Mix in, by hand, flour and walnuts. After mixture is well blended, put sheet of wax paper on cookie sheet and butter paper. Roll dough into 1 inch size tube. Should have several …
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Once the refrigerator was developed, some people still called their refrigerator “the Ice box”. So the recipe name “Old Fashioned Ice Box Cookies” refers to the fact that you refrigerate the cookie dough before baking and since this is a very old recipe, they still referred to the fridge as an Ice Box.
After you've made the old fashioned icebox cookie dough, you can keep it in the fridge or the freezer, and you'll be one step away from delicious cookies. In a bowl of a stand mixer, add the sugar, brown sugar, and softened unsalted butter.
We love icebox cookies! Stir up the dough, chill and bake whenever the mood strikes. They're the original slice-and-bake cookies! These crispy cookies with a chewy coconut center travel really well. When my son was in the Army, I often sent boxes to him, and he told me they always arrived in perfect condition. —Cheri Booth, Gering, Nebraska
Like… 4 hours of patience. Today’s icebox cookie (AKA refrigerator cookie) recipe is not one that you can whip up to satisfy an urgent cookie craving. While making the dough itself is quick and easy (about 10 minutes and done), there’s several hours of chilling in your refrigerator (or, icebox) required for perfect cookies.