The random number generator brought me back to the Cookie Primer section of the cookbook with Ginger Almond Cookies on p. 15. These were crispy, spicy ginger cookies. The Ginger Almond Cookies were another refrigerator cookie. They start by mixing the butter, sugar, and molassas until fluffy. Then add the flour and the other dry…
Category: Primer
Recipes from the Cooky Book’s “basic guide to baking perfect cookies.”
Chocolate Fruit Bars
The random number generator kept me in the Cooky Primer with the Chocolate Fruit Bars on p. 14 of the Cooky Book. These bars are chockfull of chocolate chips, cherries, and raisins. These bars were super-simple to make. The hardest part was chopping up the maraschino cherries! The eggs, sugar, and vanillia were mixed together,…
Snickerdoodles
Next up were Snickerdoodles up on p. 23 in the Primer section of the Cooky Book. These are a traditional, crunchy, cinnamon bite. This one is a classic. I feel like I’ve made them before, but it has been a very long time. Another traditional cookie dough with butter, sugar, egg,, flour, baking soda, and…
Lemon Snowdrops
The random number generator brought me back to the Cooky Primer with the Lemon Snowdrops on p. 27. These are sandwich cookies with delicate powdered-sugar cookies held together with a tart lemon curd. The cookies in this recipe felt very similar to Russian Teacakes (p. 25 in the book, which I haven’t gotten to in…
Scotch Shortbread
Next on my list were the Scotch Shortbread cookies from the Cooky Primer on p.20. These were delicate butter cookies that melted in your mouth. As with most shortbread, the dough is a simple mixture of flour, sugar and butter. These are mixed together and then refrigerated. Once chilled, the dough is rolled out and…
Date-Oatmeal Cookies
I stayed in the “Cooky Primer” this time with “Date-Oatmeal Cookies” on p. 25. These were a “molded” cookie — which means they were rolled out and pressed down — with bits of dates and nuts. Another basic recipe, but with a few more ingredients than previous creations — brown sugar, butter, flour, salt, baking…
Molasses Jumbles
The random number generator brought me back to the “Cooky Primer” with “Molasses Jumbles” on p. 10. These were a basic, drop cookie with a ton of molasses flavor. This was a super-basic cookie recipe with brown sugar, butter, flour, salt, baking soda and molasses. Like most recipes, cream the sugar and butter, then add…
Lemon Cheese Pressed Cookies
The next recipe was part of the cookbook’s “Cooky Primer” section, and they were the first pressed cookie of this adventure — “Lemon Cheese Pressed Cookies” from p. 22. These were slightly tart, slightly sweet cookies shaped by a cookie press. The dough was made with butter, cream cheese, egg, lemon zest and juice, sugar,…
Teen-time Chocolate Nut Bars
The next recipe was the “Teen-Time Chocolate Nut Bars” on page 13, in the “Cooky Primer” section of the cook book. These are cake-y bars chockfull of chocolate chips and nuts. These were a fairly basic bar batter — cream the butter and sugar, beat in the egg and add the flower, baking power, and…