  
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