MOLLY MACRAE: I’m a fan of cookies. Almost any kind of cookie (except raisin oatmeal). I’m also a fan of those goofy national days that exist for just about every person, place, animal, occasion, or thing under the sun. So I’m in luck because there’s a day coming up this month that I can really sink my teeth into—National Animal Crackers Day. It falls on April 18th which gives you a few weeks to plan your celebration if you’re feeling so inclined. The history of animal crackers is fairly interesting and you’ll find an article about it, based on authoritative research, at The Food Timeline.
Thinking about animal crackers sent my mind wandering back to other favorite childhood cookies. My mother didn’t bake cookies often, except at Christmas, but sometimes she came home from the grocery store with windmill cookies or sidewalk cookies. When I learned to read I found out that sidewalk cookies were really called sugar wafers. You’d think I’d be over the disappointment of that by now.
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And then there were Hostess Twinkies. If you'd asked this California kiddo at about age eight what her favorite foods were, she would have said avocados and Twinkies. But my mom also baked cookies year round. Certainly at Christmas, but usually there were a couple of logs of what we called refrigerator cookies in the freezer. Did I often sneak in and cut off a couple of slices to eat uncooked (raw eggs be damned)? Readers, I did, and I'm alive to tell the tale sixty years later.
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LESLIE BUDEWITZ: "With every bowl of soup I eat, lions and tigers are watching me. I make them jump right through the hoop. Those animal crackers in my soup!"
That's what my dad sang every time a box of animal crackers appeared in our house, usually because he brought them home. Needless to say, I was confused about why cookies were called crackers and what they were doing in the soup, but the song stuck. And I pretty much guarantee that my brother, 10 years older than I, would start singing too, if you prompted him.
Like Edith, I was a Girl Scout (a Girl Sprout, in dad speak), and cookie sales were an important part of my early work experience. My dad was a furniture salesman with the personality you'd expect -- if he sang to his customers, I never heard the story, but I wouldn't put it past him -- and the lessons he taught me selling cookies and later when I worked in a bookstore have served me well in selling books as an author! Molly, I never knew sugar wafers were called sidewalk cookies -- I might have liked them if I had; instead, they signaled nap time in kindergarten, and the scars remain.
My mother was a great baker, especially of pies and cookies -- that's her cookbook and rolling pin -- so we didn't often have "store bought" cookies, but I do remember boxes of Nilla Vanilla wafers. Did you know you can use them as communion wafers while playing Mass if you don't have Necco wafers (a candy, not a cookie)? You're welcome.
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LUCY BURDETTE: Molly, I will take your oatmeal raisin cookies! Like you, my mom didn't bake except for the holidays. Then she made hundreds of sugar cookies with an aluminum press. And yes, we had many boxes of Girl Scout cookies too. My dad loved Fig Newtons, but I will only eat those in an emergency!
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Cookie Confessions by LIBBY KLEIN. I'm with you on the oatmeal raisin, Molly. There's nothing worse than getting an oatmeal raisin cookie you thought was chocolate chip. Although I used to make them for my grandfather every Christmas because they were his favorite.
I don't remember getting a lot of store bought cookies as a child. I remember my Mother's Christmas Sugar Cookies made with Mace - the spice - not the attack spray. You'd be surprised how often that is misunderstood in Murder Mystery circles. And of course she made chocolate chip cookies from the Toll House yellow bag. But I've never loved Oreos or Chips Ahoy - please don't take my American citizenship away. Now Nutter Butters - that's a different story! And those Little Debbie Nutty Bars. *Swoon. I need to learn how to make those gluten-free. Also, I remember getting cookies at McDonalds. They were like Animal Crackers, but they were in the shapes of Ronald McDonald, Grimace, the Hamburglar... Does anyone else remember this?
LESLIE KARST: My favorite cookies growing up were my grandmother's "sugar cookies" (though I realize now that they were really what we'd call "butter" cookies--which was no doubt the reason I loved them so). But I also loved decorating the Christmas cookies my mom would make each year. She had a set of cookie cutters in traditional shapes--Santa, reindeer, angels, etc.--which we kids would make into things like aliens, dogs, and other oddities with the creative use of frosting and sprinkles. And I still occasionally make Christmas cookies. Here's a musher and dog sled made from cutters I picked up in Fairbanks, Alaska:
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MAYA CORRIGAN: When I was growing up, our pantry had a supply of store-bought chocolate chip cookies, which I loved. When those cookies ran out, fig newtons were the alternative, which I didn't love but ate anyway. My absolute favorite cookie was the one I only got to eat on holidays: my Polish aunt's rugelach, rolled pastry with a sweet filling. The crescent-shaped cookie is made by cutting thinly rolled dough into triangles and wrapping the triangles around a filling. My aunt filled one batch with nuts, cinnamon, sugar, and raisins, and another batch with a fruit jam. I've tried rugelach from bakeries, but I've yet to find any that come close to my aunt's rich and crispy version. Back when she was baking, we didn't take pictures of food. The photo here is of rugelach resembling my aunt's.
KORINA MOSS: Until I started the first grade, I often had to tag along with my mother to the grocery store (being the youngest of six children) while the others were at school, which took two shopping carts and what felt like hours. The only saving grace was the little box of animal crackers she'd take off the shelf and give me to eat while we were shopping. So I still have an affinity for animal crackers. As far as oatmeal raisin cookies go, I seem to be in the minority -- they are one of my favorite cookies, but they have to be good ones. The recipe under the lid of the Quaker oatmeal box makes fabulous oatmeal cookies. As far as my childhood favorite cookie, it was probably 'Nilla Wafers. By themselves or with banana pudding, they taste wholesome and delicious. I don't really eat packaged cookies as an adult, but when I get a hankering, I'll pick up a box of 'Nilla Wafers.
VICKI DELANY: Another one NOT for raisin oatmeal cookies here. I can't actually remember any store-bought cookies being a favourite. Maybe my mom didn't buy many of those. Even now, I never eat them. But I love little more than a good cookie. My mom made these every Christmas. She just called them Christmas cookies, no fancy name needed. I am now the head baker in my family and I make them every year. I've been told they're called stained glass cookies, and you can see why. Here's the link for when I put the recipe on MLK, way back when I was a guest.
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Welcome guest Vicki Delany! (mysteryloverskitchen.com)
CLEO COYLE: While I still love the many Italian cookies that I grew up eating, my childhood crush will forever remain with the cute little Pillsbury Doughboy and his tempting tubes of ready-to-bake cookie dough. My sister and I had great fun baking that dough, but we also secretly indulged in the guilty (and, yes, dangerous) pleasure of noshing it raw. Did any of you do that, too? Today, of course, Cookie Dough is a legit dessert, made without raw eggs and the risk of bacterial infection. Even my Doughboy crush has changed his dangerous ways. The Pillsbury company eventually realized how many of us were eating the dough raw and updated their ingredients accordingly. Now a “safe to eat raw” label is displayed on all of its cookie dough tubes.
By age twelve, I'd outgrown those tasty tubes and moved on to obsessing over scratch baking chocolate chip cookies with add-in tweaks using everyone’s favorite Toll House recipe on the Nestlé chips package. Fast-forward to today, and I’m still having fun experimenting with that classic American recipe. One of my favorite kitchen creations is this Mini “Silver Dollar” Chocolate Chip Cookie with notes of buttery caramel and tangy sea salt. The mini size is perfect for kids, yet this cute, little cookie also makes a great whimsical dessert for adults when served with after-dinner coffee, which is why my husband and I featured the recipe in our Coffeehouse Mystery series. For the recipe & free PDF click the photo below (or the live link above) and may you eat with plenty of joy. ~ Cleo
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My favorite cookie was sugar cookie
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Not much better than a sugar cookie, I agree, Rose!
DeleteAlmost each post brought a happy memory. My grandparents lived with us. At least once a week I would accompany my grandfather to a small corner shop (us kids called Grampa’s Grocery). In addition to the few things he would buy for my grandmother, he would buy a box of animal crackers for me. When I was old enough I was a Girl Scout (and I still am). I sold cookies door to door. I recall being happy when the price “jumped” from 45 to 50 cents a box because it was easier to make change and most people would buy at least two boxes. Shortbread was, and still is, my favorite. My grandmother often made rugelach, filled with either jelly or cinnamon and sugar. I also went through a Pillsbury slice and bake phase. The cookie rounds had to be divided into quarters, but one flavor needed the slices only divided into halves before baking. Not reading the instructions resulted in perfect half cookies. What is it that is not to like about a good oatmeal raisin cookie? Do you really not like them or are you just disappointed they aren’t chocolate chip?
ReplyDeleteI made rugelach once for Christmas--it was delicious! As for oatmeal raisin cookies, I think that as you surmise, it's that folks often mistake them for chocolate chip and are disappointed--but I love them!
Deleteha ha Lois, you crack me up on the oatmeal raisin question! I like homemade chocolate chip cookies, but honestly I'd take oatmeal raisin over anything else!
DeleteI'm on board with oatmeal raisin. It's probably my favorite.
DeleteNorwegian Krumkake It is a cookie that looks like waffle cone. My grandmother would make them several times a year and we would have ice cream inside. They were made with a special iron you put on top of the stove. cheetahthecat1982ATgmailDOTcom
ReplyDeleteHomemade krumkake sounds divine!
DeleteI still love animal crackers. I buy I big bag at Walmart and my husband and I munch on them for a while. My mom made so many good cookies and my favorites were oatmeal and pumpkin glazed. Thank you so much for this chance at your giveaway. pgenest57 at aol dot com
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DeleteI ate Cookie Crisp cereal every day for years. That was my favorite thing to eat at the time. I love the prizes. Thank you for this chance. areewekidding(at)yahoo(dot)com
ReplyDeleteWhoever came up with putting essentially cookies in cereal was a genius!
DeleteWe had a bunch of big maple trees on the farm that we would tap for syrup, plus maple candy and fudge. My favorite time of year!
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Yum! We used to pour maple syrup over fresh snow when I lived in Ohio as a kid--so fun!
DeleteMy favorite cookie growing up, and still today, are my grandma’s sandtart cookies. It’s like a Russian wedding cookie but with pecans in them.
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wasn't there a Girl Scout cookie called Pecan Sandies?
DeleteLucy, I don't remember a GS cookie called a Pecan Sandie, but there was a commercial cookie with that name, maybe from Nabisco. An old boyfriend loved them, and I thought they were dry and cardboard-like; I ditched him when he said he preferred them to my homemade version. :)
DeleteMy favorite cookie from my childhood was Snickerdoodles which my mom made. A wonderful sweet and yummy memory. Thank you for the chance of this giveaway. fotw_1999@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI still love snickerdoodles Barbara!
DeleteOh, the memories of being a girl scout! Trying to sell the most (and they weren't but 50 cents a box and the box was huge enough for several snack times for a family of four) and knowing that some of them were stay at our house. My Dad's favorite was Do-Si-Dos and Mom's was the thin mint. I can remember when the Samoas came out - yummy!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite homemade cookies as child was the No Bake Cookies. Simple to make (which meant our request for them would most likely happen) and the best part was being allowed to help and later to make them myself. What can be better than chocolate and peanut butter. I remember using the words - "They are healthy and good for us because they have oats in them."
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Ha! And getting to lick the rubber spatula when you help make them!
DeleteI still miss Savannahs, named for Girl Scout founder Juliet Gordon Lowe's birthplace. Today's peanut butter sandwich cookies are close, but not quite.
Deletei'm also an oatmeal cookie lover though as someone mentioned they have to be good ones. oatmeal chocolate chip are also good.
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That was me! They have to be chewy on the inside, but a little crisp on the outside. Some of them are dry or overly sweet but good ones are GOOD!
DeleteMy favorite was the black and white cookie from the local bakery. My father sold and serviced bakery equipment and every day before he drove me to school he would stop in the bakery and say hello to the owner. Usually he was in the process of making the black and white cookies and he would give me one. Sometimes they were only white, or sometimes they were only black (my favorite), it all depended on how far into the process he was.
ReplyDeleteWhenever we visit NYC, my son HAS TO get a black and white cookie. We haven't been able to find comparable anywhere else.
DeleteI love oatmeal raisin cookies but I really love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I'm also a huge fan of Italian cookies and indulge near Christmas time. Every family wedding I ever attended as a kid had the Italian cookies on the dessert tables - huge platters! aprilbluetx at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteOatmeal chocolate chip made with peanut butter is a favorite of our, April. Mmmm.
DeleteI love Molasses Crinkles and thought it was funny that my Dad always said they are unexciting. Also love homemade oatmeal raisin and my favorite store bought cookies are Fig Newtons and Oreos.
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Molasses cookies are delicious! I love when they're chewy.
DeleteDo you remember the commercial when they would sing, "The BIG FIG NEWTON"?
DeleteMy mom was a wonderful baker and cook. Her chocolate cookies were the best. ckmbeg (at) gmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful memory. I bet your house smelled fantastic!
DeleteThank you for this fun blog today! I keep learning more and more about you all, my fave authors! I am with Lucy...I'll take all the oatmeal raisin cookies...there is nothing worse than biting into a delicious looking cookie and find out it conatins chocolate chips instead of raisins! :-) I grew up in an Italian-Chilean family, and baking was a constant at home. One of my favorites still today was a twist on a Napoleon..except they were filled with dulce de leche and apricot jam...oh, I want one right now :-) Thank you for the hours of fun and deliciousness you all share with us readers! Happy Siunday! JOY! Luis at ole dot travel
ReplyDeleteWow, Luis, I want one too. I have never seen that and it sounds like the perfect combination. (I'm a nut for anything dulce de leche!)
DeleteLuis, Korina and I will be right over for those twisted Napoleons!
DeleteChocolate chip cookies as a child.
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I've never had sour cream cookies, but they sound like a perfect combination. I'll look for a recipe.
DeleteMy mother never baked cookies. We did have good bakeries near by back then. When we visited family we would get Italian cookies from the North End and those would be my favorite.
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The north end of Boston? It's got wonderful bakeries! Nothing like a bakery cookie. That aroma when you walk into a bakery...
DeleteMy Nana's Angel Wing cookies. I got the recipe from her years ago. She passed away, but every Christmas I make them and it keeps her with us in spirit.
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DeleteGrowing up we made nestle tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. Nowadays I like shortbread cookies
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Growing up my favorite cookies (and still is!!) were animal crackers. I still buy those on occasion at the grocery store to snack on while reading. I also love a good raisin chocolate chip oatmeal cookie.
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I still love animal crackers too.
DeleteWhen I was young cookies were a big deal. I would indulge in them and enjoy all types. My ultimate favorite which my bobbeh created was Mandelbrot, and Shtrudel cookies. Yummy and delectable. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
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DeleteFreshly baked chocolate chip cookies. sallytoerner@myyahoo.com
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DeleteOh my, the memories! My mom was the neighborhood cookie machine! My dad could have been the model for Cookie Monster. he was worse than all of us kids for sneaking the cookies Mom made. Once a week she would make huge batches of chocolate chip, peanut butter (yum!), ginger molasses (my favorite!), oatmeal; sometimes with raisins, sometimes plain, and often snickerdoodle cookies. On VERY rare occasions she would buy a package of Oreos for herself. Christmas would bring on a host of others, like chocolate snowtops, spritz butter cookies, frosted cutout sugar cookies, and more. As an adult, I still love ginger molasses, but have come to really appreciate a good oatmeal raisin as well. What a fun topic. No need to enter me in the drawing, I already have all three books.
ReplyDeleteWow -- your house must've smelled delectable! I bet friends loved coming over to your house! I love a good ginger molasses, as well.
DeleteMy grandmother always had a box of Nilla Wafers on hand. Every now and then I'll buy a box. sue.stoner72@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThat first bite of one always brings back a sensory memory!
DeleteMy dad loved sweets, so my mom always had Little Debbie cakes and different kinds of store bought cookies around (Dad's favorite was Fig Newtons *blech*). She also made Toll House cookies and the "tube" cookies - both of which we kids ate raw. She did make several cookies if she had time. I loved her no-bake cookies, peanut butter cookies, and wedding/snowball cookies. She would make oatmeal raisins, but I don't like raisins so I would have to pick those out first. I also loved her marshmallow fudge.
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Interesting. My parents loved to cook, but I don't remember much about baking projects or commercial goods.
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Now I think I'll go rummage in the kitchen for a sweet treat!
Such fun -- so glad we've got Girl Scout cookies in the pantry, because I'm going to need them soon! I'm good with oatmeal raisin, as long as you don't do what my mother did and ruin them by adding applesauce. < shudders >
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is still the chocolate chip cookie.
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This was a fun read. I love cookies - but ... I will admit, not a fan of oatmeal raisin. I will take the oatmeal cookie withOUT the raisins, though. I do love anything "chocolate" and I do like them "soft" but, with that said, I'll take cookies anyway I can get them :)
ReplyDeleteI forgot to include my email address: daudette@gmail.com. Thanks again for this giveaway - and all the fun recipes, too.
DeleteChocolate Chip cookies, because my father taught me to make them and they are our stand-by cookie. Almost a tie with them are almond crescents - a Christmas cookie that I make anytime I am in the mood because they are so good! Light and buttery and crunchy almond pieces. I don't drink coffee but my friends tell me they are perfect with it.
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DeleteI love animal crackers but they have to in the box. Makes them better 😂
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DeleteI remember these macaroon cookies from Ma’s Cookies. I loved them so much. We didn’t get a lot cookies unless they were on sale. I had a lot of siblings and we did not have much money. At age 10, I learned to bake so we could have cookies. I still bake cookies quite often, but I’ve never made a macaroon…
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I think you should make macaroons and let us know how they turn out. They're such good cookies!
DeleteMom made crescent cookies at Christmas and Popcorn crunch with almonds, pecans and walnuts loved it. deborahortega229@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteMy Mom wasn’t much of a baker but every Christmas for years we’s make my grandmother’s sugar cookie dough (with lots of butter), roll out the dough, use Christmas cookie cutters, bake, and when cool frost with with red, green, or blue confectioner’s sugar fronting. We made dozens and dozens to give to our friends. So much fun. The leftover cookie dough got rolled into logs and frozen. The thought of bits of the frozen cookie dough and the taste still make me swoon. Suzette sciancio64@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteA lovely Christmas memory.
DeleteMy mom was a wonderful baker, she learned a lot on her own, so we had homemade cookies all the time, weird but it was a treat to get Oreos or Fig Newtons (boy, have they gotten smaller!) She made great chocolate chip cookies and ginger snaps. Occasionally raisin oatmeal, hers were good. We always snuck a spoonful of cookie dough and truth be told, I still do. My favorite today is ginger snaps annelovell12@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorites have always been warm chocolate chip cookies, or brownies. Gchonzik@sbcglobal.net
ReplyDeleteHard to beat a warm chocolate chip cookie.
DeleteAs a kid I liked home made chocolate chip cookies or a Hostess chocolate cupcake for a store bought treat!
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As a kid, I loved helping my Japanese mom bake Christmas sugar cookies; she let us kids decorate the cookies. When I was 9 years old, my younger sister and I baked chocolate chip cookies using the recipe from the Betty Crocker Cookbook for Children (maybe not the correct title). My husband's favorite is oatmeal raisin. teenlibn(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteAs a kid my mom baked cookies all the time. My favorite were sugar cookies and Aunt Sally cookies. They were a molasses base with white frosting on top, we used a spam can to cut out the base. You could buy them but we did homemade. ljbonkoski @ yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little a trip to the grocery store meant I would get my favorite treat - Animal Crackers!
ReplyDeleteAs a child, my Mom would make a lot of homemade chocolate chip cookies. I was a Girl Scout. My Mom was a troup leader. We would have the cookies delivered to our house for the troup. I loved the Samoas. I enjoy as an adult Seven Layer Cookies, chocolate chip, butterscotch scotchies and M&M cookies.
ReplyDeleteI always loved chocolate chip cookies but the animal crackers do bring back memories of when I was little.
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DeleteMy favorite cookies were and still are what my granny called thumb cookie we started off with a basic sugar cookie recipe but then grated some sharp cheddar cheese to the dough roll a table spoon of dough into a ball then press your thumb into the center drop a dollop of jam in your the center repeat until all the dough is used up putting different jams in every two dozen or so then in the oven they go for about fifteen minutes, While cookies are baking a large glass of milk is poured in wait of munching warm cookies and milk giving a warm cozy snack. Kat
ReplyDeleteWow! I've never thought of sharp cheddar with thumbprint cookies. Sounds fantastic.
DeleteMy favorite cookies were nuggets, a soft cookie made with dates or sometimes raisins and spices. Mom always made a double batch because it only made 40 cookies. They didn't last long.
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DeleteTwo favorite cookies from my childhood memories were Nutter Butters and Oreos. I also was a Girl Scout, so I remember loving Samoas as they were called then. cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI don’t think there’s a cookie that I didn’t like, love “COOKIES “ to quote the Cookie Monster; Hahaha! Seriously love my Nonna’s Italian Christmas cookies, Sugar cookies , oatmeal raisin, peanut butter cookies , and of course Girl Scout Thin Mints (all mine - no one else gets even a taste of one) :), etc, etc… However if there are Oreo cookies in the house chocolate or vanilla - they are gobbled up quickly. Thanks for bringing back the sweet memories of childhood with the mention of the Windmill (almond) cookies - the best yet. Thanks again Rosemarie- roseb2007@verizon.net
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I always got a box a Animal Crackers in our Christmas Stocking and making Spritz cookies for Christmas was always something to look forward to. Sherry Clark. baileybounce2@att.net
ReplyDeleteAnimal crackers were good but Chocolate-snaps were my favorite. I don’t think they exist anymore. It was a box of small chocolate cookies. sgiden at verizon(.)net
ReplyDeleteI like frosted sugar cookies. I make them every Christmas.
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With six kids and a dad with a sweet tooth we normally had homemade cookies. Real oatmeal cookies from the Quaker oats bax was my favorite. My ALL TIME favorite were Maurice Lennil (?) Pinwheels. bobntoni@aol.com Thank you for bringing up good memories.
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In the warm weather my mom would make buttercream frosting, spread it between 2 graham crackers, and freeze them. THEY WERE SO GOOD! And even better when she mixed a drop of peppermint flavoring in with the frosting. Other than that, my favorite cookie is my mom's sour cream sugar cookie. They were so soft and delicious, but I never found her recipe. a007gyrl@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI used to love store bought cookies. Chocolate chip, iced oatmeal, circus animal cookies, Yum. I didn’t like animal crackers or Nilla Wafers lol. Oatmeal raisin cookies are delicious! rocketcatty at yahoo.
ReplyDeleteThree favorites growing up - mom's cream cheese spritz cookies - I have not had these since mom stopped baking them. She always added dry jello to the dough to tint the cookies usually red or green as these were only made at Christmas. She also made date pinwheels which were so good! The third favorite came from my Grandma Fox - Molasses Oatmeal Cookies - these did not have raisins in them. I am blessed to have grandma's recipe box, so I have this recipe. Thank you for sharing your favorites and for the chance to win. madamhawk at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was Fig Bar cookies. I still love them!!!
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My favorite cookie is a melting moment. They literally melt in your mouth. I usually make a couple of thousand cookies every year at Christmas for gifts and never eat any of them.
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I'm with the no thanks to oatmeal raisin cookies group, but I do love my sister's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! I don't bake these days, since I'm retired, live alone & don't entertain, so whatever I bake I eat. My sister, though, is a prolific baker - although she's also retired, she volunteers at a dog & cat rescue and supplies her fellow volunteers with tasty treats. In addition to oatmeal chocolate chip, she makes frosted ricotta, butter, checkerboard and swirl cookies - all if which are my favorites!
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven. Nothing beats them. Although I do have a fondness for GS Thin Mints.
ReplyDeleteIt is late and I'm tired. I forgot to leave my email address and say thank you for the chance to win 3 books. suemngirll@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookies have always been sugar cookies, usually pillsbury just because that is easier and they are delicious, the circle ones that always have a holiday design! Email- jtrick91@icloud.com
ReplyDeleteMy mom wasn’t a baker, so I was mesmerized by the homemade cookies made by friends and their mothers. Chewy, moist oatmeal raisin were and remain my favorites! As soon as I was old enough, I started baking every kind I heard of, and that too remains the same. I really love no-bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal “cookies” too, even if they’re actually candy.
ReplyDeleteOatmeal Raisin are my favorite, too. I still love the no-bake oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate cookies but haven't eaten one in decades
Deleteoh my. thanks ladies for sharing. I loved cookies growing up. mom always made home made cookies. we were a family of seven. five kiddos. three of whom were boys. LOL boy could they eat. I really loved moms cookies. all of them. but oatmeal raisin were my favorites. and she always saved a table spoon full of batter for all of us kids. when I got older and worked for my dad, I bought a roll of cookie dough and ate it in the car while driving. LOL when our two kiddos came along we would buy buckets of cookie dough and I would split it up. than we would sit and watch some tv and eat cookie dough. I was one of those strict moms and tv was not watched all the time. I still love Fig Newtons and Nutter Butter cookies. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate chip!
ReplyDeleteI'm Lyn Wooster. Don't know why it came up as anonymous.
DeleteMy favorite cookie growing is oatmeal chocolate chip. We didn’t have many store bought cookies and I grew up where there wasn’t a Girl Scout troop so I didn’t even encounter Girl Scout cookies until I left home for college. I became the baker because my Mom’s cookies rarely turned out the same from batch to batch. I love hearing about favorite cookies. awanstrom(@)yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteMy mom was a great baker, and I remember oatmeal raisin, snickerdoodles, bizcochitos, tea cakes, and Mexican Wedding Cookies being my favorites. There were store bought vanilla wafers, fig newton's, and windmill cookies often around the house, too. Dmskrug3 at hotmail dot com
ReplyDeleteMy twin sister and I were oldest of 6 kids and made dessert for our packed school lunches. These 7 Layer Bars were easy to make and yummy.
ReplyDeleteI now can make them almost sugar free. Crushed Graham crackers mixed with butter and a little sugar. Press in bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Layer sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, chopped pecans and walnuts, then coconut. Press gently and bake 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Cut into squares.
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DeleteI liked the little boxes of animal crackers! Lindaherold999@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYesterday, I remembered my mom making turtles: pecans, caramel and chocolate. A cookie memory was the time my mom was Cookie Queen for Girl Scouts and we distributed cookies for selling. They were stacked high in the house, and after cookie sales were over, our freezer was stuffed with leftover GS cookies. email: pbarnett at tds dot net
ReplyDeleteSoany fun memories and tasty cookies, thank you all for sharing. My first "love" is a warm from the oven, melt in your mouth, chocolate chip cookie. Although I would not say no to oatmeal raisin in a pinch. Oh, and yes Libby I remeber when Happy Meals came with cookies instead of toys, ah the good ole days. tracy.condie at gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie growing up was my Mom’s chocolate no-bake cookies. Still today they’re my favorite. Perhaps not a real cookie? But to me they are and they’ll always remind me of my childhood and my Mom laying them out, one by one, on waxed paper.
ReplyDeleteForgot my name and email. It’s Pam Tabor emailpam@me.com
DeleteSandbakkels, still have the tins to make them. After he retired, Dad took over baking them - still one of my favorite memories and cookies! Joy Jenkins jenkinsy2k@yahoo.com
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