Old Fashioned Green Tomato Cookies
"These are wonderful..came up with the recipe while trying to use up green tomatoes at the end of the season."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
3-4 dozen
ingredients
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COOKIE BATTER
- 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
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FILLING for cookies
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups fresh green tomatoes, chopped
- 1 lemon, rind and juice
directions
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and tomato pieces. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until very thick. Add grated rind and juice of 1 lemon, stir well and heat again to bubbling. Chill thoroughly.
- For the cookie batter, cream granulated sugar and butter till fluffy. Add egg and milk and blend well. In a small bowl, combine flour, soda, cream of tartar and salt. Add to creamed mixture and blend well Chill at least 1 hour.
- To assemble cookies, roll chilled dough to 1/8" thickness and cut cookies with the outer ring of a doughnut cutter, or cookie cutter. Top half the cookies with 1 tbls of chilled filling. Using the center ring from the remaining half of the cut out cookies and place on top of filled halves. Crimp edges with a fork to seal and bake in a 350* oven 15-20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...
