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My Nana was quite a baker, as I found out while I was writing Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times. But these simple, delicious cookies became a staple around my house precisely because I'm not a whiz in the kitchen! They're a perfect basic cookiethey're easy to make and great with tea at mid-morning or in the afternoon, or as dessert. Around the holidays, they make a lovely, inexpensive gift when you put them in a pretty tin. Ingredients:
1 1/2 sticks butter at room temperature |
1 1/2 cups flour |
3/4 teaspoon baking soda |
1 cup light brown sugar |
1 egg |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
a pinch of salt |
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) |
Directions:
1. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat egg, sugar, and vanilla; then add butter to egg and sugar mixture and beat until light and fluffy. Add to dry ingredients and mix until blended. At this point you may also add 1/2 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts.
2. Divide cookie dough into two parts and roll in wax paper. Freeze overnight, or at least 4 hours. With a serrated knife, carefully cut frozen dough into slices about 1/4 inch thick. Bake on cookie sheet for 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.
3. Per serving: 500.0 calories, 110.0 calories from fat, 13.0g total fat, 1.5g saturated fat, 0.0mg cholesterol, 460.0mg sodium, 114.0g total carbs, 21.0g dietary fiber, 92.0g sugars, 5.0g protein Nutritional analysis provided by TasteBook, using the USDA Nutrition Database From Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times by Suzan Colón. Copyright © 2009 by Suzan Colón. Published by Doubleday. All Rights Reserved. Suzan Colón is a contributing writer and editor for O, The Oprah Magazine. Her articles have appeared in Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Details, and other magazines. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, Nathan.
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