CADs Vintage Christmas treats circa 2020 (not a tulaneLSU thread) ORANGE BALLS UPDATE

Why all the hard work when you can buy any of these tasty treats on Amazon.

Cheese straws look legit.

I’d completely forgotten about olive cheese balls! Everything looks great. The only thing that is unfamiliar are the forgotten cookies. What’s inside?

What recipe did you use for the cheese straws?

Hay stack and cheese straw recipe?? IWEI!

Orange balls or orange rum balls? My grandmother used to make the later every year.

Yes. They're so pretty straightforward. I'll post them with my comments.

Haystacks were a staple of my diet as a child.

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Man I haven't seen a forgotten cookie in ages, let alone eaten one. Are they a PITA to make? I'd love to eat some.

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Embarrassingly easy to make as long as you have a mixer.

Forgotten Cookies

4 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup sugar
1 cup chocolate chips
1 small bag chopped pecans
PARCHMENT PAPER!! (don't forget this!)

(note you can put anything you want in them. the last batch i put about 1/2c of chocolate chips, 1/2c white chocolate chips and the pecans)

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Preheat oven to 350°F.
Add vanilla to egg whites and beat with an electric hand mixer on high until just foamy. You don't need to overbeat them at this time.

Add cream of tartar and beat on high until soft peaks form.

Slowly add in sugar, while continuing to beat on high, until all sugar is added and tall stiff peaks have formed.

Gently fold in the chocolate chips, pecans, etc. with a spoon*. (*ignore the spatula in this pic. this is much easier with a spoon since you'll also use that to drop them onto the cookie sheet.



Line baking sheets with parchment paper, and portion out cookies. They don't need to be spaced out much.

*Keep them tightly spaced because you'll be able to get about 90% of the 'dough' onto the tray if you don't space them out too much.



Place cookies in the oven and turn it off about 1-2 minutes later (or immediately if you think you'll forget)

Open oven next morning & check cookies. If they are still slightly gooey in the morning turn oven on to 200 for 10-15 minutes then turn it back off and check again in a couple hours. They should be dry to the touch.



Store in an airtight container for a week or two