Chad is finally back from Buenos Aires! I picked him up from the airport today, along with his fellow traveller, Eric. Their flight was delayed about an hour, so by the time I finally left the house to collect the two travel-weary men from Memphis International, I was quite the eager beaver. I left about five minutes too early and, rather than drive in circles around the baggage claim, angry airport traffic cops giving me dirty looks and urging me forward with their whistles, I decided to stop on Airways Blvd at Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies. Who wouldn't be happy to come home to a three-pack of some of the best cookies in Memphis? Talk about edible therapy: the smell of the place when one enters is absolutely sublime. All baking butter and sugar. I decided on one butter cookie, one double chocolate dream with pecans, and one oatmeal raisin each for Chad and Eric. The oatmeal raisin are my personal favorites, but they are known for their butter cookies, after all. The cookies were still warm when they were the bags were handed to me.
I first discovered Makeda's a couple of years ago when I was a social worker serving clients in the field, many of whom lived near Makeda's. I must have had time to kill, and I stopped in for a baker's dozen. Since that time, Makeda's has grown slightly. They have added a locaton on Raleigh-Lagrange and I have spotted cookie booths at both the Mid-South Fair and also at the Cooper-Young Festival. Hopefully, the business will continue to grow so I can keep indulging in these delicious cookies as long as I am still able to pick folks up from the airport!
Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies
2370 Airways Blvd
Memphis, TN
Yeah! Chad is back - and you went to get cookies. Can't wait to hear all the stories! In Nashville now - be back next week for more fun? cookies...
Posted by: emily davis | April 07, 2007 at 09:32 AM
Went to Makeda's Monday afternoon for two bakers dozen assorted for a work function. Told the owner about your blog and showed it to him. He was thrilled! Also broke down and tried an ice cream sandwich. My blood sugar still has not come back down to normal.
Posted by: Molly | April 18, 2007 at 09:17 AM
HEY!!!...I manage Makeda's Bartlett location and I was thrilled to see that you had wrote such an awesome article about us...thank you so much for your support...and you will be happy to know that we are in 5 local Kroger stores...Mendenhall/Poplar, Bartlet Blvd/Stage, Highland/Poplar, Poplar/Cleveland, and G'twon Pkwy/Dexter...again thanks for spreading the word!!!;)
Posted by: TAMIKA HEARD | September 23, 2008 at 01:58 PM