Mud Hen Cookies..
"have no idea where the name comes from..this has been in my recipe file the longest..."
photo by ChefLee
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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24
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs, reserve whites
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
directions
- preheat oven to 350*.mix first 7 ingredients together.
- spread very thin in a greased 13x9" pan --
- sprinkle with chopped nuts.
- beat egg whites till stiff and add brown sugar --
- spread over nuts and bake for 30 minutes.
- cut into squares while hot.
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Reviews
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This is a different recipe, fun to make and very interesting results. But not very popular in my household. Sorry, but thanks for posting! -
Really cool recipe and delicious!!!!! These are light, crisp, chewy, gooey, and nutty!!! I was intrigued by the name of these cookies and tried to find out why they were called this. I did find the Toledo Mud Hens and some other ball teams named after this duck-like bird with a blackish head and neck. In the spirit of the mud hen colors, I used black walnuts which I also love the vintage flavor of. (My grandma always made black walnut cake and she had a big old black walnut tree in her back yard.) Black walnuts went wonderfully with the sweetness of the brown sugar meringue! I had also recently treated myself to a new unlined copper bowl to beat egg whites in and this was the first recipe that I used to break that in on and it really worked great and I had nice stiff peaks on my egg whites!! This is a wonderful and fun recipe that delivers great flavor and texture!!! Thanks so much for posting!!!
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I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...
