Refrigerator Filled Cookies
1 cup shortening (part butter or margarine)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Fruit Filling (below) or Mincemeat Filling (below)
Fruit Filling:
1 cup cut up dried apricots, figs or raisins...
green tomato mincemeat
6 cups chopped green tomatoes
6 cups chopped peeled apples
3 cups seedless raisins
1 cup butter, shortening, or suet
3/4 cup vinegar
4 cups brown sugar
1 cup mixed peels
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
3/4 tsp. allspice
2 tsp. salt
Chop tomatoes coarsely and cover with...
Mince meat
3 lbs. raisins
2 lbs. currents
1/2 lb. suet
1 peck (8qt) apples
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups fruit juice
1 cup brown sugar
Chop apples, finely. Put all ingredients in a pot and boil for at least 45 minutes to an hour. Put in jars while hot.
Mince meat
1 peck (8qt) green tomatoes
1/2 peck (4qt) apples
5 lbs. brown sugar
1 cup fuit juice (I used orange)
2 1/2 lbs. raisins
1 cup vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg
2 tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. cloves
Pour boiling water over chopped tomatoes and drain. Do this 3 times.
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