I made two batches of cookies today. This is the first weekend in a long time that I actually stayed in my apartment for two days. It sort of makes me feel like I didn't have a weekend. I didn't want to really go out because the stores are crowded and I'm finished with my Xmas shopping. At least I got a lot of cleaning done.
So, today I made a batch of cookies called Drop Sugar Cookies from The All New Good Housekeeping Cook Book (2001). This is one of my favorite cookbooks. Almost everything I have tried in it has been a success. The only complaint I had with this recipe is that it says it makes 42 cookies and it really only made about 30. I followed the instructions and I even used my cookie scooper. I might have doubled it if I wasn't already planning to make another batch of different cookies. I started out putting red sugar sprinkles on the first batch. I thought they looked okay but I decided to do the rest plain. They taste really good and are much easier than having to use a cookie cutter to make sugar cookies.
The second batch of cookies I made were my grandmother's anisette cookies. I have the recipe in my old recipe box tin that I've had since I was a little girl. I don't think I really copied the instructions for the recipe right because I left out some of the ingredients in some of the instructions but it was easy enough to figure out what to do. These cookies really need to be formed using a cookie press or pastry bag. My grandmother used to make them with a meat grinder with a pastry attachment hooked onto it. I couldn't remember if I had a pastry bag but I had a pastry tip. So, I tried using a freezer bag that I had cut the corner and placed the tip in the corner. I went through three bags that kept bursting and I just gave up and made the cookies into balls. After you bake the cookies, you ice them with a glaze made from confectioner's sugar and milk. If someone reads this blog and wants the recipe, email me.
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