I got you something

Did you see my (latest, greatest) ultimate find last week?  Here's yummy Cooking Clips Recipe #1 for you, courtesy of C + H Pure Cane Brown Sugar sometime in the 60's (for you, Dear Homemaker, as the recipe booklet says).  This is a Brown Sugar Bonanza Recipe, of course, and they were really, really yummy and easy.  The recipe makes a smaller batch than cookie recipes do these days, which is probably good for you!  Mine weren't the prettiest cookies on the block but they're gone now and that says something.

Brown Sugar Refrigerator Cookies
1/2 C (1 stick) soft butter
1 C C+H Golden Brown Sugar
1 egg, unbeaten
1 t vanilla
2 t grated orange rind (I left this out but you can be brave if you want)
1 3/4 C sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 t salt
1 t baking powder

Beat together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla + orange rind.  Combine flour, salt, and baking powder; sift into first mixture and mix well (or just toss it all in like I do).  The directions for chilling are weird so you can just: flatten dough to 1/8" thick between two sheets of wax paper and chill for an hour in the fridge.  Use floured cookie cutters to cut into shapes.  Bake cookies at 400 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes.  Makes many "butterscotchy" cookies (but not overwhelmingly butterscotchy).  You can also just chill this in a roll and cut 1/8" slices off, and you can also frost these though they're plenty sweet as is.

I also recently found this little 1979 Simplicity book with tons of crazy, fun 70's-verging-on-80's patterns and projects. 

The bunny is cute, and the bags are great (I offered to make T a custom "tabard" [left, center pic in the bag spread] for his running and he said, "No."). 

Anyhow, I don't need this anymore and it can be yours if you want it.  Drop me an email or comment and I'll find some random way to pick a name (assuming there are more than two people in the world who will see this and get excited like I once did).  It's all beat up but it's fun.

Plus you could hate all of the patterns and it'd still be a plus for all the fun you'll have enjoying the Fabric of the Month Club ad.  Oh, there are crochet patterns (crocheted jam topper, anyone?) too...    

Comments

[Eren]

We'll have to try that recipe...sounds yummy! And the bunny in your book looks so cute...gotta love that fat little body and those long whiskers. Thanks for sharing!

[Busy Bee Creations]

im going to have to try that recipe now too! sonund so good. you realy find some fun things. what an amazing thing to come accross at the library...and you get to keep it even. Ill look forward to more recipes now too:O)