Did Milano cookies get smaller?

[nuxvomica]

I hadn't had any in a while and we just got a bag recently, of the orange variety. I swear they are smaller than they used to be. Did they shrink in the last year or so? Or did their prolonged absence from my life cause me to create an enhanced memory of them that no cookie could hope to live up to?

[progressoid]

1. Seems like all food is getting smaller.

If you want, you can make your own!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/gale-gand/milan-cookies-recipe/index.html


Milan Cookies
Ingredients

12 tablespoons butter, softened
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
7/8 cup egg whites (from about 6 eggs)
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon extract
1 1/2 cups flour
Cookie filling, recipe follows

Cookie filling:

1/2 cup heavy cream
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 orange, zested

Directions

Cream the butter with a paddle attachment then mix in the sugar. Add the egg whites gradually and then mix in the vanilla and lemon extracts. Add the flour and mix until just incorporated. With a small (1/4-inch) plain tip, pipe 1-inch sections of batter onto a parchment-lined sheet pan, spacing them 2 inches apart as they spread. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Let cool on the pan.

Cookie Filling: In a small saucepan over medium flame, scald cream. Pour hot cream over chocolate in a bowl. Whisk to melt chocolate, add zest and blend well. Set aside to cool (the mixture will thicken as it cools). Spread a thin amount of the filling onto the flat side of a cookie while the filling is still soft and press the flat side of a second cookie on top. Repeat with the remainder of the cookies

[glinda]

2. Pinwheels are a lot smaller than I remember.

[Orrex]

3. Sure as hell seems like it, ever since Embrace of the Vampire.

"Milano Cookies" was a euphemism, right?