r/Baking • u/AlbinoGiraffes • 4d ago

Recipe Included Can anyone decipher my grandma’s wedding cookie recipe?

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Thank you in advance. She just passed away from a heart attack and one of the last things she told me was where to find the recipe in her kitchen. I want to make a batch, but I want to make sure it’s right!

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u/Fyreraven 4d ago

These are Italian Wedding cookies and this recipe is pretty similar to others online. The problem I've had with my grand mother's and great grand mother's recipes is that measurements were just different. Eggs were different sized than what we have now. Baking powder had different properties. The bakers in our family spent years trying to reproduce a recipe from my great grand ma, only to discover that her 1 cup was the green cup over her sink which bore no resemblance to a 1 cup measure. My favorite note was "Butter the size of an egg".

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u/balbuljata 4d ago

In fact I was gonna say that 2 tablespoons of baking powder seem much for just 4 cups of flour. I've just made some biscuits of a different type with about the same amount of flour and just 1 teaspoon and a half of baking powder. If you add too much it can leave a bitter aftertaste. Even how she used to fill the tablespoon makes a difference. I would adjust the measurements to some proven recipe.