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Kransa  
Olive Jacobson--recipe from her aunt, Edna Nelson  
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cup butter  
cup sour cream  
cups flour  
2 tablespoons sugar  
sugar (for top)  
Mix together. Roll out on floured board to ½" thick. Cut with donut cutter. Put lots of sugar  
on top. Bake. Dough is easier to work with if it is cooled for a couple hours.  
Rosette Cookies  
Matt Stanley  
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2
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eggs, slightly beaten  
teaspoons sugar  
cup milk  
1 cup sifted flour  
¼ teaspoon salt  
1 tablespoon almond or rum extract  
Add sugar to eggs, then add milk. Sift flour with salt; stir into egg mixture and beat until  
smooth--about the consistency of heavy cream. Add flavoring. Fry in deep fat fryer (Fry  
Daddy works great), cool on paper towels, sprinkle with confectioner's sugar or cinnamon-  
sugar combination. Serve with either side of cookie face up.  
Swedish Hugs  
Olive Jacobson  
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2
pound of butter, softened  
cups brown sugar  
egg  
cup almonds, chopped  
teaspoons cinnamon  
teaspoons cardamom  
1 teaspoon vanilla  
1 teaspoon baking powder  
3 ½ cups flour  
beaten egg  
sugar  
blanched almonds for top  
Mix butter, brown sugar, 1 egg, chopped almonds, spices, vanilla, baking powder, and flour.  
Roll into walnut size balls. If you have trouble rolling balls, refrigerate for a couple of hours  
first. Dip one side of ball in beaten egg and then in sugar. Place that side up on greased cookie  
sheet. Press a blanched almond into ball top. Bake in 350º oven until lightly browned, 14-16  
minutes. Don't overbake.  
Grandma Stanley's Oatmeal Cookies  
Harriet Stanley  
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cup sugar  
5 tablespoons water (from boiled raisins)  
1 teaspoon soda  
1 teaspoon cinnamon  
1 teaspoon nutmeg  
1 teaspoon vanilla  
1 cup walnuts  
cup shortening  
teaspoon salt  
cups oatmeal  
cups flour  
cup raisins  
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