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Dead Mans Bones Recipe


Dead Mans Bones Recipe
This is the cookie I serve in circle at Samhain. I got it from Roger and Pauline MacLennan. The recipe comes from their very good friend, Jean Lusco, whom they say is the world's "best Italian cookie baker"!

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Ingredients
  • 2 lb. cake flour (1 box)
  • 2 lb. powdered sugar
  • 6 tsp baking powder
  • 7 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla or rind of small orange

Directions
  1. In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar and vanilla or rind.
  2. In another bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
  3. Sift 3 times.
  4. Combine the above -- work quickly.
  5. Roll out to loaf length and about ¾" wide - cut into about 1-½" lengths.
  6. Place on slightly greased cookie sheet.
  7. Space -- they spread when baked.
  8. Cover -- let rest 24 hours.
  9. Bake 350̊ F for 15 minutes.
  10. Makes approximately 93 cookies.
  11. As the cookies bake, the top of cookies puff up almost like a meringue and believe it or not they DO LOOK LIKE DEAD MEN'S BONES!
  12. They freeze well.

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This sounds different and good!! Gotta try them.. got my 5


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