Best Farina Cookies Recipes

FARINA SQUARES

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I remember these as a child. I loved the creamy, lemony filling with the crisp outsides. I have searched for this recipe for years, only to find it in a a very old recipe book of my mothers, which was stored away with assorted other items, after her death. I am thrilled to have located it and hope you will enjoy these as much as...

Provided by Carole Fanelli

Categories Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 qt milk
3/4 c farina or you can substitute polenta
2 egg yolks
1 Tbsp whiskey
1 lemon, zested
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 tsp almond extract

Steps:

1. In a double boiler, add milk and sugar. When it comes to a boil, stir in the farina or (polenta) and cook 20 minutes until thick. Keep an eye on this step to guard against the mixture scorching...so stir frequently.
2. Beat together: egg yolks, grated lemon,lemon juice, almond extract and whiskey. Add this to the first mixture and cook another 10 minutes. Stirring frequently. I would recommend you temper the egg mixture before adding it all into the hot farina ,mixture. You could end up with scrambled eggs if you don't. so add a small amount of the hot milk into the egg mixture before adding the rest in.
3. Pour this mixture into a buttered pyrex baking pan. a 9X12 should work. Let this rest for 10 minutes, to set up. When they are firm enough to work with...
4. Cut into squares and dip each in beaten eggs and then in finely chopped white bread crumbs. fry a few at a time.
5. sprinkle the fried farina squares with powdered sugar and enjoy.

VEGAN CHOCOLATE CAROB FARINA NUT COOKIES

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Scrumptious cookies that marry traditional chocolate chip, Greek Fenekias and middle eastern Mammouls. The whole wheat flour is a nice alternative to all-purpose and the farina adds lots of iron! *This recipe was adapted from Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Nut Cookies by [email protected] at www.vegweb.com.

Provided by Chef tanecnk

Categories Drop Cookies

Time 25m

Yield 36 small cookies, 36 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1/3 cup peanut butter
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup soymilk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup farina
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup carob chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (also try macadamia and hazelnuts) or 1/2 cup other nuts (also try macadamia and hazelnuts)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Oil a large baking sheet; set aside.
Mix first five ingredients until very smooth. Add remaining ingredients, and stir to combine (be sure to mix in thoroughly the baking soda and salt--you may want to stir these into the flour first).
Roll a teaspoonful of batter, flatten into disk, and place onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for about 5 minutes, or until sides just began to turn golden brown.
Remove sheet from oven, and cool for 10 minutes before transferring cookies to a plate or wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 89.5, Fat 3.5, SaturatedFat 0.6, Sodium 62.5, Carbohydrate 13.3, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 6.5, Protein 2

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