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In a few minutes, I'll remove a batch of Grandma Ingraham's Peanut Butter Cookies from the oven. It's the only thing worth doing, well, in times of pandemics!
I've been enjoying Grandma Ingraham's Peanut Butter Cookies since 1949, when I was six years old. That year my family moved from New York State to New Mexico, where my paternal grandparents had moved in 1945, in an attempt to cure my grandmother's TB. It worked! Minutes after we arrived at their home in Hurley, NM, Grandma Ingraham took me to the kitchen, opened her fat, porcelain cookie jar and offered me a cookie. It might have been a sugar cookie, a molasses cookie, or a peanut butter cookie. For the next 15 years or so, I never passed up a chance to visit Grandma and Grandpa Ingraham, and always checked out her cookie jar!
This afternoon I went into my time machine and made a batch of peanut butter cookies. You can make some too (or molasses cookies, if you prefer. Here areare recipes for both of those cookies, along with recipes for a great Mexican chocolate cake or apple cake, both of which came from my mother.
Next, I'll post a recipe for Grandma Ingraham's Sugar Cookies.
Bob
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As promised, here is my grandmother's recipe for Grandma Ingraham's Sugar Cookies. It's appropriately named, although the recipe actually calls for less sugar than the peanut butter cookies. My family has usually called them "Grandma Ingraham's Christmas Sugar Cookies" which we sometimes make in lieu of Grandma Ingraham's Rum Balls. If the demand is there for the rum balls, I'll post that recipe too. Here's the sugar cookie recipe:
There are three possible versions: without the raisin filling (almost like cake), with a dollop of raisin filling in the middle of each cookie, and the best of the three, a "sandwich" of cookie dough, a dollop of raisin filling, and another layer of cookie dough. The filled cookies should be crimped with a fork around the edges to add beauty and prevent seepage of the filling. As waiters say, "Enjoy!"
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These look great, Bob! Thanks very much for sharing them, and for the testimonials! I'm looking forward to giving these a try. Really glad you shared the sugar cookie recipe, as those are typically my favorites during the holidays.
Please also consider this a vote in favor of sharing the rum ball recipe, too!
Thank you!
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In times of unease there always tend to be a migration to comfort snacks..not often the most healthy.
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Especially for Philatarium, who asked for my mom's rum ball recipe.
I don't actually have my Mom's original recipe, but my wife found this one on-line, and the rum balls that resulted from it were satisfying in all respects, virtually identical to the ones my mom used to make. Caveat: Never temp an alcoholic with them! Here's the recipe:
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Yah, RUM BALLS!!! Bring on the rum balls!
Thank you Bob! I'm gonna start makin a batch real soon. Hope I've got all the fixins for em. I do have the rum.
Darn! Missing lots of stuff. I think I'll try something anyway, with what I do have, plus some imagination. I'm usually lucky in the kitchen.
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Thanks, Bob! I appreciate the vetting of the recipe!
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There's just something special in vintage recipes. Thanks for sharing Bob! 
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I remember this recipe from the 60's. I made a loaf last week, but failed to read the directions, I hadn't made it in years. Another loaf yesterday turned out perfect!
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In times of pandemics, the tough get...baking!
In a few minutes, I'll remove a batch of Grandma Ingraham's Peanut Butter Cookies from the oven. It's the only thing worth doing, well, in times of pandemics!
I've been enjoying Grandma Ingraham's Peanut Butter Cookies since 1949, when I was six years old. That year my family moved from New York State to New Mexico, where my paternal grandparents had moved in 1945, in an attempt to cure my grandmother's TB. It worked! Minutes after we arrived at their home in Hurley, NM, Grandma Ingraham took me to the kitchen, opened her fat, porcelain cookie jar and offered me a cookie. It might have been a sugar cookie, a molasses cookie, or a peanut butter cookie. For the next 15 years or so, I never passed up a chance to visit Grandma and Grandpa Ingraham, and always checked out her cookie jar!
This afternoon I went into my time machine and made a batch of peanut butter cookies. You can make some too (or molasses cookies, if you prefer. Here areare recipes for both of those cookies, along with recipes for a great Mexican chocolate cake or apple cake, both of which came from my mother.
Next, I'll post a recipe for Grandma Ingraham's Sugar Cookies.
Bob
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As promised, here is my grandmother's recipe for Grandma Ingraham's Sugar Cookies. It's appropriately named, although the recipe actually calls for less sugar than the peanut butter cookies. My family has usually called them "Grandma Ingraham's Christmas Sugar Cookies" which we sometimes make in lieu of Grandma Ingraham's Rum Balls. If the demand is there for the rum balls, I'll post that recipe too. Here's the sugar cookie recipe:
There are three possible versions: without the raisin filling (almost like cake), with a dollop of raisin filling in the middle of each cookie, and the best of the three, a "sandwich" of cookie dough, a dollop of raisin filling, and another layer of cookie dough. The filled cookies should be crimped with a fork around the edges to add beauty and prevent seepage of the filling. As waiters say, "Enjoy!"
Bob
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These look great, Bob! Thanks very much for sharing them, and for the testimonials! I'm looking forward to giving these a try. Really glad you shared the sugar cookie recipe, as those are typically my favorites during the holidays.
Please also consider this a vote in favor of sharing the rum ball recipe, too!
Thank you!
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In times of unease there always tend to be a migration to comfort snacks..not often the most healthy.
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Especially for Philatarium, who asked for my mom's rum ball recipe.
I don't actually have my Mom's original recipe, but my wife found this one on-line, and the rum balls that resulted from it were satisfying in all respects, virtually identical to the ones my mom used to make. Caveat: Never temp an alcoholic with them! Here's the recipe:
Bob
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Yah, RUM BALLS!!! Bring on the rum balls!
Thank you Bob! I'm gonna start makin a batch real soon. Hope I've got all the fixins for em. I do have the rum.
Darn! Missing lots of stuff. I think I'll try something anyway, with what I do have, plus some imagination. I'm usually lucky in the kitchen.
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Thanks, Bob! I appreciate the vetting of the recipe!
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There's just something special in vintage recipes. Thanks for sharing Bob!
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I remember this recipe from the 60's. I made a loaf last week, but failed to read the directions, I hadn't made it in years. Another loaf yesterday turned out perfect!
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