bettyellen is requesting a recipe from old Joy of Cooking

[stellanoir]

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Original message
"Pls Help! Who has late 70's/ early 80's edition of Joy of Cooking??
I am desperate for this butter cookie recipe that was taken out of the later editions. It was called Butter or Almond cookie Cockiange- which is their weird little designation for the best of the best.
I know the main little variation waas to cover w/ sliced almonds.
And they took out the recipe the same time they took out how to cook a racoon and put in some healthier fare. I know it was still in there in the late 70's editions.
Anybody? Damn they are the best cookie ever!"

[Baja Margie]

1. I looked throughout the 1973 edition

and could find nothing with that title. The only Cockaignes were Christmas Chocolate Bars & Brownies. However, I did find one that you do garnish with sliced almonds, hope this is it:

SAND TARTS - About 80 1 1/2 inch cookies

Sift:
1 1/4 cups sugar
Beat until soft:
3/4 Cup Butter
Add the sugar gradually. Blend these ingrediants until very soft and creamy. Beat in:
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. grated lemon rind

Sift before measuring:
3 Cups all purpose flour
Resift with:
1/4 tsp. salt

Sift the flour gradually into the butter mixture until the ingrediants are well blended. The last of the flour may have to be kneaded in by hand. Chill the dough for several hours.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Roll the dough until very thin. Cut into rounds. Brush the cookies with:
the white of an egg

Sprinkle generously with:
Sugar

Garnish with:
Blanched split almonds

Bake on greased tins for about 8 minutes.

???????????? Was that it ??????

[stellanoir]

2. thanks

I'm not sure whether or not the original poster has access to this forum so I just PM-ed that recipe to her. Will let you know if it's the one she was looking for.

[stellanoir]

3. she responded to my PM

And was appreciative for your post and said that it sounds like a great recipe. However, she remembers that the recipe she's seeking probably had the word "Cockiange" in it.

[stellanoir]

4. she found it !

"It's Tea Wafers and exsoccermom was nice enough to email me! I don't know how I screwed up the name so bad.
Everybody was so great about this! Try them sometime they are rich and thin and crispy.
Thanks again for posting for me. I have to say, DU ers are the best!
Betty
Note: they must be placed as soon as cool into a tightly covered tin. They keep several weeks this way, but we have a hard time hiding them successfully enought to prove it.
Preheat overn to 325 degrees.
Cream
       1/2 cup butter
Sift then measure and beat in
       1 cup xx sugar (confectioners)
Beat until smooth.
Add
       1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift then measure
       1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
Resift and add to the creamed mixture, alternately with
       1/2 cup milk
Beat until creamy. Butter a 16 1/2 x 14 inch baking sheet lightly. chill the sheet. Then, with a spatula, spread about 2 tablespoons of the mixture over it as thinly and evenly as possible. You may sprinkle the batter with
       chopped nut meats or cinnamon and sugar or grated lemon rind
It is well to press them down a bit so that they will stick. Take a sharp knife and mark off the batter in 1 1/2 inch squares. Bake about 5 minutes or until brown. When done, take from the oven and, while still hot, quickly cut through the marked squares. Slip a knife under to remove from sheet. The cakes grow crisp as soon as they cool and break easily, so you have to work fast."

[Baja Margie]

5. Ha, Ha....

That's okay, it gave me a chance to look over all the cookie recipes !