200-Year-Old Cookie Recipe with a Spin

My husband collects old cookbooks from family, flea markets, and rummage sales. These treasures often contain recipes you will not find on foodnetwork.com. One of our favorite cookie recipes is Apees from the American Heritage Cookbook.

My spin on this recipe is to spoon cookie dough into a mini muffin pan. They come out in a cute little shape similar to a cupcake. You could apply this trick to snicker doodles or sugar cookies as well.

1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 1/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup commercial sour cream

Work butter and vanilla until soft, then work in sugar a little at a time, and continue mixing until very smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating hard after each addition. Sift together flour, cream of tartar, and salt. Stir into mixture, alternating with sour cream. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 10 minutes. Cookies should be pale. Makes about 5-6 dozen.

I've found these cookies do better if cooled on a rack.

Enjoy!