Cookies Past and Present – A Look Back
December 10, 2009 at 10:21 am 1 comment
My Mom's Sugar Cookies
It was about this time of the year, growing up in New Jersey, that my mother would make her buttery, sugar cookies. She had a can in the basement that held about 3 gallons, don’t know how many dozens that translates into, of these freshly cooked, crisp cookies. The patina on the can reflected all the years it was pushed into use to keep the cookies fresh throughout the Christmas season.
I found her recipe the other day and thought I would make some for the kids and the kids’ kids. I cut the recipe in half and still found that I really don’t have the patience to mix, roll, cut and bake all the cookies the recipe made. I don’t know how she stood there all day and rolled the cookies out and baked them. She must have made about 4 recipes to fill that old can.
I am glad I made them. For a short while my kitchen smelled just like hers a long, long time ago.
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Entry filed under: Dessert. Tags: butter cookies, Christmas cookies, Christmas tree cookies, cookies, old fashioned cookies, sugar cookies.
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