Turkish Sand Cookies Curabies Recipes

DUTCH SAND COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, add sugar to softened (not melted) margarine.
• Sift baking soda and flour together into a medium bowl.
• Add the flour-baking soda mixture to the margarine and sugar in the large bowl.
• Add vanilla.
• Wrap the dough in foil or wax paper, forming a snake-like roll.
• Chill overnight.
• Cut into slices.
• Place slices on greased baking sheet.
• Bake cookies at 350 degrees in oven for about 10 to 12 minutes, or until they turn a light tan color.
• Remove cookies from oven.
• Cool them on wire racks.
• Enjoy!

SAND COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
• Beat margarine and sugar for 5 minutes.
• Dissolve soda in vinegar.
• Add to butter mixture.
• Add vanilla.
• Beat in flour.
• Add in chocolate chips.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 28-30 minutes.

GERMAN SAND COOKIES - HEIDESAND

Steps:

• Beat butter until light and fluffy using an electric mixer.
• Measure out just 125 grams of the granulated sugar and add to the butter, mixing well.
• Using a spoon, stir in the ground nuts, the flour, and 1 envelope of vanilla sugar (if you use the mixer now, you may toughen the dough).
• Form dough into two logs and wrap well in waxed paper; let chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 150 C.
• Have ready baking sheets lined with parchment paper (or greased).
• Slice off rounds of dough, about 1 cm thick, and place onto baking sheets.
• Bake in the center of the oven approximately 20 minutes per batch (they will be fairly light in color when ready).
• While the cookies are baking, mix together the remaining 45 grams of granulated sugar and the remaining envelope of vanilla sugar and place in a bowl.
• When you pull the cookies out of the oven,give them a few seconds to cool enough to handle, then gently drop the warm cookies one at a time into the sugar mixture to coat, then let them cool completely.
• They should be covered in the sugar mixture on all sides.

TURKISH EYES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
• Cream butter.
• Add the sugar and cream until smooth.
• Add salt and vanilla.
• Stir in flour.
• Knead until smooth.
• Roll out dough between two pieces of wax paper until 1/4" in thickness.
• Carefully remove the top sheet of wax paper.
• Cut out equal number of 3" circles and 1" circles.
• Place on cookie sheets about 1" apart.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Transfer to wire racks to cool.
• Spread the jam on the 3" circles, leaving a 1/4"-1/2" border all around.
• Dust the 1" circles with powdered sugar and place in the center of the jam-lined cookies.
• Let cookies set.

TURKISH SAND COOKIES (CURABIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, baking soda and cinnamon. Add nuts and flour and knead together for 2 minutes until the dough is soft and smooth.
• Shape dough into walnut sized balls or triangles and place 1" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 30 minutes until barely browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool before moving. Sift confectioners sugar over tops when completely cooled.
• Keeps well for a week in a tightly sealed container.