Aunt Ida’s Poppy Seed Cookies

The aunt in this case is not mine. She belongs to those relentless cookbook, recipe, and kitchenware collectors, Marilynn and Sheila Brass of Cambridge, Massachusetts. My friend Sandy Leonard makes these and adds the grated zest of an orange. The Brass sisters prefer a pure old-fashioned Jewish cookie with lots of old-country poppy seed flavor without the orange zest—you can decide for yourself. Than