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Friday, December 12, 2008
Vintage Cookies
Last year, just before the holidays arrived, I made a visit to my Grandpa's consignment store. I visited with my Grammy and watched my Grandpa as he stood behind his beautiful old-fashioned cash register, waiting to make a sale.
And then I spotted it. The Original Cookie & Noodle Maker. What a marvelous item this was! Box faded, recipes dotting the back. Grandpa started entering the item in the register the moment I retrieved it. Boy, did he know how to make a sale!
There is something so wonderful about baking with an item like this- old, classic, and loved-- timeless. I feel differently when I cook this way, a bit reflective. Whenever I make pies, I insist on using my hands to mix the dough- as if that step- that working of the hands- is vital to its good old fashioned taste. I believe it is.
Shortly after this purchase I was making cookies with Belle when another wonderful gem appeared, hidden behind a row of cookbooks- her dad's childhood Betty Crocker's Cooky Book- worn and very loved. It is a lovely cookbook, full of bright pictures of whimsical cookies and drawings of different cookie-making methods.
Decades later, that book received some more lovin' . And from what I hear, its being well-loved this very week. A true culinary treasure. When I moved, I was secretly quite sad that my days with this book were over. So I was thrilled when I received a package from Belle's mom complete with the Cooky Book circa 1963 via Ebay.
Today I got out both beauties for a divine day in the kitchen.
I turned to the pressed cookie section in the Cooky Book,
experimented with different designs,
made some sparkly sugar-topped treats,
and thought of my sweet Grammy and Grandpa.
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3 comments:
why didn't you think of your sweet mommy and bring her some of your cookies?
Okay, those look delicious, and you must teach me how to make them--especially since I am SO sophisticated in the treat department. I'm thinking a lesson is in order once I finish finals!
i love this post!! I am the same way with some old measuring spoons from christian's Grandma June, and a an old heart-shaped cookie cutter from my Great Grandma Sperry.
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