Sonja Henies

No one seems to know why this cookie was named for the Norwegian champion skater and movie star of the thirties. The recipe comes from Alexis Grossman, who cuts my hair. One day when I was in her chair we were talking about cookies and she gave me her grandmother’s recipe for these. This fragile cookie is covered in walnuts, and has a “thumbprint” or small cavity in the top filled with jam. I don’t know if the late movie star ever tasted one of these, but they have star qua