We are starting again. This time with Monkey Faces. Sort of. These cookies taste amazing but don't actually look anything like I was expecting from the recipe description. We'll start at the beginning.
http://community.tasteofhome.com/community_forums/f/30/t/342014.aspx
This was the link to the original recipe I used. If you look at that recipe and remember anything about our food situation, you know that I did not follow the recipe to a T. Perhaps that is why my monkey faces turned out looking like this...
Little aliens, if you ask me. Still, they tasted good. So good that I am fending off the children as we speak.
Here's the recipe:
Mix together:
1/2 C shortening
1 C brown sugar
1/2 C molasses (I used cane syrup since that is what I had and the taste is similar. Another plus, it is cheaper than molasses.)
Add:
1/2 C almond milk (Probably any milk will do but this is what we keep for the allergenic child around here.)
1 tsp vinegar (I just used plain old white vinegar.)
Mix in:
2 1/2 C flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Drop by rounded tsp. 2-12" apart on ungreased baking sheet. Place 3 raisins on each for eyes and mouth. Bake @375º 10-12 min. or until set. Remove from sheet in 1 min. Faces take on droll expressions in baking. Makes 4 doz. 2-1/2" cookies.
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Drop by rounded tsp. 2-12" apart on ungreased baking sheet. Place 3 raisins on each for eyes and mouth. Bake @375º 10-12 min. or until set. Remove from sheet in 1 min. Faces take on droll expressions in baking. Makes 4 doz. 2-1/2" cookies.
I made half of the cookies with raisins and half without. Here's the picture of the others.
Happy baking and happy blessings. May all your experiences be full of YES.
they look good! My Betty Crocker had only a drawing of these cookies, not a photo, so I don't know how monkeyish they were supposed to be. Maybe I'll try a batch this weekend. Kate
ReplyDeleteDid you make any Kate? Just wondering how yours came out.
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