Can anyone decipher my grandma’s wedding cookie recipe?
Thank you in advance. She just passed away from a heart attack and one of the last things she told me was where to find the recipe in her kitchen. I want to make a batch, but I want to make sure it’s right!
by AlbinoGiraffes
30 Comments
semiuselessknowledge
Beat together 6 eggs and 3/4 cup of oil. Add in 1 cup of white sugar, 1 tsp. lemon extract, 2 Tbsp. baking powder, and 4 cups of flour. Drop from a teaspoon [onto baking sheet]. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings.
Tsadron
6 eggs beaten well + 3/4 cup oil 1 cup white sugar+ 1tea spoon lemon extract (add and mix) 2 table spoons baking powder + 4 cups flour
Drop from tablespoon Bake at 375 for 11-15 min.
Dust with different colored powder sugar.
vanastalem
This is completely legible! Others already wrote it out, but I was fully expecting something hard to read.
YupNopeWelp
**WEDDING COOKIES**
**Ingredients:**
* 6 eggs * 3/4 cup of oil * 1 cup white sugar * 1 tsp lemon extract * 2 TBSP baking powder * 4 cups flour
**Instructions** (pulled out of order from how they’re written on the card, to make them make sense).
1. Preheat oven to 375ºF 2. Combine the eggs and oil and beat well 3. Add the sugar, lemon extract, baking powder, and flour and mix together. [NOTE: I would add the flour one cup at a time and mix after each addition] 4. Drop by (tea?)spoonfuls onto cookie sheet. 5. Bake at 375ºF for 10-15 minutes 6. Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings
EDIT: Originally, in step 4, I had “drop by tablespoonfuls.” Someone pointed out that the abbreviation looks more like the abbreviation for “teaspoons” than it does for “tablespoons.” I agree. That said, 10-15 minutes is a VERY LONG bake time at 375º, for a teaspoonful of dough, so if you attempt to make these, I think you’re going to have to do it by trial and error, and figure out the amount of dough you want and how long to cook it.
Bottom_Reflection
I also write my recipes like this.
DrgMny_11
Are we old because we can read this extinct language?
Spamvil
I somehow misread the top line as “6 eggs with leggs”
hurry-and-wait
I’m so sorry for your loss. But I’m glad you found the recipe and can continue her traditions!
karienta
This will make approximately 10,000 cookies.
No_Interview2004
So sorry for your loss OP 💜
Brooksfamily2009
Beat the eggs alone
gthrees
Must be a troll
peace_dogs
That would be fun to laminate for posterity. My mom didn’t like cooking but I have a cookbook from her mom (my Oma) that I cherish. I have some hand written recipes on cards like this from my godmother that I laminated about 20 years ago (so maybe 40 years old?), and they still look great.
judvan2
Sounds good. Looks like my mom’s writing!
Dexterdacerealkilla
I’m so sorry for your loss. I also just lost my grandmother to a heart attack, and this writing looks so similar to hers! She left me plants instead of recipes though. I hope you enjoy the cookies 🩷
BiscuitsUndGravy
This is the first time I’ve encountered the lack of teaching cursive causing this problem. Her handwriting isn’t difficult to read. OP just doesn’t know how to read cursive.
Guilty_Nebula5446
yes
Kindly-Form-8247
Why is 6 eggs written twice?
Adventurous-Sun-418
6 eggs (beat well) 3/4 cup oil 1 cup white sugar 1 tsp lemon extract add and mix 2 TBSP baking powder 4 cups flour
Drop from tsp , bake at 375 10-15 min Ice with different colored powdered sugar icing
CocoaHue
Lol this was rather easy to decipher
iaurp
Was your grandma Italian, by chance?
Pristine-Chest-6220
Lol my Dad used to write like this 1940ish
four_4time
/6 eggs (6 eggs)
3/4 cup of oil >beat well
/1 cup of white sugar
|1 tsp lemon extract
|2 tbsp baking powder
4 cups of flour >add and mix
Drop from (tsp?) Bake at 375° 10-15 min Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings
rkwalton
Team GenX to the rescue, but people had already done it by the time I saw this. 😭🫠
nomadquail
Op may I add your recipe to my collection as well? Can I have your gma’s first name to add to it?
MissesFlare
Wedding Cookies
6 eggs, beat well 3/4 cup of oil 1 cup white sugar 1 tsp of lemon extract, add & mix 2 tbsp baking powder 4 cups flour Drop from tsp, bake at 375° for 10-15 min
Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings
Hour-Revolution4150
I like the 6 eggs and then (6 eggs) right next to it 😂💛 I’m sorry your your loss but so happy you have this recipe from her!
PokeyOneKanoki
Wedding Cookies
Ingredients: • 6 eggs • ¾ cup of oil • 1 cup of white sugar • 1 tsp. lemon extract • 2 tbsp. baking powder • 4 cups of flour
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Instructions: 1. Beat eggs and oil well. 2. Add sugar and lemon extract; mix. 3. Add baking powder and flour; mix until smooth. 4. Drop from teaspoon onto a baking sheet. 5. Bake at 375°F for 10–15 minutes. 6. Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings.
Caffeinequeen86
This is what my grandma’s handwriting looks like too ❤️
30 Comments
Beat together 6 eggs and 3/4 cup of oil. Add in 1 cup of white sugar, 1 tsp. lemon extract, 2 Tbsp. baking powder, and 4 cups of flour. Drop from a teaspoon [onto baking sheet]. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings.
6 eggs beaten well + 3/4 cup oil
1 cup white sugar+ 1tea spoon lemon extract (add and mix)
2 table spoons baking powder + 4 cups flour
Drop from tablespoon
Bake at 375 for 11-15 min.
Dust with different colored powder sugar.
This is completely legible! Others already wrote it out, but I was fully expecting something hard to read.
**WEDDING COOKIES**
**Ingredients:**
* 6 eggs
* 3/4 cup of oil
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 tsp lemon extract
* 2 TBSP baking powder
* 4 cups flour
**Instructions** (pulled out of order from how they’re written on the card, to make them make sense).
1. Preheat oven to 375ºF
2. Combine the eggs and oil and beat well
3. Add the sugar, lemon extract, baking powder, and flour and mix together. [NOTE: I would add the flour one cup at a time and mix after each addition]
4. Drop by (tea?)spoonfuls onto cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 375ºF for 10-15 minutes
6. Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings
EDIT: Originally, in step 4, I had “drop by tablespoonfuls.” Someone pointed out that the abbreviation looks more like the abbreviation for “teaspoons” than it does for “tablespoons.” I agree. That said, 10-15 minutes is a VERY LONG bake time at 375º, for a teaspoonful of dough, so if you attempt to make these, I think you’re going to have to do it by trial and error, and figure out the amount of dough you want and how long to cook it.
I also write my recipes like this.
Are we old because we can read this extinct language?
I somehow misread the top line as “6 eggs with leggs”
I’m so sorry for your loss. But I’m glad you found the recipe and can continue her traditions!
This will make approximately 10,000 cookies.
So sorry for your loss OP 💜
Beat the eggs alone
Must be a troll
That would be fun to laminate for posterity. My mom didn’t like cooking but I have a cookbook from her mom (my Oma) that I cherish. I have some hand written recipes on cards like this from my godmother that I laminated about 20 years ago (so maybe 40 years old?), and they still look great.
Sounds good. Looks like my mom’s writing!
I’m so sorry for your loss. I also just lost my grandmother to a heart attack, and this writing looks so similar to hers! She left me plants instead of recipes though. I hope you enjoy the cookies 🩷
This is the first time I’ve encountered the lack of teaching cursive causing this problem. Her handwriting isn’t difficult to read. OP just doesn’t know how to read cursive.
yes
Why is 6 eggs written twice?
6 eggs (beat well)
3/4 cup oil
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp lemon extract add and mix
2 TBSP baking powder
4 cups flour
Drop from tsp , bake at 375 10-15 min
Ice with different colored powdered sugar icing
Lol this was rather easy to decipher
Was your grandma Italian, by chance?
Lol my Dad used to write like this 1940ish
/6 eggs (6 eggs)
3/4 cup of oil >beat well
/1 cup of white sugar
|1 tsp lemon extract
|2 tbsp baking powder
4 cups of flour >add and mix
Drop from (tsp?) Bake at 375°
10-15 min
Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings
Team GenX to the rescue, but people had already done it by the time I saw this. 😭🫠
Op may I add your recipe to my collection as well? Can I have your gma’s first name to add to it?
Wedding Cookies
6 eggs, beat well
3/4 cup of oil
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp of lemon extract, add & mix
2 tbsp baking powder
4 cups flour
Drop from tsp, bake at 375° for 10-15 min
Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings
I like the 6 eggs and then (6 eggs) right next to it 😂💛 I’m sorry your your loss but so happy you have this recipe from her!
Wedding Cookies
Ingredients:
• 6 eggs
• ¾ cup of oil
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 1 tsp. lemon extract
• 2 tbsp. baking powder
• 4 cups of flour
⸻
Instructions:
1. Beat eggs and oil well.
2. Add sugar and lemon extract; mix.
3. Add baking powder and flour; mix until smooth.
4. Drop from teaspoon onto a baking sheet.
5. Bake at 375°F for 10–15 minutes.
6. Ice with different colored powdered sugar icings.
This is what my grandma’s handwriting looks like too ❤️
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