25 Christmases, 25 Batches of Cookies
by Brian on December 14th, 2009 in Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Recipes 1 Comment
I met Suzen the day after Thanksgiving in 1985. We bonded quickly and for our fifth or sixth date she came to my house for dinner. I cooked. I believe the quickest way to a woman’s heart is to let her know she will not be the only one in the kitchen. So my courtship that evening included a high-proof beverage, a BLT with lots of B, and my favorite holiday cookie.
Suzen picked up a cookie, took a bite, and put it down on a plate. She looked at me and said, “We have to have an agreement.” Not good, I thought. Was it the B? How could she not like the cookie? “You can make these,” she pointed to the rack of cooling Maxines, “but only once a year. Do you understand?”
“Yes, m ‘am.” I almost saluted.
She picked up three more cookies, went to the front room, sat in front of the fireplace and calmly ate every bit. This Christmas will be our 25th, and I’m getting ready to make my once-a-year-under-some-kind-of-awful-penalty-I-never-want-to-learn-about batch of Maxines.
To give you an idea, a Maxine is refrigerator cookie. A log of sweetened chocolate and nuts is made, firmed in the refrigerated, then wrapped in buttery brown sugar dough. The wrapped cookie is refrigerated again, then sliced, baked, and consumed. Quickly. The aroma of the baking cookies in the last couple of minutes is unforgettable.
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