These are Sarah's cookies. |
I made these old fashioned buttermilk cookies from
an old late 1800s cookbook. I saw the
recipe for these cookies posted on facebook by Sarah Crisman. She and her husband are living in their
Victorian home in Washington state. Not
only, that but they also live like Victorians.
I find their life and lifestyle quite fascinating.
The cookies don't have any eggs in them and the
recipe said they were perfect for when your chickens are off their lay. How funny.
Anyway, these cookies are soooooo good and we absolutely love them. Each batch makes about 44 cookies.
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COOKIES NO. 2
Ellsworth,
Mrs. M.W. Queen of the Household. Ellsworth & Brey: Detroit, Michigan,
1899. p. 108.
1 cup
sugar
1/2 cup
butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp. vanilla or other flavoring]
Cream
together the butter and sugar, then mix in the vanilla and buttermilk. Mix the
flour and baking soda, then add these to the wet ingredients and mix until it
forms a soft dough. Roll out on floured bread board and cut into shapes. Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 22 round cookies 2 3/4" in diameter.
Add any
flavoring you wish. No eggs are required. These are very nice if grated or
prepared cocoanut is added.
The buttermilk really makes the cookie so don't
skimp on that. I ended up adding a teaspoon of salt and using 3 cups
of flour because the dough was too soft and sticky to roll. I also made my cookies smaller using my
biscuit cutter so that is why I got so many.
As noted one of the variations is to add coconut. The second time I made these I added a cup of
coconut to this recipe and that makes one fantastic cookie! Well 44 of them, actually.
I love old fashioned recipes that use simple basic
ingredients. I am so glad Sarah shared this recipe on her facebook page.
Thank you Sarah!
These sound so yummy. I am going to try them. thank you and Sarah..[I am going to go and check out her blog.thanks]
ReplyDeleteI love her blog. Something fun and different. I find it fascinating.
DeleteI am 56 and this has been a traditional Christmas cookie for my family for generations. Our recipe calls for a pinch of nutmeg, and we top with granulated sugar - white or colored - before baking. Simple but so yummy! It’s not Christmas here without these. I enjoyed reading about the history of them here.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really good one too! I should add them to my goodie list myself. Great idea!
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