Swedish No-Names

Dough Ingredients:

• 1 pound butter
• 4 cups flour
• 1 pound cottage cheese (small curd)

Mix well and refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.

• Pinch off a ball and roll out like pie crust.
• Spread with melted butter
• Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped walnuts
• Cut into wedges and roll up (wide end toward point)
• Put on foil-lined cookie sheet
• Bake at 375 for approximately 20 minutes. Watch closely!

Frosting:

• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar

Boil these 2 ingredients for one minute.
Add 2/3-3/4 stick butter.
Cool for 5 minutes.
Beat in 1 egg, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1/8 teaspoon salt.
Put 1 pound powdered sugar in bowl and gradually stir liquid into sugar. Add more powdered sugar if it's too thin.
Spread on cookies.

Cracker Jack Cookies

This is an old recipe from my sister's mother-in-law, Helen Fischer. This "cottage cookie" was always the cookie they had when they went to their cottage.

Cracker Jack Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 sticks of butter, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon (scant) baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups Rice Krispies
• 2 cups quick cooking oats
• 1 cup coconut
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preparation:

•  Mix white sugar, brown sugar and butter until smooth
• Add eggs and vanilla; mix until smooth
• Add  flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder; mix until smooth
• Stir in Rice Krispies, oatmeal, coconut, and nuts; mix until blended
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on lightly greased cookie sheets (parchment paper works great!)

Baking:

• Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until lightly browned
• Remove from oven and let set for 5 minutes
• Remove cookies to cooling racks to cool

Yield: 48-50 cookies