{"id":1500,"date":"2026-02-02T01:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:25:47","slug":"aunt-bettys-homestyle-german-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/aunt-bettys-homestyle-german-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Aunt Betty\u2019s Homestyle German Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Aunt Betty\u2019s Homestyle German Rocks<\/h2>\n<p>Old-fashioned, chunky spice cookies packed with nuts and fruit\u2014rustic, cozy, and perfect with tea or coffee<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon ground cloves<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon ground nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup raisins or chopped dates<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup candied citron or mixed candied fruit (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to <strong>175\u00b0C \/ 350\u00b0F<\/strong>. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in nuts, raisins (or dates), and candied fruit if using.<\/li>\n<li>Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>10\u201312 minutes<\/strong>, until set and lightly golden.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool on the pan for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>These cookies are meant to look <strong>rustic and \u201crocky\u201d<\/strong>\u2014don\u2019t flatten them.<\/li>\n<li>Flavor gets even better the next day<\/li>\n<li>Store in an airtight container up to one week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Aunt Betty\u2019s Homestyle German Rocks Old-fashioned, chunky spice cookies packed with nuts and fruit\u2014rustic, cozy, and perfect with tea or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1502,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions\/1502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}