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OTHER MATTERS
Quilts of Valor Group, Jennie Stow,
Group Leader
The purse raffle at our Anniversary was a huge success! A big
THANKS to Gail Hankins for making the two purses for the raffle. We sold $79 in tickets. One
purse was won by Wilford Lovings from Chapter J in Guthrie and the other was won by Mike Ewing from our own Chapter.
I
thank all of you for helping the Quilt of Valor project. Our next meeting will be
March 25 at 6:30pm, at Callie Armstrong’s home. She
has a very special “sewing house” in which to host our meeting. Maybe she will demonstrate
her longarm quilting machine for us. We will be working on two quilts. We are still
auditioning the layout of the layer cake so please come and help us judge. There is
no sewing experience required to come join the fun and fellowship. Bring your sewing machine and ideas
for the next quilt. Contributions are gladly accepted for the cost of the fabric and the quilting of
each quilt. It takes approximately 8 yards of fabric for each quilt. Then we have to
pay someone to do the machine quilting after we have cut up fabrics into pieces and sewn them back together.
Again thank you Gail! Callie Armstrong, 1336 S. 89th E. Avenue, Tulsa, 706-7051
(north of 21st east of Memorial)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Scrapbooking
at Dea Ann’s: The next section will be held on March
18, 6:30pm, 1820 W Kent PL in Broken Arrow, 455-8605 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is the sugar cookie recipe
for the icing I use: 1 large package powdered sugar plus a teaspoon of vanilla, 1 soft stick of butter, the
juice of 1/2 of an orange and 1/4 cup of cream. NO FAIL SUGAR COOKIESThis recipe is GREAT when using complex cookie cutters. The dough holds its'
shape and won't spread during baking. Make sure you let your oven preheat for at least 1/2 hour before baking
these or any other cookies. 6 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
extract or desired flavoring (I like almond myself)
1 tsp. salt Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix
well. Mix dry ingredients and add a little
at a time to butter mixture. Mix until flour is completely
incorporated and the dough comes together.
Chill for 1 to 2 hours (or see Hint below)
Roll to desired thickness and cut
into desired shapes. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350
degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until
just beginning to turn brown around the edges. This recipe
can make up to 5-dozen 3” cookies. HINT: Rolling
Out Dough Without the Mess -- Rather than wait for your cookie dough to
chill, take the freshly made dough and place
a glob between two sheets of parchment paper.
Roll it out to the desired thickness then place the dough and paper
on a cookie sheet and pop it into the refrigerator.
Continue rolling out your dough between sheets of paper until
you have used it all. By the time you are finished, the
first batch will be completely chilled and ready to cut.
Reroll leftover dough and repeat the process! An added bonus
is that you are not adding any additional flour to
your cookies.
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