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Homemade Lorna Doone Cookies #SundayFunday


Today the Sunday Funday group is celebrating childhood favorites. Thanks to Stacy of Food Lust People Love, Sue of Palatable Pastime, Rebekah of Making Miracles, and Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm for coordinating this low-stress group. Today Stacy is hosting and she's given us the following prompt: "Childhood favorites. Did you have a favorite dish growing up? It could be something your family cooked or a restaurant dish, even a Chef Boyardee canned good or packaged ingredients like Rice-a Roni or mac and cheese. Recreate THAT dish from SCRATCH for this event."

 Here's the #SundayFunday childhood favorites line-up...


Homemade Lorna Doone Cookies

When Stacy posted the theme, I was completely flummoxed because I didn't eat a lot of packaged  foods when I was a kid. Or eat out at a lot of restaurants. Heck, I still don't. My mom made almost everything from scratch. And I've probably posted most of my childhood favorites before as family recipes. Then I had an epiphany moment. I remembered that my dad used to keep a package of Lorna Doone cookies in his desk. And when my mom wasn't home - remember, she was anti-packaged food - he and I would sit in his office and eat them. So it was an extra special treat!

The funny thing is that I remember the package being blue and I remember a flower design on the cookies. I definitely didn't remember words. Then, I realized that when my dad was sneaking me packaged cookies, I was probably three. About this size...

And I didn't really know how to read. So, maybe the letters just didn't register. Also, I went to look for some at the grocery store and didn't see them. Perhaps because I was looking for a blue package and the packaging is actually yellow. I might look for them the next time I go to the store. Maybe not though because my version is better than I remember them to be. I did pull out my cutters and alphabet presses to spell out L-O-R-N-A. 

Ingredients makes approximately 18 cookies

  • 1/2  cup (1 stick) butter
  • 1/2 cup organic granulated sugar
  • 1 cup flour plus more for rolling
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla paste (you can use extract, but I like seeing the seeds) 
  • Also needed: rolling pin, baking sheet, parchment paper


Procedure

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Beat in the egg. Then add in the flour and cornstarch and fold in until completely moistened. Press the dough together into a ball and place on a floured workspace.

Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Use cutters or a knife to form squares or rectangles. Place dough on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

Place in the preheated oven. Bake for 20 minutes at 325 degrees. 

Remove tray from the oven and let cookies cool completely on a wire rack. 


Though my kids haven't actually tried Lorna Doone cookies, these are now a favorite of theirs, too. We made them again for Mothers' Day with our initials and some Xs and Os. They just call these "those crispy cookies."

Well, that's a wrap for our childhood favorites event for #SundayFunday. We'll be back next week as I will be hosting an event with salsa recipes. Stay tuned!

Comments

  1. What a sweet photo of you and your dad, Camilla! Those cookies look delicious and I can see why they quickly became a family favorite.

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  2. Thanks for sharing that photo and your memories with us. I have never had lorna doone's but I do love shortbread!!!

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  3. oh. this could be so much fun baking these embossed ones with my little one. that's a beautiful pic, Camilla and such a lovely recipe too.

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  4. I grew up with Lorna Doones in the house too, and my dad was the cookie purveyor as well. Great memories.

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  5. These look like the most perfect cookies to go with tea!!

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  6. Beautiful memories Camilla. I totally understand when you ay no lady made food or packaged food. I too grew up eating food made from scratch. Such a lovely tribute to your childhood memory of creating the secret cookies between your dad and you.

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