For the past couple of years I’ve been working on a very personal project that is near and dear to my heart. It’s a cookbook of grandmother-in-law’s recipes. She passed away before I met my husband so we were never able to meet.  I feel like my mother-in-law bonded over cooking and from her stories so did she and her mother-in-law. She gave me all her old recipes she could find and I’ve started trying to make them, taking pics and compiling a book along the way. Some have not turned out so well, but there are some missing instructions and I think It was probably my fault.

The book is slow-going because I want to make them all myself and haven’t really had time to do much baking the past few years. There is a little bit of magic that happens whenever I make one. I feel like I’m a part of something and maybe feel transferred back in time a little bit reading her beautiful penmanship.

Sugar Cookies

1 cup corn oil
2 sticks oleo
1 cup sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cream of tarter
dash of salt

Mix oil, oleo, sugars, eggs and vanilla in large bowl. Beat well. Add next flour, baking soda, cream of tarter and salt. Spoon onto baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

These turned out really well. I don’t even know if they make oleo anymore so I used margarine. With the amount of flour these were cakey but pretty chewy too. They could be cut out and decorated but I like them so much in drop cookie form with sugar-sprinkled on top.