Smart Cookies or Mennonite Cookbook

Smart Cookies: 80 Recipes for Heavenly, Healthful Snacking

Author: Jane Kinderlehrer

Features easy-to-make treats such as Chewy Apricot-Granola Bars, Date and Sesame Brownies, and Almond Kahlua Squares. Plus a special chapter for those allergic to milk, corn, wheat, eggs, or chocolate. 38 drawings.

Publishers Weekly

The author of Smart Cookies, Kinderlehrer delivers recipes for muffins that promise to lower cholesterol, add fiber to the diet and ease what pains many people's gastro-intestinal tracts. Most recipes call for a dose of lecithin, a tablespoon of bran or wheat fiber, some sort of seed or nut, and a little dried fruit. By using only whole-grain flour and avoiding sugar (Kinderlehrer sweetens with honey, molasses or frozen-fruit concentrate), there's no doubt that these muffins are healthy. Taste derives less from added spices than the basic ingredients: maple-walnut muffins, cranberry-banana nut muffins, salmon-rice almond muffins, prune and pistachio muffins. There are also unbaked, nonmuffin muffins, such as macaroni-and-cheese balls, quiche and pudding variations cooked in muffin tins, as well as muffins selected especially for people with heart problems. Each recipe headnote contains meticulous nutritional information, and the recipes are generally well written but lack an important tip: that the oven should be preheated before mixing the muffins. (October)

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Mennonite Cookbook

Author: Whitecap Books Staff

This cookbook has become a favorite with home cooks across Canada who want delicious, convenient and economical dishes that will enhance family meals. Originally published in 1978 by the Altona Women's Institute in Manitoba, it has now been in print for 25 years! Many of the 200 recipes in this collection were handed down from mother to daughter and shared in the close-knit Mennonite community, where food has always been a central feature of any gathering. This book has all the elements of great home cooking -- soups, salads, main dishes, desserts, cakes, cookies, jams and pickles. Some favorite Mennonite dishes include Cabbage Rolls, Zwieback, Christmas Almond Cookies, and Mustard Pickles. These tried-and-tested favourites are sure to please.