Wandering Jews

Name: Wandering Jews
Ingredients: 1 cup (225 ml) butter; 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) powdered sugar; 3 eggs; 2 cups (475 ml) chopped fruit and nuts; 1 tsp (5 ml). soda; 4 cups (950 ml) cake flour; 1 tsp (5 ml). cloves; 1 tsp (5 ml). cinnamon; 1 tsp (5 ml). nutmeg; 1/2 tsp (2 ml). salt

10 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 cup (225 ml) butter
1-1/2 cups (350 ml) powdered sugar
3 eggs
2 cups (475 ml) chopped fruit and nuts
1 tsp (5 ml). soda
4 cups (950 ml) cake flour
1 tsp (5 ml). cloves
1 tsp (5 ml). cinnamon
1 tsp (5 ml). nutmeg
1/2 tsp (2 ml). salt

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly.
2

Sift dry ingredients together.
3

Beat eggs till thick.
4

Chop fruit and nuts or put through a food chopper, using about equal quantities of fruit and nuts of any preferred kind.
5

Combine all mixtures.
6

Roll out and cut into interesting shapes and bake in a 375 degree (200 C.) oven.
7

While hot, these cookies may be iced with a thin powdered sugar icing.
8

The powdered sugar and water should be mixed about as thick as coffee cream.
9

Hold the hot cookie tilted over icing container and pour the icing over the surface with a spoon or pastry brush allowing the surplus to run back into the bowl.