“Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul…but I must confess that I love you because you are a prelude to my beloved October.” Peggy Toney Horton
In the small town where I grew up, I could walk to elementary school and back by myself. I would even come home for lunch every day. One of my fondest memories is picking up the pace to get home even faster when I would smell my mom’s molasses cookies permeating the crisp air. Even though the school was a few blocks away, I could recognize that enticing aroma and knew my mom and the cookies would be waiting for me as soon as I got home. It was the greatest feeling in the world. Every fall, when the temperatures start dipping, I get in the mood for baking cookies. Here is a half dozen of great fall cookies sure to fill your home with irresitible aromas for creating happy memories for a loved one of your own and to herald in autumn.
(My childhood molasses cookie recipe is found in the monogrammed gingerbread recipe below. My mom would cut the dough in round shapes. Using a smaller cutter, she would remove the center of half the cookies, creating a window similar to that of Linzer cookies. She would sandwich a bit of her homemade raspberry jam between two soft, perfectly spiced gingerbread-molasses cookies with the jam oozing out of the peekaboo cut out of the top cookie. Pure bliss!)
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What a delightful memory Johanne, my mom used to make me cookies made of graham crackers, chocolate and sweetened condensed milk I think…I thought they were the most incredible treat, and haven’t thought about that in years! I don’t know about those zucchini cookies, but the Snickers ones are calling my name 🙂
I am glad I brought back that lovely memory Jenna! Have you got that recipe? Those cookies sound good!
Johanne Lamarche
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And the recipe for your mom’s molasses cookies? 🙂
The monogrammed cookie is the molasses recipe she has been making for 20 years for my kids. I will have to see if she still has my childhood one from my days at Ecole St-Charles. Bonne question Sue! Je te l’enverrai si elle l’a. xo
Johanne Lamarche
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Sue, ma mère a dit que c’est bien la même recette des galettes au pain d’épice qu’elle nous faisait.
Lovely 🙂
Thank so much Linda! Baking does not come natural for me. I am more of a cook so these cookies are fool proof! Are you one of those bakers who doesn’t like to cook?
Johanne Lamarche
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Hi Johanne 🙂 I actually do love to cook as well as bake. Im a general all types of food lover, I’ve got some savoury recipes to share but I just have a deep passion when it comes to baking 😉
You are like my mom! She enjoys both. I like to “wing it” in the kitchen and baking doesn’t allow as much wiggle room for experimentation!
Johanne Lamarche
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Thats true! Baking is more of a science where things need to be precise whereas cooking you just throw everything into a pan and you’ll be alright 😉
It must be a rebellion for all my years as a surgeon working with precision and details. I like to let loose in the kitchen!
Johanne Lamarche
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Hahaha Oh my gosh I feel the opposite! Because of my medical school training and love for science I feel that I’m drawn to the precise science of baking! How about that 🙂 🙂 🙂
That is funny!!!! What kind of medicine do you practice?
Johanne Lamarche
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I didn’t finish my medical school training unfortunately
but I do try and keep myself into science-y things, hence the baking, so it’s all good! What kind of surgery do you specialize? 🙂
I am a retired periodontist, so oral surgery. I used to teach it as well at the university. I came from Canada to study here in Philadelphia and stayed for love.🇨🇦💕🇨🇦
Johanne Lamarche
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Oh that sounds lovely 🙂 it’s always good to find somewhere you love that you can call home ❤
A lovely selection of Fall colors, scents and warm spices heralding the Fall weather. Your Fall leaf cookies remind me of a special recipe I had when I was baking with the 3yr old children at a private school. I must dig out that recipe and try it again after all these years. I used to tint the dough and divide it into 3 balls. Then place all one on top of the other and roll. The colors were like magic and the kids loved them. I’ll have to try some of your beautiful collection this Fall.
Your comments are always so beautifully written, poetic even, and so very thoughtful Loretta. They always make my day brighter. Thank you!
Johanne Lamarche
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What a beautiful array of cookies and lovely childhood memories – very sweet!
Thank you Lily. I am not as much of a baker so I go for easy foolproof cookies!
Johanne Lamarche
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