Recipe and a tribute

My grandmother was the cook in my house growing up. Before she and my mom emigrated to the US, she was a dietician and nutritionist. After they came to the US in 1951 they were employed in a private home as cooks/nannies for a wealthy family. When they saved enough money to leave that family and buy their own house, my grandmother became the pastry chef for Villanova University.

The holidays in my home growing up were great. My grandmother baked constantly and the house smelled wonderful. She didn't write down her recipes, but I figured a couple of them out. My favorite is a cookie dough that I use for pies and cakes too.

1-2-3 Dough

1 cup sugar
2 cups butter
3 cups flour
1 egg
Mix all ingredients together until well blended. Chill. Dough can be stored for a week or two in the refrigerator or it can be frozen. This amount of dough is enough to make 2 cakes. If you need only enough for 1 crust, halve the ingredients and eliminate the egg.


I made some of this dough last night and when I make the cookies I will post pics.