Southern Stickies

[Eleanor Rose]

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In "Mary Chestnut's Civil War," she tells of two kinds of cookies that the "good people of Lincolnton, NC," brought to her while she was a refugee there in March 1865. She calls them moonshine and stickies. Mary says the moonshine is a kind of paste, "light and fairylike, white as snow, twisted and twining, shining, intangible, mystic, wonderful, crumbles under ones fingers when touched."

I have never found a recipe that exactly matches Mary's description of moonshine cookies, but growing up in the South I am quite familiar with stickies. Stickies, as their name denotes, are cakes (not cookies) that stick to your hands in the most delicious way. This is my favorite recipe for stickies. If anyone has a recipe for moonshine cookies, please share.

Southern Stickies

Dough:
1 cup self-rising flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon shortening
1/3 cup milk

Filling:
1/2 stick butter, melted
1 cup granulated sugar or brown sugar


Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease two pie pans.

Mix flour, baking powder, soda, salt, shortening and milk together.

Roll dough out very thin in a rectangle shape with roller. Add extra flour if necessary.

Spread melted butter over dough, sprinkle with sugar.

Roll up like a jelly roll, then slice the dough into 1" thick slices. (Don't worry if the melted butter starts to spill out.)

Place cut rolls face up in a greased pie pan.

Brush additional melted butter (2 tablespoons) to outside and tops of rolls so they brown evenly.

Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

 

[Seduzal]

Goes good with coffee in the morning!

 

[Jimklag]

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In "Mary Chestnut's Civil War," she tells of two kinds of cookies that the "good people of Lincolnton, NC," brought to her while she was a refugee there in March 1865. She calls them moonshine and stickies. Mary says the moonshine is a kind of paste, "light and fairylike, white as snow, twisted and twining, shining, intangible, mystic, wonderful, crumbles under ones fingers when touched."

I have never found a recipe that exactly matches Mary's description of moonshine cookies, but growing up in the South I am quite familiar with stickies. Stickies, as their name denotes, are cakes (not cookies) that stick to your hands in the most delicious way. This is my favorite recipe for stickies. If anyone has a recipe for moonshine cookies, please share.

Southern Stickies

Dough:
1 cup self-rising flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon shortening
1/3 cup milk

Filling:
1/2 stick butter, melted
1 cup granulated sugar or brown sugar


Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease two pie pans.

Mix flour, baking powder, soda, salt, shortening and milk together.

Roll dough out very thin in a rectangle shape with roller. Add extra flour if necessary.

Spread melted butter over dough, sprinkle with sugar.

Roll up like a jelly roll, then slice the dough into 1" thick slices. (Don't worry if the melted butter starts to spill out.)

Place cut rolls face up in a greased pie pan.

Brush additional melted butter (2 tablespoons) to outside and tops of rolls so they brown evenly.

Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

We called them sticky buns. My best friend's mom made the best. (Sorry Mom)

 

[donna]

We call them sticky buns too. One of my aunts made them. They are good with coffee.