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They are dated 1986 on the back.

I was going to use the scrap terrycloth instead of batting, but it felt so nice on my face that I decided to forget the interior batting let the terrycloth sit outside.

Materials: Scrap denim, extra terrycloth.

Free pattern from Happiest Camper. Amid the rising AI slop and SEO sludge on the internet, I loved seeing that someone drew the pattern out in marker and scanned it to share with the world. https://happiestcamper.com/diy-sleep-mask-with-free-printable-pattern/

My great-grandmother pasted this in her recipe binder. I think "Anna" might be her sister, and therefore technically my double-great aunt.

These cookies spread a lot more than any other icebox cookies I've ever made, turning into thin wafers of butterscotchy deliciousness.

Anna's Butterscotch Ice Box Cookies

3 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

1 cup butter

2 cups brown sugar (I used dark)

2 medium eggs (if you use large eggs, you may need to add a smidge more flour)

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Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Cream the butter and sugar. Mix in eggs one at a time, then beat well. Mix in the dry ingredients.

Form the dough into two logs, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate overnight. It will probably seem too soft, but that's why these turn out so good. (If it's too sticky to shape, add more flour.)

When ready to bake, heat oven to 375°. Have greased or paper-lined cookie sheets ready.

Slice the dough thinly (like, a bit less than a quarter-inch). Set on the pan about 3 or so inches apart. These cookies spread very thin as they bake, so they need plenty of room between them.

Bake for about 8-10 minutes, or until very slightly darkened at the edges. Keep unbaked dough refrigerated between batches.

So many people on here are like "How do I stop crying when I chop onions?" Well, I just put a desk fan on the countertop. It disperses the onions' tear gas, and blows it away from you. Even when I have the fan blowing right at me across the cutting board (which in theory means the onion fumes are aimed right at my eyes), the fan keeps the gas so diluted in the air that I feel absolutely nothing.

https://i.imgur.com/MaWLZn5.jpeg

Edit since this is apparently a popular comment: Yes. sharp knives reduce the problem. And I always keep my knives freshly sharpened. But sharp knives do not eliminate onion gas.

I guess people are saying to sharpen my knives because you're used to finding people who throw their knives in a drawer where they get as dull as ballpoint pens? Yeah, I don't do that.

I just threw the hems in the scrap heap. Then I used them for tension checks whenever I started sewing something. Now I unpicked all of that test-stitching and reused them!