Then will be soft and squishy, but will firm up as they cool. If making smaller reduce time by a couple of minutes.ġ1. If making bigger adjust timing upwards by a couple of minutes. Form into a ball and place on the baking parchment on the baking trays.ġ0. I use the equivalent size of two thirds of an egg.ĩ. Pre-heat oven to 170 regular or 150 fan.Ĩ. Form into a ball and cover in cling film or place in a food bag and refrigerate for at least half an hour.ħ. Pour over the runny mixture into the flour mixture and mix well.Ħ. In a separate bowl combine the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda.Ĥ. Add the vanilla and beat well to ensure egg is well combined.ģ. Once melted, allow to cool then add the egg and egg yolk. In a saucepan measure out the sugars and butter. And that is where the story really starts…īaking trays covered in baking parchment, mixing bowl, saucepan.ġ. Where she ended up marrying the billionaire owner himself. Scruples - a Novel by Judith Krantz via Etsy Novel was the basis for a successful mini-series in 1980. She returned to America after one year and went to the Katharine Gibbs School to learn shorthand and typing and found herself a job working for The Ikehorn Enterprises.

Perhaps sensing this, Hannah just baked for her all the more. And her cousins never seemed to take to her either. To make up for her lack of mother and siblings, Honey would boast about her monied cousins and relatives. And Hannah would cook her cookies, pies, cakes, a vast array of dishes every single day. She didn't have the mother and the father – her father was, after all, always working. Honey realised, as she got older, she didn't have the same sort of family as her local friends. This Hannah would spoil her the only way she knew. Doted on by Hannah the nursemaid/cook/housekeeper. I felt sorry for this young girl, motherless and ignored by her father, avoided by her peers.

I remember reading about the young Wilhelmina Hunnenwell Winthrop (Honey for short) from an old Bostonian family.

acquired in June 2022.Įveryone remembers Scruples, right? Originally published in 1978, it was the first juicy book I ever read (not, however, in 1978). This post was originally published at and is now at.

Scruples by Judith Krantz