skystone 2 years, 3 months ago said: Searching for an ancient cookie recipe My grandma made two kinds of cookies, molasses cookies (sort of like the Archway cookie ones) and a sugar cookie. The sugar cookie had the same shape and texture as the molasses one, and I have lost the recipe. My grandma was born in 1898, and this was her mother's recipe. Somebody out there have something similar. It was soft, cakey, and often had one raisin on top, and was sprinkled with sugar.
thepiggs 2 years, 3 months ago said: RE: Searching for an ancient cookie recipe Have you looked for recipes in very old cookbooks? Those recipes might have been popular enough to be in those cookbooks. It's worth a try.
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skystone 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Searching for an ancient cookie recipe
My grandma made two kinds of cookies, molasses cookies (sort of like the Archway cookie ones) and a sugar cookie. The sugar cookie had the same shape and texture as the molasses one, and I have lost the recipe. My grandma was born in 1898, and this was her mother's recipe. Somebody out there have something similar. It was soft, cakey, and often had one raisin on top, and was sprinkled with sugar.
thepiggs 2 years, 3 months ago said:
RE: Searching for an ancient cookie recipe
Have you looked for recipes in very old cookbooks? Those recipes might have been popular enough to be in those cookbooks. It's worth a try.