Girl Scout Cookie from 1917

Name: Girl Scout Cookie from 1917
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6-7 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1 cup sugar (plus additional amount for topping); 2 eggs; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons baking powder

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Recipe by LilPinkieJ

Girl Scouts have a great long history. I tracked this recipe down from the Girl Scout official website. http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/cookie_history/early_years.asp "In July 1922, The American Girl magazine, published by Girl Scout national headquarters, featured an article by Florence E. Neil, a local director in Chicago, Illinois. Miss Neil provided a cookie recipe that was given to the council's 2,000 Girl Scouts. She estimated the approximate cost of ingredients for six- to seven-dozen cookies to be 26 to 36 cents. The cookies, she suggested, could be sold by troops for 25 or 30 cents per dozen."

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READY IN: 1hr 10mins

YIELD: 6-7 dozen

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup butter
1

cup sugar (plus additional amount for topping)
2

eggs
2

tablespoons milk
1

teaspoon vanilla
2

cups flour
1

teaspoon salt
2

teaspoons baking powder

DIRECTIONS

Cream butter and the cup of sugar; add well-beaten eggs, then milk, vanilla, flour, salt, and baking powder. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Roll dough, cut into trefoil shapes, and sprinkle sugar on top, if desired.
Bake in a quick oven (375°) for approximately 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges begin to brown. Makes six- to seven-dozen cookies.

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