Shortbread Lemon Squares
Buttery shortbread topped with a bright, lemony almost-custard layer—this handwritten Lemon Squares recipe turns a handful of simple ingredients into something worth waiting to cool before cutting.
Category Cookies/Bars
Cookie recipes from Aunt Bertha’s Recipe Box, including drop cookies, bar cookies, rolled cookies, and other homemade favorites for the cookie jar.
Mrs. T’s Oatmeal Cookies
A handwritten recipe for Mrs. T’s Oatmeal Cookies, with quick oats and chopped nuts, formed into rolls, chilled, sliced and baked.
Eagle Brand Recipe Fragment
A mysterious handwritten Eagle Brand recipe fragment with crackers, chocolate chips and nuts—and only part of the original directions still intact.
Krumkager (Krumkaker)
A handwritten recipe for traditional Krumkager flavored with cardamom and baked in a stovetop iron, complete with a practical note about the butter.
Ella’s Drop Sugar Cookies
Tender drop sugar cookies flattened with a sugar-dipped glass and baked until done.
Elise’s Molasses Cookies
Molasses cookies made with coffee and spices, shaped into balls and pressed with sugar before baking.
Cressa’s Cherry Winks
Cornflake-coated cookies filled with pecans, dates and maraschino cherries from a handwritten 1970 recipe.
Walnuts Treats
An old-fashioned layered bar with a brown sugar crust and a chewy walnut-coconut topping.
Apple Sauce Cookies
Spiced Apple Sauce Cookies made with applesauce, raisins, and chopped nuts, yielding about six dozen cookies.
Double Chocolate Nuggets
Duncan Hines Double Chocolate Nuggets are easy cake-mix cookies packed with semisweet chocolate pieces and an optional pecan on top.
M&M’s Easy Party Cookies
A colorful 1960s M&M’s cookie recipe made with shortening and plenty of M&M’s, with extra candies pressed on top before baking.
Philly 3-Step Cheesecake Bars
Easy Philadelphia Cream Cheese cheesecake bars with a graham cracker crust and a rich, creamy filling in just three simple steps
Philly Marble Brownies
Easy chocolate brownies dressed up with a creamy Philadelphia Cream Cheese swirl and chocolate chips.
Vanilla Crunchies
Dainty vanilla cookies with a touch of nutmeg, rolled in granulated sugar and baked until lightly browned.
Eagle Cookie Bars
Rich and sweet cookie bars made with chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs, and condensed milk.
Molasses Cookies
Soft and spiced molasses cookies made with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.
Drop Sugar Cookies
Classic drop sugar cookies flattened with a sugared glass and baked until lightly golden.
Olga’s Molasses Cookies
An old fashioned handwritten molasses cookie recipe flavored with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, with part of the baking instructions missing.
Myrtle’s Tea Wafers
A handwritten recipe for delicate butter tea wafers made with vanilla and nuts.
Marge’s Applesauce Drop Cookies
A typed 1951 recipe for Marge’s Applesauce Drop Cookies, soft spiced cookies made with applesauce, raisins, bran, cinnamon, and cloves.
Butterscotch Pudding Cookies
A typed recipe for Butterscotch Pudding Cookies, made with pudding mix and rolled oats, with raisins, dates, or nuts added however the baker pleased.
Ruthie’s Sugar Cookies
A handwritten sugar cookie recipe made with buttermilk, shortening and a touch of nutmeg.
Nellie and Cressa’s Spice Cookies
A handwritten 1970 recipe for Nellie and Cressa’s Spice Cookies—with dark molasses, warm spices, and the choice to bake them now or chill the dough for tomorrow.
Ranger Cookies
Ranger Cookies don’t travel light—oats, coconut, and Rice Krispies pack every batch with plenty of crunch and old-school cookie goodness.