The response to the book club Lacy Raisin Wafer giveaway has been terrific!
All 50 dozen cookies are now spoken for by book clubs across the country.
Winning groups are:
Book Therapy, Saginaw, MN
Books and Cooks, Apple Valley, CA
Hampton Park Book Group, Naperville, IL
MVP Book Club, Wichita, KS
French River Readers, Duluth, MN
A Novel Idea, Pewaukee, WI
Kean on Books, Wauwatosa, WI
Pulpwood Queens of Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA
Bonami Book Club, Albuquerque, MN
Seekonk Bk Discussion Grp, Seekonk, MA
Chicks on Books, Portland, OR
New Fiction/Non-Fiction Book Group, Duluth, MN
Thursday Group at Redbery, Cable, WI
Bookworms, Farmington Hills, MI
Tale Talk, Houston, TX
Feminazi's, Milwaukee, WI
Scarsdale Book Club, Scarsdale, NY
Blackey Library Book Club, Jeremiah, KY
Meta Book Club, Gig Harbor, WA
Wednesday Women, Bellevue, NE
The Page Turners, Chippewa Falls, WI
The Purr fect Circle of Friends, Kennett Square, PA
38th Ave. Diva Readers, Myrtle Beach, SC
Books, Tea and Friends, Orlando, FL
First Wives Club, Overland Park, KS
Thanks to everyone who entered!!
Meanwhile, use the form below if you'd still like to sign up for an author phone chat. (All you need is a speaker phone at your meeting location.) And here's the recipe for Dolly's cookies, in case you want to make them yourself!
LACY RAISIN WAFERS
¾ cup sifted all-purpose flour
½ teasp. baking soda
½ teasp. salt
¼ teasp. nutmeg
¾ cup light or dark raisins
½ cup salad oil
¼ cup water
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teasp. vanilla extract
1 ½ cups uncooked rolled oats
½ cup chopped nuts
Sift flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg. Rinse and drain raisins; mix with salad oil, water; mix in sugar, vanilla, oats, nuts, then flour mixture. Refrigerate 1 hr. Start heating oven to 350 degrees F. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, about 2” apart, onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 min., or till crisp around edges. Makes 3 ½ doz.
From the Good Housekeeping Cook Book, 1949
Since Dolly is busy playing golf and flying her plane these days, cookies sent to the winning groups will be professionally prepared by Alotti Biscotti Specialty Cookie Company.
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