A few weeks ago a new friend of mine went to Ok to eat at Reba’s Place in Atoka! When she returned she knocked on our door and almost ran in to hand me a cookie and said “eat this and try to figure out what it has in it!”
After the first bite I was in Heaven! It took me all 4 cookies (she ask the wait person to give them more to bring back but (well she might have lied and was given a dz and ate them on the way home and just told me that was all they got….but I won’t accuse her of that as she brought me the cutest flamingo tea pitcher also) hum….maybe to cover up her act of keeping cookies for herself? Ok. I won’t let my mind go there….stop it Trudy!!!! Well we never quite figured out what was in the little piece of glory but it made me go searching on the internet for what it might be! Well, thank goodness I’m old and have to get up in the middle of the night. Two nights ago I woke up at 2:30 am to go to the bathroom and upon my return to bed I could not go back to sleep. So (please don’t judge me) I picked up my phone and began to google different subjects re:shortbread cookies! I ended up typing in “shortbread cookie at Reba’s place in Atoka, OK recipe, and up popped a video of a lady in Michigan who had found the recipe two years ago in People magazine ! And because she was using a Bosch mixer I knew she was a serious baker. I couldn’t believe it! We now had the recipe for the amazing cookies we had said we would even sacrifice our Medicare $50/month free med allotment for!!! So yesterday I had to make it. The fact that I wanted to hurry and get it made to take downstairs to snack on while playing Chicken Foot, made me alter the cookie plan and made the recipe into bars. Much quicker and they were a hit! Nancy (the friend who introduced me to this little gem to begin with) and I still cannot figure out why they still don’t taste exactly how the cookies she brought back tastes. Like they are still missing a chewy ingredient we felt that had been in the original cookie Nancy had brought back, although the recipe says that it is the exact one Reba’s Place uses! But this recipe was still delicious and very easy to make. We loved these shortbread bars. Next time I want to use bittersweet chips like the recipe calls for! I just didn’t have them at the time. If you like shortbread, you will love these! Sweet & Salty, soft, and a butter lovers paradise! I still lost at Chicken Foot, but having them to snack on made losing a little easier to handle!
This is the recipe obtained from the internet from a lady who got it from People magazine ! I ended up making them in a 9” sq baking pan and only chilled the raw dough for 30 min before baking in a preheated 350 oven! I was in a hurry! Sprinkled sea salt over the top before cutting into small bite size bars after they cooled!
Chocolate Castles 