{"id":919,"date":"2012-02-16T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/national-gum-drop-day-recipes-using-gum-drops\/"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:25:07","slug":"national-gum-drop-day-recipes-using-gum-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/national-gum-drop-day-recipes-using-gum-drops.html","title":{"rendered":"National Gum Drop Day &#8211; Recipes Using Gum Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vKMd242ZFl8\/TzxPJzbDB8I\/AAAAAAAAA4Q\/tlcES8Rm598\/s1600\/gum-drops-USER-ppdigital.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vKMd242ZFl8\/TzxPJzbDB8I\/AAAAAAAAA4Q\/tlcES8Rm598\/s320\/gum-drops-USER-ppdigital.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Celebrate National Gum Drop Day (February 15) with this recipe from Pastry Sampler:<\/p>\n<p><b>Jewels<\/b><br \/><i>These cookies are topped with small gumdrops before being baked.<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup molasses<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cloves<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon ginger<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>Sugar for rolling<\/li>\n<li>Mini gumdrops for decoration, or cut up larger ones into small pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.<\/p>\n<p>Place flour, sugar and salt in mixing bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add in the rest of the ingredients and mix until the mixture forms a dough. With lightly floured dusted hands, roll 1 teaspoon scoops into balls, placing them on a sheet of wax paper. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Next, roll each ball in sugar and place on lightly greased baking sheet; flatten slightly. Press three gumdrops onto each cookie and bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack.<\/p>\n<p><i>Image courtesy morguefile. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate National Gum Drop Day (February 15) with this recipe from Pastry Sampler: JewelsThese cookies are topped with small gumdrops before being baked. 2 cups flour 3\/4 cup sugar 1\/4 teaspoon salt 1\/2 cup butter 1\/3 cup molasses 1 egg 1\/2 teaspoon baking soda 1\/2&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/national-gum-drop-day-recipes-using-gum-drops.html\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[316],"tags":[281,397,308],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p86M9B-eP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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