I was very fortunate to grow up with a mom that liked to bake. She always made such delicious cookies, pies, cakes; you name it. Once I moved out I realized that I missed all the wonderful baked goods that she made and immediately demanded several of her recipes.
To be honest, I don’t know where many of them originated. I know I should ask her one day, but in my mind they are generational. Secret family recipes that only those in the family can know. In reality, I have a feeling that many came from the old, well loved and very stained Betty Crocker Cook Book that lived by our stove.
I’m still learning many of the recipes and still refer to them as I go. For my mother, after many, many years of baking, she doesn’t need to read them, she just makes them. I admire this and hope to one day be able to do the same.
Today, I pulled out a molasses cookie recipe that I hadn’t had in many years. The weather has turned cold and I thought it was the perfect selection for the day. I love these cookies. They are spicy and soft and chewy. They are absolute perfection when they are perfectly golden brown, a little bit toasted around the edges and soft and warm in the middle.
Definitely like home.
I often get the urge to bake, but rarely plan on doing it. So I’ll scrounge around in the kitchen to see what I have on hand. It can get kind of interesting if I haven’t been to the store in a while.