I searched high and low…looking for that recipe. Where could it be? It wasn’t in any of my mother’s old cookbooks. I never wrote it down for myself. After a lengthy search on the internet and through books I found it! It had a different name, but the recipe looked close! I whipped it up and plopped little bits of doughy goodness in the fryer. After it was rolled in powdered sugar I took an apprehensive bite. Oh, I hope it tastes like Grandma’s did. Mmmm… The Ollie Kookins were delicious!
Ollie what?? You say? Well you’d have to have known my grandma. She and grandpa owned a cottage on a lake in northern Michigan. Whenever we’d go there Grandma had some of her famous (well, famous with our family, anyway!) Ollie Kookins (pronounced oh-lee kook-ens) ready and waiting for me –er, I mean us! I kick myself for not writing this recipe down anywhere…grr!! But when you’re young and enjoying life, you don’t think about grandma not being there anymore to bake for you. So the closest I could find to a recipe was in a Gooseberry Patch book. I don’t remember which one, so you’ll have to forgive me. You will, right? : )
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 tsp. sugar
1/4 c. warm water
2 1/4 c. flour (I use unbleached all purpose)
1 1/2 c. raisins
1 c. warm milk (100-110 degrees)
1/4 c. sugar
1 egg, beaten
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
oil (in a deep fryer)
1 c. powdered sugar
Dissolve yeast with one teaspoon sugar and water — let it sit for about 10 minutes. In a large bowl, combine the next 8 ingredients until well blended; add yeast mixture. Cover and let rise for one hour. Drop 2 tablespoonfuls of dough into hot oil in a deep fryer; fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Roll in powdered sugar. Serve immediately for the best of yummyness! Microwave to reheat. Makes about 2 dozen.
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This is a recipe that I plan on sharing with my girls this fall. I have a lot of recipes that I want to share with them. I’m in the process of saving all of my most prized recipes on a computer program I write about HERE. I am determined that when I am gone from this earth that my girls will know where to find recipes! : ) Whether you keep them in a binder, a box, or on a computer make sure you write special notes about the recipe; where it came from, any special brand that makes it better, funny anecdotes and memories to make them smile.
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“…train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home…” Titus 2:4,5
