Cough Up That Cookie Dough!
How can adults steal from the Girl Scout's monetary cookie jar? Especially when they can use that money to send cookies to our troops overseas.And, surprise.....girl scout cookies aren't just for simply snacking on anymore.The Girls Scouts are pursuing 12 court claims in Akron, Ohio, for uncollected cookie money ranging from $54 dollars to $3,500. The claims total $9,000. - Minneapolis St.Paul Star & bloggingohio.
"Girl Scout cookies is a big business. That's a lot of $3 boxes of cookies," said presiding Magistrate Tom Lynett. - UPI
The Art Institute of Washington held a culinary contest with Girl Scout cookies as ingredients.
The winning recipe was stuffed shrimp with lemon cooler cookies and crab. The runners up were stuffed tortellini with watercress cream sauce and stuffed shrimp with Cajun Samoa sauce. Check them out here! and more here....(pdf files)
The Original Home-Baked Girl Scout Cookie
"This is the original Girl Scout Cookie from back in 1922. They are a sugar cookie cut into trefoil shapes (like the Girl Scout emblem), and sprinkled with sugar crystals."
yield: 3 dozen cookies.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup crystal sugar
DIRECTIONS:
Combine the cream, butter, and sugar. Next, add well-beaten eggs, then milk, vanilla flavoring, flour and baking powder.
Roll thin, make trefoil cutouts, sprinkle sugar crystals on top, and bake at 350 degrees F for about 8 minutes, or until just golden brown.
