2/24: hildegard's cookies (kind of)

Hildegard von Bingen wrote a basic recipe for a spice cookie, and it's been adapted into a contemporary recipe by the Benedictine sisters at the Immaculate Conception Monastery.  We ordered some, and they are tasty.  I may even try making my own, using an online recipe.

Neither the sisters' cookies nor the various online recipes I've found are entirely faithful to Hildegard's recipe, which is much more spare.  But it's a nice reminder of an amazing woman nonetheless.

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