![]() It's not too sweet and the strawberry frosting adds the perfect lightness to it. Serve them with a glass of milk.Īunt Lou's $200 Cake - The ultimate cake to bring to your next party. Hermit Cookie - These old-fashioned spice cookies are meant to imitate the look of a "hermit's bag."Ĭhocolate Drop Cookies - These chocolate cookies are chewy and crunchy. Want to try more old-fashioned recipes from the family vault? Below are some of my recommendations We will carry on the minimalist tradition. Consequently, today, my mother in law makes them the same way: with one raisin. My husband and his brothers often asked "Grandma, can we have more raisins?" "No" she would smile and say. My husband's grandmother never added more raisins, a quiet reminder of more difficult times. Raisins were most likely expensive during the Depression. Allen's cookies have one raisin in the middle. ) Yeah, 3 days! A quick sniff would have told her that it was ready. (There is an old pint of cream in the photo above. To make sour cream, she would've taken 1 pint of cream a little bit of lemon juice and left it on the counter for about 3 days. ![]() So, where would Aunt Lou have found sour cream in the early 30's? Well, she made it of course. This recipe dates from the Depression Era. Did I say sour cream? Wait a minute! Sour cream wasn't commercially available until about 50 years ago. The sour cream in the recipe certainly contributes to this marvelous texture. They have that soft interior that gives them its "cakey" quality. The TextureĪ blissful marriage between a cake and a cookie. According to him, breaking off a chunk before dunking made the cookie more absorbent and "dunk-able". First you either had to break off a piece or take a small bite. There was a "method" to eating these cookies. They would anxiously wait at her kitchen table with a glass of whole milk at the ready. My husband remembers his grandmother (Aunt Lou's niece) making these raisin cookies for him and his brothers. Thank you Grandma Mac!!!īetter dunkability (?). My husband's grandmother Kathryn McEvoy fondly referred to as Grandma Mac "improved" upon the original recipe by adding lemon juice and vanilla, just so you know. I must admit, the dough/batter is rather unusual as far as cookies go. My husband checked with his mother who has made these many times. It goes without saying that this old-fashioned recipe contained no instructions. Allen cookie recipe made its way to Aunt Lou's kitchen and consequently to mine. Sift 225g plain flour, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and ¼ tsp salt into the bowl and mix it in with a wooden spoon. Beat in 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 large egg. I am however thankful that at some point in time, Mrs. Put 150g softened salted butter, 80g light brown muscovado sugar and 80g granulated sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy. Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies Recipe - Mrs. ![]() So, who was she? How did her old-fashioned sugar cookie recipe end up in Aunt Lou's hands? Whether she was a neighbor, the grocer's wife, or a church friend, we will never know. No, this is not a new grocery store brand, but another installment in the Aunt Lou's Archives series.
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