The First American Cookie Lady

by Barbara Swell

The 1st American Cookie Lady is based on the 76-page, handwritten cookie diary of Anna "Cookie" Covington, who recorded 208 different cookie recipes between 1917 and 1920. Intended as a gift for one of her children, it's a mystery why her cookie diary was never used and eventually fell into the hands of one very grateful Barbara Swell. Barbara presents Anna's recipes exactly as they appear in the original diary and also adds helpful tips and hints on baking, updates for many of the recipes, fun cookie poems, baking superstitions, and over 150 photos and illustrations.
Learn to bake cookies such as snickerdoodles, fig bars, rosemary shortbreads, coconut jumbles, and many more!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food

152 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2005

Reviews

[LaRae☕️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a gift from my sister. The old recipes are interesting, but more than that I learned quite a bit about the evolution of cookie making, and the ingredients and methods of baking 100+ years ago. I would recommend this to any baker also interested in history and/or old-time recipes.

[Patricia Atkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love her books with the old fasion recipes and stories i have every book by her now well worth getting

[Kat Clyde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Made me laugh. Definitely not a book I would advise someone to take when they're attempting to really cook a batch of cookies without lots of experience though.