Best Jumbles Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED JUBILEE JUMBLES

Steps:

• 1. Chill dough if to soft. Drop by tablespoon or cookie scoop onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake just until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains. Careful not to over bake.
• 2. *******************VARIATIONS**********************
• 3. 1) Butterscotch Jumbles- Follow above EXCEPT substitute brown sugar in place of granulated sugar.
• 4. 2) Coconut Jumbles-Follow above EXCEPT mix into the dough 1 cup of moistened shredded coconut.
• 5. 3) Orange Cream Jumbles- Follow above EXCEPT add 1 TBS of fresh orange zest and 1 tsp. of orange extract or 1 TBS. of fresh orange juice instead of vanilla. This would work with any fruit flavor, just adjust accordingly. Lemon or lime would be amazing !!!!
• 6. 4) Chocolate Cream Drops- Follow above EXCEPT stir into shortening mixture 2 squares (2 oz) melted unsweetened chocolate.
• 7. 5) Chocolate Cherry Drops-Mix into Chocolate Dough 2 cups of halved maraschino cherries.
• 8. 6) Fruit and Spice Drops- Follow original recipe EXCEPT sift with dry ingredients 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. cloves, and 1/4 tsp. of nutmeg. Mix into the dough 1 cup of cut of dates or raisins and 1 cup of chopped nuts. You may omit what you don't like and add what you do !
• 9. ***Frosting****
• 10. Blend together 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. vanilla or flavoring of your choice, and add enough milk (approx. 1 TBS.) until right spreading consistency. Tint with food coloring if desired.
• 11. ****Lillian***** You can add more orange zest and either orange extract or juice to the frosting. But if you use fresh juice make sure and add it before the milk so you will know how much milk you need to add. If the frosting gets to thin, just add some more powdered sugar. Hope you enjoy this, it is sooo good. You could also do this with lemon or lime the same way.

FUDGE JUMBLES (CHOCOLATE COOKIE BARS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Mix flour, brown sugar, 1 cup margarine, eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon baking soda together in a bowl until combined. Stir in oats. Press 2/3 the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Melt butterscotch, chocolate chips, and 2 tablespoons margarine in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in condensed milk and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract until smooth. Pour into the baking pan; crumble remaining oat mixture on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 25 minutes. Cool for at least 10 minutes. Cut into squares.

JUMBLES

Steps:

• Grease two baking trays. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine with a wooden spoon until soft, but not oily. Add the sugar, and continue beating until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Sift and add the flour. Add in the grated lemon rind and the almonds.
• Form the mixture into three rolls, each about 1/5 inch wide. Cut these into 4 inch long pieces, and form them into 'S' shapes.
• Place on baking trays. Bake for about 12 minutes, or until risen and pale brown. Cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.

SPICE & VANILLA JUMBLES

Steps:

• Grease 2 large baking trays with butter and set aside. Put the flour and sugar in a bowl then stir in the beaten egg, mixed spice and vanilla. Add 50ml of water and begin to knead the mixture with your hands to bring it together, you want a firm dough so if it's still quite crumbly add a bit more water, 1 tbsp at a time until it comes together in one piece.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the dough out onto a floured work surface and chop up into either 12 or 24 pieces (depending on whether you're making large or small ones). Put a large pan of water on the hob and bring to the boil. Roll each piece of dough into a sausage shape and make into a knot, twist or plait before lowering it into the boiling water. Leave in the water for a few seconds and when it rises to the top scoop out with a slotted spoon, shake off any excess water and put on the prepared tray. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
• Bake the jumbles for 20-25 mins or until golden then leave them to cool on the tray before transferring them to a plate or board. Dust with icing sugar before serving if you like.

CANDY BAR FUDGE JUMBLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Beat in vanilla and egg. On low speed, beat in oats, flour, baking soda and salt until well blended. Reserve 3/4 cup mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture in bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch pan.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat chocolate chips and condensed milk over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Pour over crust.
• Sprinkle chopped candy bars evenly over chocolate mixture. Crumble reserved oat mixture over candy.
• Bake 32 to 37 minutes or until golden brown and set. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.

GRANDMA WOLCOTTS CHOCOLATE JUMBLES (1912)

Steps:

• Mix soda into molasses then add brown sugar, eggs cinnamon, and cloves.
• Melt lard, butter and chocolate, then add to mixture.
• Sift in flour gradually, until stiff.
• Refrigerate to make dough hard and easy to roll.
• Roll out dough on floured surface until about 1/4 inch think.
• Cut using a "jumble cutter" (great grandma use to have these custom made) or cut ino 4 inch circles with a 1 inch hole in the middle. You can also use cookie cutters.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 7-9 minutes in 350 degree oven. The cookie edges will start to turn brown.
• Make a frosting with water and powdered sugar and frost cookies.
• Tip: If cookies dry out, place the heal of a piece of bread in the storage container.

CINNAMON JUMBLES

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at time. Next, stir in the vanilla and buttermilk alternately with the sifted ingredients. Cover dough and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Generously grease cookie sheets.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart. Combine the cinnamon and sugar, sprinkle some of the mixture onto each cookie.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

APPLESAUCE JUMBLES

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix all ingredients except Browned Butter Glaze with spoon. (If dough is soft, cover and refrigerate.)
• Heat oven to 375°F. On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart.
• Bake about 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Spread with Browned Butter Glaze.
• BROWNED BUTTER GLAZE: In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat until golden brown. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in hot water until smooth and spreadable.

PRESIDENT MONROE'S WAVERLY JUMBLES - AUTHENTIC RECIPE!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter & the sugar until light in colour & smooth.
• Beat in the eggs, then add the rosewater.
• Gradually stir in the flour. Chill the dough for 1-2 hours.
• Pinch of a piece of dough at a time & roll into a 2" rope.
• Join the rope ends together to form a ring.
• Bake the Jumbles for 10-12 minutes in the centre of the oven.
• Cool on a wire rack then serve or store in an airtight container for upto a week.

JUBILEE JUMBLES (A.K.A - SOUR CREAM SUGAR COOKIES)

Steps:

• Measure the brown sugar, salt, baking soda, sour cream, shortening, eggs, and vanilla into a mixing bowl and cream together until it is thoroughly mixed. Using a flour sifter, measure the flour into the sifter according to the measurements called for above, and then sift the flour into the mixed wet ingredients. Mix in the mixer or with a hand held mixer for about 2 - 3 minutes, or until the dough is smooth. It should be a bit thicker than cake batter.
• Refrigerate 1 hour so that the dough sets up. (This will give you time to clean up a bit.).
• Once dough has set up a bit, drop it in spoon-fulls onto a greased cookie sheet, or a cookie sheet that uses pan liners. Don't put more than 12 on a cookie sheet. Try not to over cook them.
• BAKE: 375 Degrees.
• TIME: 10 minutes.
• *Bake, and once removed from the oven, let cook for about 10 minutes before you frost them. Once you have frosted them, you can eat them right away, or later. These are truly yummy!
• FROSTING DIRECTIONS:
• Make sure that the butter/margarine is soft before you start. Add all ingredients and mix for about 2 minutes until frosting is smooth. You may have to add more hot water by the teaspoon to get the frosting to the right consistency, or more powdered sugar. The frosting should be a thick glaze consistency. I usually double this recipe so that I have enough frosting. (My kids like more frosting!).

FUDGE JUMBLES

Steps:

• Mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, baking soda, flour and oatmeal.
• Press 2/3 of batter into bottom of 9 x13 pan and set remaining batter aside.
• Melt chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and butter in a saucepan. Pour over the top of batter and sprinkle remaining batter over the top.
• Bake 350°F for 18-20 minutes.
• It will still look soft until the "fudge" cools.

LEMON JUMBLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Grease several baking sheets or coat with nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly stir together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt, set aside.
• In another large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat together the butter, sugar, egg, lemon zest, lemon juice and almond extract.until light and well blended.
• Beat or stir in flour mixture until well incorporated.
• Gather up the dough and shape it into a ball.
• Cut it into quarters. Shape each quarter into a flat disc.
• Score each dish into quarters, then cut into 12 wedges.
• Roll each wedge between your palms or a work surface to form an evenly thick 4 1/2"-5" long rope. Bring the ends of each rop together and press firmly to create a ring.
• Place on baking sheets, spacing 1 1/4" apart.
• Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, in the middle of the oven for 8-12 minutes or just faintly browned at the edges. Reverse the sheet from front to back to ensure even browning.
• using a spatula, immediately transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• GLAZE: in a small bowl, stir together powdered sugar, butter 2-3 tsps lemon juice, corn syrup almond extract(if using.and food coloring.till smooth and well blended. Thin the mixture with enough additional lemon juice to produce a thin glaze.
• Set the racks with cookies over wax paper to catch drips. dip top of each cookie into the glaze.shake off the excess --.
• Let stand until the glaze completely sets.about 1 hour.
• For an extra special look.once the cookies are glazed, add a little food coloring to leftover icing to intensify the hue, slightly -- then pipe or drizzle zigzagged lines across the cookie tops for an easy but effective contrasting garnish.

CHOCOLATE JUMBLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease two cookie sheets or lime them with Silpat.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
• Add the eggs and vanilla; mix and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Add the flour mixture and mix until it is just combined.
• Add the white chocolate chips and pecans.
• If the dough is too stiff, wet your hands and finish mixing by hand.
• Using two tablespoons, drop the cookie dough onto the cookie sheets; use an ice cream scoop if you have one.
• Wet it with warm water between scoops so the dough falls out easily.
• Press the dough balls down gently with your fingertips.
• Bake the Jumbles for 20 minutes.
• The cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven; do not overbake them.
• Cool them on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes and remove the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.

OLD-TIME CINNAMON JUMBLES

Steps:

• For the cookies,beat the shortening and softened butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the sugar, beating well. Add the egg, beating well. Add the buttermilk, vanilla, and ground nutmeg, mixing until blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to shortening mixture, beating well. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. For the topping, combine the sugar and ground cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the cookies. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

JUBILEE JUMBLES

Steps:

• Mix thoroughly all ingredients except glaze.
• If dough is soft, cover and chill.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Drop dough by level tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 10 minutes or until almost no imprint remains when touched with finger.
• Immediately remove from baking sheet; cool.
• Spread with Browned Butter Glaze.
• Browned Butter Glaze: Heat ½ cup butter or margarine over low heat until golden brown.
• Remove from heat; blend in 2 cups confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Stir in 2 - 4 tablespoons hot water until spreading consistency.

CRANBERRY CASHEW JUMBLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Beat brown sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy; add sour cream, egg, orange zest and vanilla extract and beat until well mixed. Stir flour mixture into brown sugar mixture until dough is smooth. Fold cashews and cranberries into dough; drop by rounded teaspoons, 2-inches apart, onto prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar and orange juice together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Drizzle glaze over cookies.

M&M'S FUDGE JUMBLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F; Lightly grease or spray cookie sheet.
• Stir together by hand dry brownie mix, flour, oil, water and eggs in a large bowl.
• Stir in candies.
• Drop a couple of inches apart onto cookie sheet.
• Bake 12 minutes or just until set and tops are dry-- careful not to overbake.
• Let stand 2-3 minutes before removing from cookie sheet; cool completely on wire racks.
• Makes about 30 medium size cookies.

CRANBERRY CASHEW JUMBLES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the sour cream, egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in cranberries and cashews. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Combine the glaze ingredients; drizzle over cookies.

JUMBLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy; add egg.
• Combine flour and baking soda; blend into creamed mixture. Stir in M & M baking bits, raisins and nuts.
• Drop rounded tablespoonsful of dough, about 2 inches apart, onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake 13-15 minutes
• Cool 2-3 minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool thoroughly.
• Store in tightly covered container.

SOFT MOLASSES JUMBLES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine molasses and buttermilk. Combine the dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with molasses mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisins and chocolate chips., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack.