There are some mysteries here. I can't fathom the direction, "rub together like pie." Am I misreading the directive, or just not understanding it? Also, it would be weird to mix in the flour before beating in the egg, but the brackets seem to indicate that. Then again, when you make pie dough, you mix the dry ingredients and the butter first. In that case, though, the butter is mixed in ice cold and chunky. Here, I don't know if the butter is supposed to be cold or room temp. That could make an enormous difference in the recipe outcome. The "pie" aspect of the recipe might be telling you to do the dry stuff first, but I just can't imagine how eggs would mix into it well. Finally, it's your guess as to how long to bake them for. I'm guessing maybe 8-10 minutes. Betty, you were a little skimpy on the details. I have a feeling that she read this one to my Grandmother over the phone.
Can a baker shed more light on this recipe? I'd love to make it but there are a lot of "x" factors here. I'll bet they taste like egg nog.
I think the recipe instruction "rub together like pie" means rubbing the ingredients between your fingers to make a crumbly mixture- then make a well in the center and add your wet ingredients. I've made that kind of cookie before and they are a light, crumbly type cookie.
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