At first I thought this recipe from Cross Country Cookery was for cookies. Then I read the recipe for Maids of Honor and figured out they were tarts. And THEN I researched a little and learned the history of these purely English tarts. I think the recipe below is missing one pretty important step. Instead…
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Cook While You Sleep Cookies
These sound like yummy cookies! And I sometimes dream of cookies while I sleep – so why not make cookies while I sleep? This recipe is from Cross Country Cookery.
Mars Bars Cookies
Whatever you call these, they are delicious. I’ve never even had this recipe for Mars Bars Cookies from Cross Country Cookery, and I know I’ll love them. Why? Because they’re the famous and most beloved Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bar. Or “Hello Dollies” or whatever your family called them. Maybe you gobble them up as…
Lemon Squares
These are not the Lemon Bars you’ve probably had a thousands times before. In this recipe from Cross Country Cookery, there is a cookie base, but that’s where the vague similarity ends. Next comes an eggy, nutty, and coconutty center. Then finally, a lemony lemon icing.
Benne Wafers
From the 1976 Cross Country Cookery cookbook comes Benne Wafers, a thin cookie that spreads a lot as you cook. (Benne seeds are unhulled sesame seeds that are sold by the pound in Charleston, SC supermarkets. Benne comes from ‘bene,’ an African word for seeds. According to legend among descendants of negro slaves along the…