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Ingredient Mon Jan 18 2010
Girl Scout Cookies: They Make 'Em or You Make 'Em
I got the email this past weekend. My seven-year-old niece has joined the child army of Girl Scout Cookie hawkers. I can't blame her--I, too was a GS in my day, and one year I sold the most cookies of anyone in my troop due to my older siblings and mother taking the thick, brightly-colored order form with them as they went about their day. The 200-plus boxes I sold that year went to a motley crew of my siblings' classmates and coworkers, family friends, neighbors and relatives. I was closing left and right.
I've always supported the girls in green, but I have my gripes about the modern era of Girl Scout Cookies, notably the creeping price (this is where I pull my "When I was a kid, they were only two-fifty a box" kind of old person talk) that doesn't justify the small quantity in the box. True, Girl Scout Cookies are pure Americana and a tradition, but these days, so is debt. Plunk down the cash for a box, or make your own.
Recipes for:
-Samoas/Carmel deLites
-Thin Mints
-Tagalongs
-Shortbread
Here's the recipe (from 1922!) for the first Girl Scout Cookie, a rolled-out sugar cookie that were originally shaped into the Scout's emblem.
And if you want to use your Girl Scout Cookies IN a recipe, here are some suggestions.
