Cookie recipes from The Joy of Cooking?

Question

Howdy. I'm looking for cookie recipes from the 1964 or 1975 eds. of TJoC (perhaps any edition before the 1997). One is a recipe for coconut macaroons, a simple recipe with the main ingredients being coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and egg whites, I believe. The second recipe is for a cookie with fennel (or possibly anise) seed. It is a batter cookie for which the batter is left to dry overnight before baking. I hope you can help me with these recipes. Thanks much.

gg: They're not springerle, which is a rolled/ pressed/ molded spice cookie. Your 80's copy is just a reprint of one of the earlier editions--I bet you had both recipes in yours. Christophe, dENISE: Thank you very much. These are the recipes I wanted. I can fake the baking time for the anise cookies. BTW, that anise cookie recipe rox--it's really quite easy, a bit weird (the drying), and if you like anise, very tasty. They have a light, crispy texture, like hard meringue. Bake them on parchment or with those strange wafers underneath (check at your local vicarage) for best results. Christopher, is that the Blue Ribbon, or the Cordon BLEU? Guess what, I went to a C.B. school too! How do I split two best answers? Thanks again.

Answer 1

This sounds right. From Joy of Cooking pg. 824

2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 large egg white
11/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
Stir until well blended:
3 1/2 cups flaked or shredded sweetened coconut
Drop the dough by scant measuring tablespoonfuls onto parchment or well greased foil covered cookie sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Bake at 325F 1 sheet at a time, until nicely browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove sheet to a rack and let stand until the cookies are completely cooled. Carefully peel the cookies from the paper or foil.

Hope this works for you.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hey Chuck, I have the 1946 edition that was left to my mom by her mother and my mom gave it to me about 15 years ago:

Anise Cakes:

Sift 1 cup Sugar

Beat until light:

3 eggs
Add the sugar gradually. Beat these ingredients until they are creamy. Add:

1/2 tsp vanilla
Sift before measuring 1 1/2 cups to 2 cups bread (all purpose) flour
Resift with:
1 teaspoon any baking powder
Add:
1 1/2 TBS Anise seeds, crushed

Beat the batter well. Drip it from a teaspoon well apart on greased tins. Permit the batter to dry for 12 hours. Bake the cakes in a slow moderate oven, 350F

(Baking time NOT given for this recipe)


In my book, there were 5 recipes for Macaroons, but not one called for sweetened condensed milk......3 of the 5 had the method of mixing water with confectioner's sugar, an approximation of sweetened condensed milk......hope the first recipe is the one you're looking for.....

Christopher

Answer 4

Springerle Joy

Answer 5

The anise cookies are called springerle. Sorry, but my edition of Joy is from the 80's.

Answer 6

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What I would do is look up the Nestle Tollhouse cookie recipe, then make it without the chips.