Most vintage GCers have heard about the SWPA tradition of The
Cookie Table, by which many weddings are judged. Even
Wikipedia has heard of it, although they incorrectly credit Youngstown as the origin ("in place of... a wedding cake"? Um,
no!). Rather than piggyback this onto another thread, I thought I'd start a
Cookie Table Thread of its own.
The tradition is simple: a
table (or several tables) are filled with cookies at the wedding reception, allowing guests to help themselves for their own
table or for munching on their own.
Articles abound as to the hows and whys of The
Cookie Table, but the bottom line is that it's a great way for friends & relatives to say that they approve of the match. Most have mini-ladylocks (clothespin cookies), pizelles, Russian (Mexican, Scottish) Teacakes, and Pecan Tassies, along with the more standard cookies. I saw a list and thought I'd post it. If you have any
cookie you'd contribute, feel free to contribute a recipe. If you've tried a recipe that was perfectly nasty, let us know about that, too.
MAYBE, we could combine this with Christmas
Cookie thread, and have The Ultimate
Cookie Recipe Thread!
This is a list of cookies shown above, with the recipes.
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