Just over six years ago, I wrote a
post about these cookies. Blandly listed in the
Recipe Box as "Autumn Spice Cookies" right after the very distracting
Amaretto Brownies with a Cream Cheese Swirl, they've been hiding in the archives like a little undiscovered nugget that only I knew about.
I was 100% fine with that, because they were my private, personal favorite cookies, and I loved them enough for all of you*.
Then, I went and made them better. I threw in some homemade apple cider syrup and it got ridiculous how good they were. It was just plain
wrong to keep them to myself.
So I put them on the menu over at
Mom in the Mail as a seasonal special, secretly hoping that no one would notice them in the midst of the
adorable apple pies.
They noticed.
But maybe, just maybe, I could have kept the lid on 'em.

Until the burnt sugar bits went in and it officially became a crime for these
not to be famous. Kind of like when that indy singer who's been playing for years at the bar down the street hooks up with Disclosure and suddenly becomes Sam Smith.
This is clearly something that Cheesy Pennies is not equipped to tackle alone**, but thanks to the
5th Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap***, I don't have to. It is a responsibility that
Julie,
Anna,
Chrissy and I now share****.
If you make them, you'll have to spread the word, too. They truly deserve their shot at the big time.