Vegan bachelor button cookies
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This is a cookie my grandmother made every Christmas (no, not the vegan version I've re-created). I have no idea where the recipe originated--but some research unearthed that it was called the Bachelor Button because it was said to have been made by "spinsters trying to attract bachelors". (My grandmother was widowed at a fairly young age.) I would not want to speculate too far on her reason for making them every year. . . but still. I call this my vintage Christmas cookie because it is so old and because it has such personal meaning to me. I found this tucked away in my mom's recipe card box and when I saw my grandmother's handwriting and title: Bachelor Buttons I was thrilled! The best part of the cookie for me was always the maraschino cherry (my grandmother would keep these on hand for her cocktails--but when they appeared on a cookie--I stuck around for extra snacking when she baked her "Buttons"!). I add tumeric to the cookie to give it some of the yellow color the egg yolk offered. The cookie has a semi-crunchy outer layer and a chewy inner layer. I recall this being more dense when she made it--but very good--my revised version holds up better I think--staying moist and certainly having less calories and fat.
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