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African Corn Meal Cookies
Recipe At A Glance
1 stars based on 3 reviews
Ready in: Under 30 minutes ?
Difficulty: 3/5
1 stars based on 3 reviews
Ready in: Under 30 minutes ? Difficulty: 3/5
Serves/Makes: 24 cookies
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup white corn meal
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs (reserve 1 white for brushing cookie tops)
DIRECTIONS:
Dampen corn meal with 2 tablespoons water.
Sift flour, sugar and salt together and add to corn meal. Cut margarine into dry mixture.
Beat eggs lightly and add along with milk to mix. Add nutmeg. Roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness and cut into 3-inch rounds. Brush with egg white and bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees F until golden brown.
NUTRITION:
This African Corn Meal Cookies recipe from CDKitchen serves/makes 24 cookies
Recipe ID: 5459
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REVIEWS:
3 Reviews
Guest: funnybunny 2008-11-26
the first reviewer was the right, it turns out like pancake batter and the cookies never turned "golden brown" we made this for a class project and a lot of the reviews came out as "tasted like bread?!" although, the nutmeg was goood.
Guest: Rachel 2006-11-28
Something is definitely wrong with this recipe. Make it at your own risk. I prepared it for an international "potluck" --- thankfully I made it ahead of time because I need to come up with a "plan b". The addition of a cup of milk makes this about the consistency of pancake batter. The ingredient proportions are just all wrong.
dvorakk 2010-04-29
When I went to go make these cookies, I read the reviews and decided to only use half of the eggs and milk so that the batter would be acceptable. It did not work. I kept adding cornmeal and flour until I was satisfied. These cookies are good, once the ratios are right. 1-1 1/2 cups of corn meal 1 1/2-1 3/4 cups of flour 1 cup of sugar 1 egg Just over 1/2 cup of milk 2 tbsp of butter 1/2-1 tsp of nutmeg or ground sugar a splash of salt a splash of baking soda and/or powder and bake for the same as a regular batch of cookies (with stoneware for example it is roughly 12 min) No the cookies will not brown, and no the consistency is ... read more
Guest: funnybunny 2008-11-26
the first reviewer was the right, it turns out like pancake batter and the cookies never turned "golden brown" we made this for a class project and a lot of the reviews came out as "tasted like bread?!" although, the nutmeg was goood.
Guest: Rachel 2006-11-28
Something is definitely wrong with this recipe. Make it at your own risk. I prepared it for an international "potluck" --- thankfully I made it ahead of time because I need to come up with a "plan b". The addition of a cup of milk makes this about the consistency of pancake batter. The ingredient proportions are just all wrong.
dvorakk 2010-04-29
When I went to go make these cookies, I read the reviews and decided to only use half of the eggs and milk so that the batter would be acceptable. It did not work. I kept adding cornmeal and flour until I was satisfied. These cookies are good, once the ratios are right. 1-1 1/2 cups of corn meal 1 1/2-1 3/4 cups of flour 1 cup of sugar 1 egg Just over 1/2 cup of milk 2 tbsp of butter 1/2-1 tsp of nutmeg or ground sugar a splash of salt a splash of baking soda and/or powder and bake for the same as a regular batch of cookies (with stoneware for example it is roughly 12 min) No the cookies will not brown, and no the consistency is ... read more
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