“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand!”
Walk-To-School Cookies
Recently I came across a small stack of recipe cards, held together with a piece of string, in a box of kitchen utensils that had belonged to my late mother. One that immediately caught my eye was a piece of yellowing paper that had been cut from a sack of sugar and glued to the recipe card. I don’t remember my mother ever baking these cookies so I am guessing the recipe had either been given to her by a friend or perhaps it had belonged to one of my grandmothers.
Regardless of its origin, I just had to try out the recipe. I followed the recipe exactly for the first batch of cookies and I was not impressed with the results. They were a little undercooked & doughy and sprinkling them with powdered sugar just made them too sweet for my taste. In the end, I increased the oven temp & the cooking time and omitted the powdered sugar altogether. This time the results were so good that I decided to publish the recipe!
Ingredients
Instructions
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In a large bowl, mix the first four ingredients. Once well mixed, transfer the dough to a sheet of wax paper. Shape the dough into several long rolls and wrap them in wax paper.
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Refrigerate the rolls for at least 1 hour.
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Pre-heat oven to 350-degrees. Remove the wax paper and place a roll on a cutting board. Slice the roll into 1/2" cookies and place them on a non-stick cookie sheet.
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Bake at 350-degrees for 15 minutes. Remove the cookie sheet and let the cookies cool for 10-20 minutes. If desired, sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar just after they come out of the oven.
Serving Size 1 cookie
Servings 48
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 120kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 7g11%
- Saturated Fat 5g25%
- Cholesterol 20mg7%
- Potassium 11mg1%
- Total Carbohydrate 12g4%
- Sugars 4g
- Protein 1g2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
Today, I tell my grandchildren that, as a child, I walked 5 miles to elementary school every day in the heat, cold, rain, etc. ... in reality, our family home was just three short blocks from the school! Regardless, almost every day I somehow managed to eat a portion of my sack lunch while making that short walk and that portion was usually the dessert whether it was cookies, cake, banana, apple, etc. Maybe this is why these cookies are named Walk-To-School Cookies! What do you think?