Disney Day with Brown Sugar Cookies

April27

Sunday I chillaxed with some girls, watching Disney movies. We’ve all been running on empty, so one of my friends invited us over to just watch our favorite cartoons and veg. We were also supposed to discuss A Clockwork Orange, but strangely that didn’t exactly fit in with the rest of the day. I’ll try to make up for that by writing about it later on this week.

For my contribution I brought cookies. They’re from a super simple recipe from an old cookbook. I was (am) low on groceries, and didn’t really have enough white sugar or milk or all sorts of ingredients for most of my recipes, so I went off searching and found something that was brown sugar based and wouldn’t require a whole lot of improvising. The cookies were a hit, and the book is out of circulation now. It’s a shame to let something so simple and yet so yummy go to waste. Plus, I was asked for the recipe. Here you go!

From A Collection Of The Very Finest Recipes Ever Assembled Into One Cookbook, 1979:

Brown Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
2 cups light brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

Cream shortening and sugar; add eggs, water and vanilla.
Sift dry ingredients and mix well.
Shape into cookies.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 350°.

Note: A vanilla or caramel icing is good; or sprinkle brown sugar or coconut on top before baking.

Maybe you can already tell that they’re basically a cookie-biscuit hybrid. Yum! I didn’t have enough shortening or butter to complete the recipe, so I subbed butter for half the shortening. (I’ll get groceries soon, I promise!) The photo I’d planned is unavailable due to their nomminess, so I’ll describe them. I could have gone the cookie cutter route because the batter would have been perfect for that, but instead I made tablespoon sized balls that I flattened with a spoon and topped them with green sugar crystals. Visually, they were rather boring, being a dark beige color. They really would have benefited from nice contrasting icing or more colorful sprinkles.

What’s your favorite Disney movie? I’m not really sure what mine is, but I picked Sleeping Beauty. I particularly love the stylized look of that one, plus Maleficent is one of the best UBGs* ever! I’m glad that I picked that one, too, because we gravitated towards newer ones for the rest of the day. After skipping the television for a week, five movies was quite a pendulum swing. A full 24 hours later, my brain is still stuck singing Disney lyrics, especially Beauty and The Beast. Sometimes you just need a day to zone out and eat junk.

*Ultimate Bad Guy (aka Big Bad or Boss Monster)

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6 Comments to

“Disney Day with Brown Sugar Cookies”

On April 28th, 2009 at 9:37 am Apollo Says:
My favorite Disney movie is probably “Robin Hood”. Can I use html tags in your comments? Let’s see… Robin Hood. Or it could be The Jungle Book (best music), or possibly The Lion King (best story). I think Robin Hood wins, though, because it’s got fantastic music (I bet you still know that whistling tune) and an awesome story.
On April 28th, 2009 at 9:38 am Apollo Says:
Oh, funny now how I see that is says there I can use html tags. Yep, right above the comment box… I’m an idiot.
On April 28th, 2009 at 10:54 am LadyGlutter Says:
I haven’t seen Robin Hood in a very long time. I can hardly remember it at all. I’m going to have to remedy that.

I also think I’m going to switch back to italics instead of underlining. I’m so wishy-washy. But I think now, looking at the post and your italics, that the underline looks like a linky, even if the italics are kinda weird looking in this font.

Oh, and Apollo, that was my 100th non-spam comment. Woohoo!
On April 28th, 2009 at 11:31 am MelMac Says:
Look at me and my super tech skills!
I have been singing Disney songs all week, too. However, that is nothing new for me. I have 3 Disney CDs that I love to listen to while I commute to and from work. Who can be angry at traffic or have a bad day when they are belting out “Supercalifragilisticexpialadicious!”? Would you like to borrow Robin Hood?
On April 28th, 2009 at 11:50 am Chris Says:
Mine is definitely Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent is my favorite Disney villain. The film is stylized and beautiful and the ending is good ol’ Steel vs. Dragon! What’s not to love.

Oh, and the cookies – our household did not get too many left over from the party, but they did no last long. Scrum!
On May 1st, 2009 at 10:32 pm LadyGlutter Says:
MelMac — I thought I’d answered this. Oh well, apparently not. Congrats on those super techy skills, and welcome to the comments section! I’d love to borrow Robin Hood after I return Aladdin.