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1922 - original Girl Scout Cookies (Trefoil)

When you try making this recipe, take note of "quick oven"

Apparently, it's a vintage term that was used for wood-burning stoves, which required people to gauge temperature manually.

These are the settings:

Quick Oven: 375-400F
Hot Oven: 400-425F
Very Hot Oven: 450-475F
Extremely Hot Oven: 500F or more.

The dough is super sticky, so definitely chill it before you start rolling. Parchment paper definitely helps!

Back in the day, the Girl Scouts actually baked their own cookies to sell.

This is that recipe. Enjoy!


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On 16/04/2025 11:47, MummyChunk wrote:

1922 - original Girl Scout Cookies (Trefoil)

When you try making this recipe, take note of "quick oven"

Apparently, it's a vintage term that was used for wood-burning stoves,
which required people to gauge temperature manually.

My great-aunt used to use the terms "fast" and "slow" for her old-style
gas cooker oven. My mother (whom she raised) says that these were
basically equivalent to "very hot" (250-#C for bread) and "cool" (160-#C)

Back in the day, the Girl Scouts actually baked their own cookies to sell.

Still do AFAIK.

Peter
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Peter Flynn wrote:
On 16/04/2025 11:47, MummyChunk wrote:

1922 - original Girl Scout Cookies (Trefoil)

When you try making this recipe, take note of "quick oven"

Apparently, it's a vintage term that was used for wood-burning stoves,
which required people to gauge temperature manually.

My great-aunt used to use the terms "fast" and "slow" for her old-style
gas cooker oven. My mother (whom she raised) says that these were
basically equivalent to "very hot" (250C for bread) and "cool" (160C)

Back in the day, the Girl Scouts actually baked their own cookies to sell. >>

Still do AFAIK.

Peter

I think the individual troops did it. Don't they now come from a national distribution center?


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JLA wrote:

Peter Flynn wrote:
On 16/04/2025 11:47, MummyChunk wrote:

1922 - original Girl Scout Cookies (Trefoil)

When you try making this recipe, take note of "quick oven"

Apparently, it's a vintage term that was used for wood-burning
stoves, which required people to gauge temperature manually.

My great-aunt used to use the terms "fast" and "slow" for her
old-style gas cooker oven. My mother (whom she raised) says that
these were basically equivalent to "very hot" (250C for bread) and
"cool" (160C)

Back in the day, the Girl Scouts actually baked their own cookies
to sell.

Still do AFAIK.

Peter

I think the individual troops did it. Don't they now come from a
national distribution center?

This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=687523615#687523615

Yes, they come from a national distribution center. There may be
several of them. It's a safety and quality issue. IE no stray peanuts wandering into a peanut free cookie.
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