Wonderful, Amazing Jello Cookies

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

I made 12 dozen of these cookies and took them to our local fire station to thank the firefighers for saving my home and town. They disappeared in minutes! These cookies are easy to make and freeze well and are just delicious. And they are pretty, too.

Jello Cookies

3/4 c. shortening
1/2 c. sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 oz. package undissolved Jello (cherry, orange, lemon, strawberry-banana or whatever - mixing several batches and combining the different colored cookies makes a really pretty gift)
2 eggs
2 1/2 c sifted flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
sugar

Mix first five ingredients together until creamy. Add remaining ingredients. Roll into balls and roll balls in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and press gently with the bottom of a drinking glass which has been dipped in sugar. Bake at 325 degrees until cookie looks done (8-12 minutes - be careful the bottom doesn't scorch). Let cool completely before removing from cookie sheet.

I don't know how many this makes because they never survive long enough to be counted.

Comments

[febobe.livejournal.com]

*snuggles not-burned-to-a-crisp or burned-out-of-her-home-Budgie, Mama Budgie, and Budgie Family*

Yay!

I'll have to try those. . .they sound SOOOO good. . . .

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

Do try them! They are a thousand percent better than certain *cough* lembas of not-so-distant memory. Egad, those were awful. (Sorry, Cali.)
Snugglies gratefully appreciated!

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

That's such a sweet gesture! (I just read about the fires and it's good to hear things worked out all right.)

I don't know if I will bake the cookies,though. I'm not even sure they sell jello here. I never had it in my life.

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

I could always mail you some! It doesn't spoil, not for years. If you would like me to, email me with your address!

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your offer :)
I found something called jelly pudding (strawberry and blackberry flavour) "hiding" in the supermarket. I think it is the same. The ingredients are sugar, gelantine and a lot of artificial flavour and colour additions and you have to prepare it by adding the power to boiling water. But you can't "keep" it for years. So I'm not completely sure if it's the same. (I only saw jello in tv-series and movies :))

Can you tell by my description if it is jello or not?

[xclairedelune.livejournal.com]

Yes!!!!

Will keep for years, that is, unprepared....

btw....sorry for butting in....but I was on, and decided to answer...

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

I don't mind you butting in at all :)
Thanks for the answer.

The expiration date of the powder is "only" a year from now, but maybe it has just been "hiding" in the supermarket for a very long time. Jello isn't something we Dutch eat (very often).

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

I finally start catching up on my reading and what do I find? A post for yummy jello cookies! I haven't eaten these in years. Going to visit my parents next week, guess what I'm baking to take along! (If they last long enough to make it to the car, that is!)

*hugs*