Did your grandmother serve Danish cookies? You know, the buttery ones nested in paper and packed in the blue round tins? My favorite was always the pretzel-shaped one with the big sugar crystals. Which one was yours? Click here helixsleep.com/emmymade for up to $200 off your Helix Sleep mattress plus two free pillows!
Rarely found them with actual cookies inside. I bought the Trader Joe's Danish butter cookies this year because the tin was so stinkin cute, can't wait to disappoint future generations with spare buttons and sewing supplies.
i'm in the throes of a bad bout of seasonal depression but hearing "greetings my beautiful lovelies!" never fails to make me smile. thank you very much emmy, never change
Imagine being Emmy's neighbor and recieving a tin full of these delightful, homemade cookies. 🤩 Emmy literally couldn't be more wholesome if she tried. 😇
Scene: Emmy and family finish moving. As their moving van pulls out of the driveway, a different moving van pulls in next door. Emmy, enjoying a cup of coffee, comments to Mr. Emmy, "Oh, look, honey - Sugar's moving in next door. Isn't that funny? I didn't know she was moving." Me: Waving.
When I was young (in the 60s yikes!) my mom baked cookies a lot and I often helped. With the peanut butter cookies, one of my jobs was the fork tines. I would press the bottom of the fork into a dish of sugar before each tine press. I believe this added a bit of texture as well as sweetness to the cookie, and might be the origin of the classic fork tine pattern.
I was always taught to roll my peanut butter cookie dough in sugar before tining. Granted I wasn't around in the 60s, but I was taught by family members who were.
I love these sorts of adaptable doughs! Gemma at Bigger Bolder Baking has a few including a bread dough that I've used to make pizza. It's so fun to experiment with them.
My mom had the Joy of Cooking cookbook when I was a kid and gave it to me when I moved into my own place. The book was falling apart for years and I finally bought a new copy a few years ago. Check out the sticky bun recipe. ☺️
When I was young and entering my first year of Uni, my Nona bought me "The Joy of Cooking". Mostly because she was petrified I would die from starvation, my idea of cooking at the time was impressing everyone with my ability to make toast! Emmy is telling you the truth, that book did so much for me haha. I ate well, learned a lot of things that are still the methods I use now. It was great when I was dating, my friends were worried about affording East Side Mario's and I was out there impressing with my culinary mastery (of which I still have none basically lol). I'm not exaggerating, that book has been present in my life for 2 decades.
A lot of these old cookbooks called for ingredients that are no longer available. In addition, some ingredients have changed over time. Butter has changed over time with most having more water than they used to, which throws some of these older recipes off. There is a regulation that says butter must contain at least 80% fat, but I think butter from back in the older days was probably closer to 90% or more.
I always wonder how mich gross 50s reciped couldve changed due to ingredients becoming different. I always remember about things like twinkies becoming completely different over the years.
@60grema I WAS just SAYING This!! Tonight making cornflakes and butter topping for a casserole, I was complaining to my husband that butter these days reminds me of the old "Imperial" margarine, which used to sog out your toast and popcorn. I never had that problem with butter until 2005 or so, it's just getting worse. I hate soggy popcorn 💧🍿😒😭
@@foofyastralpunk5875 the buggest giveaway when a product has changed its recipe is when it has new packaging. Usually brands change there packaging when they have changed the recipe of a popular item.
@@mh12-47 I never really thought of butter as having a "recipe" of sorts. Other than salted, unsalted and European, in my mind it should be just butter.
Every time I receive a notification from Emmy, I know I'll be smiling and pleased the whole video. Thanks for sharing your cooking adventures with us Emmy❤. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@@vichuey3219 Emmy will add words in the video, usually when she's out of frame or doing something where she's not talking or looking at the camera. *Spoiler* In this video it's "fairy lights" at 4:36.
OMG Emmy that's my favorite cookbook my grandmother who taught me how to cook gave me that cook book for my 15th birthday and we call it the kitchen Bible I've used that cookbook The Joy of cooking to teach my daughter and my son how to cook I am now 67 years old so I've had that book for a long time and now belongs to my daughter and she still calls it the kitchen Bible I love that book and I'm glad to see that you love it too and I'm so happy that I found your channel you're so amazing you're absolutely wonderful I've been watching you or following you I should say for about two and a half years now and I will keep watching you cuz I think you're amazing some of the things to do are pretty fantastic but anyways I just thought I'd say Merry Christmas and may you have a prosperous new year and God bless you and your family and you have definitely a follower and a friend so thank you very much your friend Nicholas 😊
so glad you included the fork tine. When I was a teen I worked as an assistant camp counselor at an art camp. On the last day, when all the kids' projects were displayed for Parents' Night, I was on concessions duty. There were a few errant children grabbing cookies and juice and such and I thought nothing of it. I gave him what I thought was a sugar cookie but it turned out to be a peanut butter cookie that had not been 'stamped' with the fork. He had a severe allergy reaction and had to be taken away in an ambulance--which had to park a ways down the road as it was too crowded with the parents all parked on the street. He survived but so has my guilt from that night.
Emma's Goodies has a video on a recipe like this, but scaled up in volume for a holiday party. I'm thinking I need to make some cookies for the next few weeks!
Yes, her master recipe is actually pretty good! I've made it a couple of times and most of the cookies came out pretty good, except the chocolate ones. For some reason those never taste right.
the world's best peanut butter cookies is one cup of peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, mix - drop table spoon on parchment on cookie sheet. Bake at 350F for about 12 mins. Let cool on pan for about 15 mins (they need to firm before you move them. NO GLUTEN...
AAaaahh that's so practical ! One dough for 5 different cookies, definitively doing this for the new years party :D Even better that you gifted these to your neighbor, so wholesome, you warmed my heart back up thank you Emmy
I've been making this (or one very similar to this) for years and years. It's my go-to Christmas cookie recipe. I've always called them butter-cookies or tea cookies and i always ice them with nonpareilles, icing chocolate and powder sugar. The fun part, though, is coloring this dough with food coloring so from one batch i get 3-5 different colored doughs.
I wish I could afford those mattresses they’re so darn expensive, I have a pillow top and it’s about 10 years old and it’s so uncomfortable now it’s crazy…. Very few mattresses are made for plus size people though.
I love my hand/immersion blender! It’s amazing for combining things. It easily blends butter/sugar/eggs, and introduces little air bubbles too, if you hold it at the right angle. It’s great with custard, because you can just blend those pesky lumpy pieces away. And I was even able to make a mascarpone/chocolate frosting without melting my white aerated chocolate first (everything combined perfectly). I really can’t recommend it enough!
For sugar cookies with sprinkles we always wet the top of the cookie with a little water, just dip your finger in a cup of water and rub cookie with it - then add sprinkles. It eliminates the need to press them into the cookie:)
In the UK 'superfine sugar' is readily available - we call it Caster Sugar, we use it in all cakes etc as it dissolves in the fat quicker & makes sure the end product is not gritty. I'm always surprised how same but different the US & the UK are!
we do have that here in the US and we call it super fine sugar. i think most grocery stores sell it, though it is not nearly as common as regular sugar.
I have been doing a lot of Xmas baking and yes they are or many are very similar recipes. But still need to mix it up with others. Mmmm. Happy Holidays!!
This is legit the first recipe we were taught as a kid where I grew up, and damn if it didn't feel like magic to make so many different cookies out of one dough!
i've seen people take this dough and roll into parchment cylinders, then freeze. you might look up ice-box cookies. i think this is what they're called.
You can incorporate it more evenly by adding the powdered stuff into only a tablespoon or so of the dough, then combine that with the rest of the dough.
Hey you're on NE!! Hello from Maine! I love and appreciate your channel so much. My 2 year old daughter loves you too. Thank you for sharing your talents with us and explaining in a way that is easy to understand. One day I'll be able to afford the nice kitchen gadgets one at a time
I get my apples and carrots in thin wood containers at my market. I save them and use them to give homemade gifts. I just fished baking yesterday and will be delivering them today. Your neighbor is super lucky to get a nice cookie box!
Would you look at that, this is basically my grandmas cookie recipe! she also did peanut butter cookies using this as a base. Pretty funny to know where she got it from. She used to add a bit of grated lime rind and it gives the cookies a very nice touch. I make them all the time jaja
That’s how master recipes work. You get a basic formula, then with simple additions, subtractions or swaps, you can make the Master Recipe your own! The Danish butter cookies are all the same dough, shaped differently.
Great idea, I will definitely try out this master dough next Christmas. I'm already too set on my recipes for this year. Hey Emmy, have you ever heard of this easy 3 ingredient peanut butter cookie? It's one egg, one cup of sugar, and one cup of peanut butter (ideally the cheap kind that has added oil, sugar, salt, but natural peanut butter will work too if that's your preference). Just wanted to share with you in case you haven't heard of it, because I love how strong the peanut butter flavor shines through. It couldn't be easier and it's an easy gluten and dairy free recipe. I make them in my toaster oven for an easy weeknight cookie. Roll into balls and press flat with fork like you did. I wonder who decided forks are the way to mark pb cookies specifically... never see it with any other kind. My favorite topping for these pb cookies is a small dollop of marshmallow fluff as soon as they come out of the oven.
Emmy 😳😳..your kitchen and your voice makes me feel so COZY and “at home”. I’m learning something new while being soothed at the same time 🤷🏽♀️😏. I love love love your content!
If you add some cornstarch to that sugar you can make your own powdered sugar. I just read that awhile back. Very good for us! We always have horrible humidity issues in the summer. And it will ruin or stick EVERYTHING. Envelopes. Sugar. Spices. Drawers. Nothing helps much. Dehumidifiers not much. Thanks Emmy🙏😉🍪
You should see my mattress, very flat, very discoloured and the springs poking through I have to keep sawing them out, you know, if I like having skin on my body... Damn silent night 😖
My mom's side of the family lives in East Providence... they are Portuguese and immigrated from the Acores (Azores). East Providence is where a lot of Portuguese immigrants settled. It's a lovely city and is so rich with their culture. I visit as often as I can....especially since my mom's passing in 2017... seeing my Uncle and Aunt makes me feel like my mom is still alive... the memories from my childhood of going there to visit especially during the holidays is priceless! Love watching your videos! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
My master recipe is just basic shortcrust pastry, and then I mix stuff in. Thumbprint cookies with raspberry jam are a favourite, Corinth raisins, chopped almonds, chocolate and/or butterscotch bits, coconut, extra vanilla, cacao powder, cinnamon sugar to roll the dough in, cardamon, citrus zest... The possibilities are endless!
Omg i have made them one year i baked 18 different cookies including the one that makes so many to give out to our Mayor and Police Dept. and friends and family. .I have picture's of all my counters full of them. My girls have so much fun decorating them..It makes my favorite wedding cookies/snow cookies...
My copy of the Joy of Cooking was printed in 1952. It was my Mother's and she used to say that those Rombauer Sisters knew how to cook! Enjoyed your video as always.
Emmie I have a carb less sugar cookie. That I can divide up and make tow different kinds. And by changing the plane sweetener for brown and adding spices I can make it like gingerbread Merry Christmas 🎅🎄🤶👼
The Joy of Cooking edition I have here (probably 1970s) doesn't seem to have this master dough (or the Xmas tree device -- Xmas recipes are denoted by a star).
Have you ever heard of Sweet Potato candy from Mexico? It says Mexico to me and used to sold everywhere there and it takes 4 days I believe and seems unlike anything I’m familiar with. Would you please take a look at it?
I was going to google the shirt, to see what is says. Still, my favorite color. Clever Idea with the cookies. That would've been so helpful, when I made cookies for everyone.
I’m gonna be trying this out today. One question I had, (which I’ll go out on a limb based on what I watched and say probably not) but wondered if I should grease the cookie sheets….
Emmy you're so fun to listen too, soothing and funny at the same time. I appreciate all the stuff you share with us! Thank you for the fudge recipe! I'm super excited to try this one too!
To keep your sprinkles from falling off cutouts beat up some egg whites till foamy and put a little on your cookie, I brush the whole cookie, add sprinkles, ground nuts, etc and bake.
Love this idea! An easier way to get sprinkles on the animal cookies might be to lay out a dish with sprinkles in the bottom and press the cookies lightly into the sprinkles
I’m with you on the way they worded “master recipe”. Instead of “make 14 types of cookie with 1 dough”, it sounds more like “make 14 types of cookie with 11 doughs” or some such thing. I myself have been in charge of Christmas cookie baking every year since I was around 12. I have a long, storied cookie history. Perennial favorites: nut tassies, peanut butter temptations, Dutch cocoa crinkles, Heath brickle drop, walnut kiffles, and then every year I try out a few new ones. I’m currently on the hunt for something chewy with spices. Perhaps something with oatmeal? 🤔
