My boyfriend Don and his mother Kathy have many similar traits: a peculiar sense of humor, love of music, financial acumen, and love of all things citrus, vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, and ice cream.
Today is his mother's birthday–she passed away last December 6. Amazingly, she and my mamala have birthdays a day apart (August 3 and 4), and passed one day apart (December 6 and 7). Over the years it has become something of a tradition for me to make Kathy a special birthday dessert, and I don't plan on ending this any time soon. I’m not sure if Kathy knew how much joy it gave me to make something special for her. [Ed. note: Um, Yeah.] Hope she enjoyed it as much as I did. Don grew up on Chipwiches and the San Francisco bay area's beloved It's It en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s-It_Ice_Cream, so this was part of my evil plan to get to his heart through his stomach. [Ed. note: Shut up, just shut up...] The original recipe calls for pecans, which of course complement the butterscotch caramel flavor wonderfully, but since we like our desserts smooth, we sometimes leave them out. This particular cookie recipe works especially well for ice cream sandwiches because it retains its softness, and the butterscotch caramel flavor really shines through. Cookies Adapted from The Tenth Muse, by Judith Jones and Orangette Number of servings: 30 cookies / 15 ice cream sandwiches Ingredients
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Me
9/3/2017 10:07:42 am
Jacquie,
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9/3/2017 11:50:12 am
Thank you! It is a pic of Don's mom. He thinks she was 5 years old!
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Julie
7/13/2019 01:02:19 pm
Happy birthday Kathy! Lovely tribute Jacquie, yummy, yummy dessert too!
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