American Cookie, The Snaps, Drops, Jumbles, Tea Cakes, Bars & Brownies That We Have Loved for Generations by Byrn, Anne -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction 1: Drop Cookies Past and Present

Grandma Hartman’s Molasses Cookies Joe Froggers Cry Babies Dutch Tea Cookies 1908 Rocks Cousin Irene’s Sugar Cookies Snickerdoodles Schrafft’s Butterscotch Cookies Mrs. Nesbitt’s Honey Drops Ruth Wakefield’s Chocolate Crunch Cookies Banana Drop Cookies The Neiman Marcus $250 Cookie Forgotten Chocolate Cookies Gourmet’s Chocolate Mocha Cookies Chocolate Mudslides Sara’s Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies Wild Persimmon Cookies Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Dallas Junior League Cowboy Cookies School Lunch Peanut Butter Cookies Macaroons Brown Palace Macaroons Coconut Macadamia Macaroons Aunt Ida’s Wine Drops

2: Cookies Shaped, Rolled and Remembered

American Gingersnaps Ursuline Anise Cookies Mrs. Leffert’s New Year’s Cakes Creole Stage Planks Beatrice’s Peppernuts Amelia Simmons’s Coriander Cookies Crisp Gingerbread Stars Virginia Tavern Biscuits Mammaw Hytken’s Matzo Cookies New Mexico Bizcochitos New Hope Jumbles The 1922 Girl Scout Cookies Kathleen’s Sugar Cookies Apisas Mexican Wedding Cookies Mrs. Wright’s Cocoons Dee’s Cheese Date Cookies St. Augustine Crispes Sagamore Hill Sand Tarts Homemade Fig Newtons Apricot and Raisin Rugelach Uncle Milt’s Christmas Cookies

3: Wafers, Icebox Cookies and Planning Ahead

Cornmeal Pistachio Cookies Benne Icebox Wafers Chocolate Icebox Wafers Moravian Black Walnut Cookies 1886 Vanilla Wafers Butterscotch Pecan Wafers Irma Rombauer’s Refrigerator Lace Cookies Lavender Tea Cookies Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies

4: Bars, Brownies and Baking for Others

Emily Dickinson’s Rice Cakes Shirley’s Cinnamon Shortbread Brown Sugar Saucepan Blondies Katharine Hepburn Brownies Maple Sirup Bars Alderney Cakes New England Hermits Hello Dollies The Best Lemon Squares Zucchini Spice Bars Pecan Surprise Bars Oatmeal Jam Bars Maida Heatter’s Santa Fe Brownies Flourless Chocolate Brownies Nanaimo Bars

5: Tea Cakes, Politics and Conversation

Queen Charlotte Cakes Webster Cakes Dolley Madison Seed Cakes Thomas Jefferson Savoy Cakes Ladyfingers Marguerites Jackson Jumbles Whoopie Pies Old-Fashioned Tea Cakes Edenton Tea Party Cakes Victorian Ginger Drop Cakes Black and White Cookies Cornmeal and Lemon Madeleines Chocolate Bouchons Kate’s Pecan Tassies Coconut Cupcakes with Lime Buttercream Frosting

6: Candy, Fried Cakes and Culinary Artistry

Ella Brennan’s Pralines Lady Bird Johnson’s Peanut Brittle Popcorn and Pistachio Brittle Old-Fashioned Chocolate Fudge Easy Freezer Fudge Simple Chocolate Fudge Double Divinity Kentucky Bourbon Balls Candied Grapefruit New Orleans Beignets Funnel Cakes Calas Banana Fritters Orange and Ricotta Fritters Sopaipillas Albany Olicooks (Doughnuts) Apple Cider Doughnuts

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