Each month in this space,
L'Chayim will look back into issues
of The Jewish News to see what
was happening in the local Jewish
community or in the Diaspora 10, 20
and 40 years ago.

Detroiters planning a winter vacation
in Florida could expect to pay
$69.50 for two persons for a special
seven-day stay at the Patrician
Hotel.

Paint No•Cholesterol Chanukah Cookies

By LESLYE MICHLIN BORDEN

If you are looking for an
educational and entertaining activity
to do with your children for
Chanukah, try baking no-cholesterol
cookies they can paint. Once they
have decorated the cookies, they
can give them to their grandparents
and friends as artistic and
thoughtful childmade gifts.
All you have to do is provide
the opportunity by making the
cookie dough that follows or
preparing your own favorite rolled
cookie dough recipe. If you want to
lower fat and cholesterol content,
which is probably good for your kids
and you, as well as good for the
grandparent recipients, follow these
easy guidelines:

OMIT EGG YOLKS
Use egg substitute instead of
whole eggs.
USE MARGARINE
Buy a margarine that does not
contain the tropical oils — palm,
cocoa, and coconut. These are the
only vegetable oils that contain
saturated fat, a major contributing
factor to high cholesterol levels.
LOWER FAT RECIPES
Notice the amount of margarine
or oil in the recipe you finally select.
Divide that amount by the number
of cookies you make from the
recipe. This tells you how much fat
there is in each cookie. Try to find a
recipe that uses the least amount of
fat per cookie.

AVOID NUTS
Do not pick a recipe that
contains nuts. Most nuts are very
high in oil.
CHANUKAH COOKIE CUTTERS
You can buy cookie cutters
shaped like menorot, Jewish stars,

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A large police force converged
on Tel Aviv City Hall and rescued
the mayor and seven municipal
officials who had been held captive
by angry slum-dwellers. More than
$1 million worth of religious objects
were stolen from the Armenian
Convent of St. James in the Old
City.
Children of Holocaust Survivors
Association in Michigan celebrated
its first anniversary. A list of 124
cold and hot kosher cereals was
made available by the Merkaz.

A three-man delegation of the
Knesset visiting Ethiopia scheduled
a meeting with Emperor Haile
Selassie. Concern was raised over
the pollution of Lake Kinneret by
fertilized soil, dirt, industrial waste
and sewage.
A Chicago-based group calling
itself Black Hebrew Israelites held a
symposium at Wayne State
University. Detroiter Robert A.

Jewish leaders in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, welcomed Der Nayer
Moment, a new Yiddish newspaper
to be published three times weekly.
An Israel-British civil aeronautical
agreement was signed in the office
of Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.
Construction began on the new
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation
building on Hill Street in Ann Arbor.

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Rockaway completed a doctoral
thesis on the early history of Detroit
Jewry.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990

and dreidels in many Jewish book
stores.

EDIBLE PAINT
Prepare edible paint by
combining egg yolks, water, and
food coloring. This is the only time
it's okay to use egg yolks! Of
course, there is very little on each
cookie.
Provide as many paint jars and
brushes as there are children, since
the kids will be so intent on doing
this activity that sharing might be
difficult. Children can paint cookies
faster than you can roll them out
and bake them. So have plenty of
dough on hand.
Your friends and family will
appreciate the effort that went into
the whole production, especially if
the children give the decorated
cookies to their grandparents. Make
plenty of extras, as some may be
"ruined" and the kids will want to
eat them on the spot. Happy
painting!
NO-CHOLESTEROL ROLLED
CHANUKAH COOKIES
1 cup safflower margarine or
canola oil
2 /3 cup sugar
1 /4 cup egg substitute (equal to
one egg)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 /2 teaspoon salt
Cream margarine (or oil) and
sugar until light and fluffy. Add the
egg substitute and then the vanilla,
mixing thoroughly. Combine flour
and salt. Blend into the creamed
mixture. For easier rolling, chill
dough several hours or overnight.
When you are ready to bake,
heat your oven to 350 degrees. Roll
dough on a lightly floured surface to
1 /4 inch thickness. Cut into desired
shapes. Place close together on an

ungreased cookie sheet. (Cookies
will not spread.) Bake 8-10 minutes.
Do not let them get brown. Cool on
a wire rack. Decorate with Egg Yolk
Paint. Makes 6 dozen 2-inch
cookies.

Remember that the yellow color of
the egg yolk will affect the color of
the paint. If the paint gets too thick,
add a little more water. Extra paint
may be stored in the refrigerator
and used at a later time.

EGG YOLK PAINT
Blend one egg yolk with 1/4
teaspoon water. Add food coloring.

Leslye Michlin Borden is a Detroit
native residing in California who
specializes in healthful kosher
cooking.

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