Oma's Christmas Walnut Slices

1 cup flour

pinch of salt

1/2 cup butter

Mix like crumbs and pat in the bottom of an 8 inch square pan.  Bake in moderate oven for about 10 minutes.

1 1/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs well beaten

1 tsp. flour

1/4 cup coconut

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 tsp. baking powder

Combine above ingredients and spread on top of first mixture.  Bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes.  Ice with plain white icing.

Oma's Five Minute Holiday Fudge

Combine 

2/3 cup (small can) undiluted evaporated milk

1 2/3 cup granulated sugar 

1/2 tsp. salt 

in saucepan and cook over medium heat.  Heat to boiling, then cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.  

Add 

1 1/2 cups (16 medium) diced marshmallows

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

1 tsp. vanilla and 

1/2 cup chopped nuts

Stir 1 to 2 minutes or until marshmallows melt.  Pour into buttered 9 inch square pan. Allow to cool. Cut into squares.  

Grace's Danish Pastry

Found the following recipe for Amy and Jenny's great-grandmother Grace Bender's Danish in the recipe book pictured below, compiled in memory of Grace and another community member.  The recipe for the Danish was handwritten by Amy and Jenny's grandmother Doreen. The handwriting is like a work of art in itself. 

Amazing to find out that one of Grace's favorite recipes was for Danish, which has become a Christmas staple in our family over the years.

This a basic sweet dough.  It has a bit more sugar than the Christmas Danish http://jennyamysoulsisters.blogspot.ca/2011/12/danish.html

that we have been making.  For mace I substituted ground nutmeg. 1 yeast cake is the same as 2 1/4 tsp. yeast or one package of yeast.  

This recipe can be followed as is or modified to suit the baker's preference.  I followed the recipe with the exception of the preparation of the butter.  Instead of mashing the butter and placing it in small bits, 

I spread the butter on wax paper, chilled it 

and placed it on the rolled dough. 

What I would do the next time I make Danish is-

1) Use the ingredients from Grace's pastry 

(add grated lemon peel if available)

2) Use the directions from 

http://jennyamysoulsisters.blogspot.ca/2011/12/danish.html

to prepare the dough but cut the refrigeration time 

to as short a time as possible.