Gumdrop Loaf

 

A great tasting Gumdrop Loaf

enhanced with the flavour of coconut.

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter softened

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1/2 cup milk

2 cups gumdrops

(omit black)

1 cup sweetened

flaked coconut

I used large gumdrops in this recipe

that I bought at the grocery store.

Cut them up and rolled them in

flour to keep them separated.

Use some of the 2cups of flour 

measured above.

If you use extra flour, the

loaf will be too dry. 

Baking gums are also available

in certain bulk stores.

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350deg.F

Grease a 9x5 loaf pan,

lined with parchment paper.

In a bowl, with a mixer,  beat sugar 

and butter until light and creamy.

Add in eggs & vanilla and beat until fluffy.

In a separate bowl, stir together the 

flour,  baking powder and salt.

Gradually add the flour mixture into 

the sugar mixture alternating with the 

milk until mixture is smooth.

Stir in the gumdrops and 

coconut until well combined.

Spoon mixture into the prepared baking pan.

Bake 350deg.F for 1 1/4 hrs. or

 until tester in centre comes out clean.

Do not overbake.

Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.

Turn out and cool on wire rack completely

Dust with icing sugar.

Enjoy!!

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  To view a previous blog on 
  a larger Gumdrop Cake without coconut,
  I did last year, click on
   Old Fashioned Gumdrop Cake
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

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Lemon Christmas Cookies

 If you like the flavour of lemon 

you'll love these cookies. 

Very fast and easy to make

 with minimal ingredients.

I used a new mitten cookies cutter

to make these.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

1 egg

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

pinch of salt.

For the glaze:

2 cups powdered/icing sugar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons water

Candy decorations. 

Heat Oven to 350deg.F

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar 

with electric mixer on medium

 speed until light and fluffy. 

Add lemon peel and egg,

beat until well blended.

On low speed gradually add in the

 flour and salt until well blended.

Place dough on a floured surface,

The dough will appear that it 

needs more liquid, but it doesn't. 

Mix it together with your hands.

Roll out dough about 1/8 inch thick.

Cut out cookies with a cookie cutter.

Place cookies on an ungreased 

cookie sheets, about 1 inch apart.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until 

cookies just begin to brown.

Remove from cookie sheets 

to cooling racks.

Cool completely about 10 minutes.

Making the Glaze

In a small bowl, mix powdered/

icing sugar, lemon juice and water.

Spread glaze on tops of cookies,

sprinkle with candies to decorate.

When glaze is dry, store

in an airtight container.

I adapted this recipe from:

BettyCrocker.com

for their snowflake cookies.

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