Best Poor Mans Cookies Recipes

POOR MAN'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, combine oats, sugars,flour and salt.
• Combine soda and water;stir into oats mixture along with shortening and vanilla.
• Roll into walnut size balls.
• Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow to stand 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.

POOR MAN'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
• Combine water, raisins, and shortening in a medium saucepan. Boil over medium heat, covered, for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, remove the lid, and let cool for 10 minutes.
• While the raisin mixture is boiling, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a large bowl.
• Pour the slightly cooled raisin mixture over the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon until mostly combined and moistened (the batter at this point will have the consistency of a paste). Add the beaten eggs and again stir with a spoon, until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chopped walnuts.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until deeply browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean with some moist crumbs attached.
• While the cookies are baking, prepare the glaze by whisking together the powdered sugar and warm water in a small bowl. As soon as you take the pan out of the oven, drizzle the glaze over the cookies and quickly spread into an even layer.
• Cool to room temperature before serving. Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.

FATTIGMANN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat egg and yolks together. Stir in the cream, sugar, melted butter and cardamom. Mix in enough of the flour to make a soft but manageable dough. Handle the dough as little as possible or cookies will be tough.
• Heat oil in deep skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). On a floured cloth, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 2x2 inch diamond shapes.
• Fry in hot lard until lightly browned. Drain on paper and dust with confectioners' sugar when cool. The cookies should be uniform in size and thickness and shouldn't be fried too dark or too light.