As children, we would bake cookies with my mother. Usually 12-15 varieties and package them up as holiday gifts. They are still some of the best cookie recipes around. My sister Carol and I both did this with our children also to pass along the tradition.
This recipe was never my personal favorite, but the favorite of over 75% of those who tasted our cookies.
Maralyn and Carol’s Old Country Cookies
Ingredients:
1 Pound butter
1-3/4 cup sugar
4 cups flour
Directions:
• Clarify butter – Melt it being careful it does not brown or boil. Let harden in refrigerator (I usually do this the night before).
• Scrape off white stuff on top. Run knife around edge of pan and pour out milk.
• Turn into a mixing bowl and scrape off all white stuff on bottom.
• Add sugar and cream the butter and sugar together.
• Add flour and mix.
• When mixed, form into rolls. (Roll the rolls in colored sugar for variety).
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Slice between 1/4 and 1/2″thick.
• Place on cookie sheets close together.
• Bake 25 minutes in a 325 oven.
• Cool on cookie racks.
Note: These cookies will be white when baked. Do not wait for them to brown or they will be over-baked.
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Maralyn Dennis Hill, The Epicurean Explorer, is president emeritus of International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association, member of Society of American Travel Writers, and Society of Professional Journalists. She is Executive Editor of Luxe Beat Magazine and contributes to other publications. She also speaks and is a guest on many shows. The majority of Maralyn’s articles are now geared to the luxury market, spas, corporate retreats, business events, and culinary tourism, from simple to gourmet. Maralyn’s description of herself: I was born to travel and tell the tale. I’m energized by different cultures in every aspect of their lives, from food, wine, and destination, to how they conduct business. Travel represents a continual geography lesson.
