Nope! The name is literal. Make the cookies, put them in the oven, turn off the oven, and go to town! The one drawback is it "Only makes about 20 small cookies." I love the way Kitty Uhlmann underplays her own recipe at the end.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Funny Name: Take It Literally Edition
When I first saw the title of Go-to-Town Cookies (Calico Cookbook, Auxiliary Community Hospital, Springfield, Ohio, Sept. 1976), I thought the name was figurative and they would be loaded with different add-ins. (Mom really went to town on these cookies! Oatmeal, chocolate chips, peanuts, raisins, butterscotch chips....)
Nope! The name is literal. Make the cookies, put them in the oven, turn off the oven, and go to town! The one drawback is it "Only makes about 20 small cookies." I love the way Kitty Uhlmann underplays her own recipe at the end.
Nope! The name is literal. Make the cookies, put them in the oven, turn off the oven, and go to town! The one drawback is it "Only makes about 20 small cookies." I love the way Kitty Uhlmann underplays her own recipe at the end.
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It sounds like a recipe from the era where they thought cooking with gas ovens was dangerous, and you had to have the gas turned off before you put the food in. It's kind of a moot point if you are cooking these in an electric oven.
ReplyDeleteI think it's to keep them from browning. Meringue cookies usually don't brown. We used to make these once in a great while when we were kids.
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