Macaroons and Munchies

These recipes are in my mother's handwriting and are housed in a battered, blue plastic folder. They are transcribed here as part of the A-Z Challenge 2019. Each day in April a new letter of the alphabet and accompanying recipes are posted.

Macaroons

These are not the macaroons you would expect to buy in a bakery or patisserie, rather a lemon pastry base with jam enclosed by a macaroon type topping.

Macaroons

Pastry
2 heaped cups S R Flour
¼ lb butter
yolks of 2 eggs
2 teaspoons lemon juice (& make up to 1 cup with water) [see in method]

Method
Rub shortening into flour
Beat together egg yolks & lemon in a cup & almost fill cup with water
Stir into flour etc.
Roll thinly and cut into rounds placing sml. spoon of jam in the centre.

Topping
2 egg whites
¾ cup sugar
1 cup coconut
Beat egg whites till stiff
Gradually add sugar, beating continuously.
Stir in coconut & place a spoonful on top of jam.

[Bake in] Mod. to slow oven

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Munchy Peanut Biscuits 

My mother had several peanut biscuit recipes, but this one took pride of place in her handwritten folder.

Munchy Peanut Biscuits

4 ozs butter

1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)

1 cup plain flour

¾ cup rolled oats

½ cup cornflakes

1 egg

sml pinch salt

½ teaspoon vanilla essence

½ level teaspoon baking powder

4 ozs salted peanuts

Cream butter & sugar, beat in egg and essence, then sifted dry ingredients.

Stir in lastly oats, cornflakes and peanuts

Place sml spoonfuls on baking sheet & cook at 350°