I remember making these drop cookies years ago. I admit I haven't made anything but Christmas cutout cookies in the past few years and that's because my grand-daughter's love to decorate cookies.
This Drop Cookies recipe I got from my "Aunt Ida". She was my grandmother's older full sibling in a family made up of "yours, mine and ours" way before The Brady Bunch tv family was streamed into our homes.
Polly Ida Kolb, my grandaunt, was the daughter of Robert Franklin Kolb (b. 15 Jan 1858-Grapeland, Houston Co., Texas, d. 02 Dec 1957-Sweetwater, Nolan Co., Texas) and Neoma Ida Martin (b. 1873-Webster Parish, Louisiana, d. 07 May 1937-Rotan, Fisher Co., Texas). Polly Ida Kolb married Tom Helm (from original Marriage Certificate #10982 at FamilySearch), on 23 Dec 1924 in Anderson County, Texas. I knew Tommie Coin Helm as "Uncle Tommie" growing up.
Aunt Ida was about seven years older than my grandmother Cauble. Growing up we joked at how Aunt Ida and the older sister, Aunt Luna, checked up on little sister Neoma as if she was still a little child.
Today I find it refreshing (is that the right word, not sure) that my grandaunts Ida and Luna still cared for their little sister enough to check on her almost every day if she didn't answer her phone.
And I have to wonder if Polly Ida Kolb Helm served her Drop Cookies when the sisters got together and chatted about their children and grandchildren.
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