Male Cookies
Male cookies, a recipe that originally hails from the classic Charleston Receipts cookbook, has a short set of instructions that are expounded upon in greater detail.
Servings: 24 cookies
Equipment
- Muffin tin
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ sticks unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs beaten together
- 1 cup chopped nuts (try pecans, walnuts, almonds, or a combination)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250 F.
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add the eggs and vanilla, then flour, and salt. Mix until just combined.
- Fold in the chopped nuts.
- Divide the batter into a well-greased muffin tin, filling each cavity no more than ¾ the way full.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center of a cookie comes out clean.
- Let cool and use your hands to break the cookies into rustic, smaller pieces, about 3 per cookie.
- Roll in a bowl with the cup of powdered sugar until coated.
- Store in an air tight container for up to a week.