Recipe for Frosted Coffee Squares

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Handwritten recipe for Frosted Coffee Squares, written on stationery from the Daytona Hilton in Daytona Beach, Florida. The recipe was found in the papers of Hedwig Michel, a leader of the Koreshan Unity in Estero. The recipe appears to date to around 1975, when Michel was in the process of compiling a cookbook.

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2009-3

1975 (circa)

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Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

Florida

Volusia County (Fla.)

Daytona Beach (Fla.)

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ca. 1975

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Koreshan Unity

DAYTONA HILTON
2637 South Atlantic Avenue
Daytona Beach, Florida 32018
Telephone - 904/767-7350

Frosted Coffee Squares
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup hot water or coffee
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped nuts
(over)

Cream shortening, add sugar, cream. Add egg and beat. Add hot coffee and blend.
Sift flour, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon, and add raisins and nuts.
Turn batter onto a greased cookie sheet 1/4 inch think. Bake at 350 [degrees] - 15-20 minutes.
Frost -
Blend 1 1/2 tablespoons butter and 1 1/2 cup confectionery sugar. Add 3 1/2 tablespoons hot water or coffee. Blend well. Pour over hot cookies. When cookies are cooled cut in squares.