This week we baked a recipe called “Party Cookies” which came from a 1974 Rotary Club cookbook in my hometown of Marietta, Georgia. Quite frankly, this may be one of the best cookie recipes I’ve come across, and the fact that it came from an old southern Rotary Club cookbook is no surprise….
For those of you who aren’t from the south, vintage cookbooks from southern community organizations are a treasure trove of incredible recipes. Years ago, churches and civic groups like The Junior League would publish an annual cookbook to raise money for various causes. The cookbooks would feature both the recipe itself, along with the name of the contributor. As you can imagine, for those who contributed recipes, it was a little bit like their culinary “15 minutes of fame.” There is no way anyone would publish a sub-par recipe that literally had their name on it!
Fast forward several decades and many of us have been gifted boxes of these old community cookbooks. Before you throw your boxes away, you may want to take a peek inside. If you’re like we were this week, you may come across some seriously deliciously new recipes!
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