Normally, I'd save the verdict on a recipe until the end of a post, but not this time. I am going to say right now that you should probably make Chocolate Filled Yum-Yums (CFYYs). It is possible that this recipe is the best thing I have yet made out of the Cook Book. There have been some recipes that were decent (
Fancy Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies,
Mock Apple Pie,
Powdered Sugar Cookies,
Marshmallow Pie,
Raisin Rolls), but they were all lacking in one way or another. As a side note, it's curious that the recipes that have fared the best out of the Cook Book have generally come from the chapters on sweets. I don't know if that is a reflection on my personal sweet tooth or the nature of the recipes and how perhaps cookies haven't changed all that much over the years. A delicious cookie is a delicious cookie, no?
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| Preach! |
Now before I jump into the preparation of these CFYYs, there is
something I need to address. Chinese
Chews. Here's the recipe page with the CFYYs as well as the Chinese Chews and Tasty Dainties:
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| So confused |
What makes them Chinese? Coco(a?)nut, huh? Granted, my knowledge of the flora native to
greater China isn’t vast, but I don’t think I’ve ever associated coco(a?)nuts
with anywhere but tropical beaches.
Maybe Mao had a thing for them, and that was well known among Lutherans
from northern Minnesota. OR, maybe the
cocoanut is native to China, while the coconut is more tropical. I bet that’s it. Mystery solved. But then, if ½ cup of cocoanut is used in
Chinese Chews, why doesn’t the 1 cup of cocoanut in the Tasty Dainties make
them twice as Chinese? Beats the
heckoutta me. Maybe Mao knows.
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| Betcha didn't know that Mao's little red book was actually a cook book featuring the versatile cocoanut. |
