{"id":2334,"date":"2023-05-28T13:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T13:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2026-06-02T00:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:31:18","slug":"aunt-jilda-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/aunt-jilda-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt Jilda Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"pgc-sgb-cb wp-block-pgcsimplygalleryblock-slider \" data-gallery-id=\"19e03814\"style=&quot;min-height:400px&quot;><div class=\"sgb-preloader\" id=\"pr_19e03814\">\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" 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It won&#8217;t spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chill. Cut into bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If too hard to cut, let set on counter to soften.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For long term storage OR if they soften: refrigerate, otherwise, store covered at room temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serve in cupcake papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FREEZE GREAT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cut before freezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOTES<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t know what Aunt Jilda called these, but we&#8217;ve always called them Aunt Jilda Cookies. -Stephanie<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jilda Putano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,9],"tags":[39,383,38,510,178,91,106,176],"class_list":["post-2334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcookies","category-cookies","tag-bar","tag-cake-mix","tag-cookie","tag-jilda-putano","tag-marshmallow","tag-peanut","tag-recipe","tag-rice-krispies","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10025,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions\/10025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}