Springfield Twp Sugar Cookies

Butter cookies is more appropriate. My high school made these from scratch, served them daily for like 25 cents. (Remember the days when schools actually made food??) I bought and ate one every day for four years, and was still 114 pounds.  I wish that were true today!  These are decadent and delicious!!

I've adjusted the recipe from a full lunch crowd to a normal family below.

                            

 

SHHS Butter Cookies

FAMILY SIZE                          SCHOOL SIZE

(2 sticks)  butter                         1# butter

(1 cup) sugar                              1# sugar (2 cups)

(2 1/6 cups) AP Flour                4-1/3 C all purpose flour

(1) egg                                        2 eggs

(1/8 cup) water                          ¼ C water

(1/2 T) vanilla                           1 T vanilla

1/2 pinch salt                             Pinch salt

Cream butter and sugar together.  Add eggs, water, vanilla.  Combine. 

Stir in half of the flour and pinch salt.

Add the remaining flour.  Chill dough for one hour.

Preheat oven to 375.  Spoon by ice cream scoop onto cookie sheets.

(Optional:  Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon).

Bake for 15 min until edges are golden brown.

Artichoke (Spinach) Dip Baguette

I saw this recipe on Facebook recently, and thought it looked good. But I had artichoke dip at happy hour yesterday I was reminded I hadn't tried it yet. So today, on this wonderfully beautiful lazy Saturday, I did. Unfortunately, I forgot the spinach, so we're going artichoke only. And I'm using mascarpone instead of cream cheese simply because I was at the Italian market and didn't want to make two trips. Here is the recipe: http://hostthetoast.com/spinach-and-artichoke-dip-stuffed-garlic-bread/