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I decided to share three cookie recipes in honor of my grandmas 😊

I have three grandmas... my maternal grandma, my paternal grandma, and my adoptive paternal grandma... meaning I was adopted by my step-dad (whom I only know as dad 😊) when I was 3 years old but still knew and spent time with my paternal grandma.

All three of them are gone now but I am honoring them with three cookie recipes that remind me of them. I'll explain why with each one.

Graham Cracker Sandwich Cookies

This recipe is in honor of my grandma Owens, my maternal grandma.

My cousin and I used to stay the night often at her house on the weekends and she always made us graham cracker sandwich cookies with pink powdered sugar frosting.


This recipe has a little bit fancier frosting... buttercream... 😋 and she didn't roll the sides in sprinkles... because we were kids, we didn't need all that fancy stuff!!

Ingredients

• Graham Crackers
• Buttercream Frosting (recipe below)
• Sprinkles

Spread some of the buttercream frosting between two graham crackers to create a sandwich. Press down so the frosting squeezes out the sides a little, roll the sides in sprinkles.

Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 C. Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 C. Butter, softened
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 3 tbsp. Milk
• Food Coloring

Beat the powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and milk for several minutes until a smooth, creamy frosting forms. Add food coloring to achieve the desired color.

This recipe is in honor of my grandma Wilson, my paternal grandma.

I didn't get to spend as much time with her because she lived out of town most of my growing up years. My cousins and I used to spend a few weeks every summer with her. She and my grandpa lived in the mountains on White Pass in Washington State so it was always fun to visit... we hiked a lot, played in the mountain streams, and in the neighbor's lawn which was made entirely of moss!

My grandma called these jam thumbprint cookies "chicken butthole cookies"... yes, you heard me right! She said they reminded her of a plucked chicken's butthole!! 😂😂













This recipe is in honor of my grandma Carroll, my adoptive paternal grandma.

I don't remember her baking a lot and I really didn't spend that much time with her, she and my grandpa traveled a lot when I was young. But I asked my dad if he remembered a cookie she used to make and he remembered chocolate no-bake cookies.

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