‘Nut Drop’ HRT Sugar Cookies by Finn Stirling

Read the new piece in our EUPHORIA series — ‘Nut Drop’ HRT Sugar Cookies by Finn Stirling.

A pretend vintage cook book page featuring a sketched image of cookies with a testosterone injection beside them. Black text on a sepia background reads:

From ‘A Trans Cookie Book’

‘Nut Drop’ HRT Sugar Cookies

2 tablespoons butter
4 teaspoons of your hormone of choice (I prefer testosterone for this recipe, it’s what gives that nutty flavour)
1 cup of sexual arousal akin to that of a teenager
¼ cup sugar
½ cup of ‘Little Song Bird’ from Hadestown
½ teaspoon of rapunzel’s hair growth
2 tablespoons of drag king tears
1 teaspoon of Mitch Brown’s post game sweat
½ cup finely chopped pecans, walnuts or peanuts
1/3 cup of Bruce Willis charisma

Soften butter, cream with sugar, add hormone (via any method that is comfortable for you), drag king tears and Mitch Brown’s sweat, then dry ingredients sifted together alternatively with sexual arousal, Bruce Willis’ charisma and finally the nuts. Drop on buttered sheet from teaspoon and bake in a moderately hot dad bod for (180) for about 3 years.

Another trans femme recipe using the whimsy of Kelly Sheridan’s voice and 3 doves is almost the exact counterpart of ladyfingers, only these are not dropped from a teaspoon.

About the author

Finn Stirling (he/him), a queer, trans guy living in Naarm (Melbourne). He is a poet, youth worker and workshop facilitator. His poetry has been previously published in Alex Nichols’ ‘In Flux: trans and gender diverse reflections and imaginings’. Finn’s work untangles gender, identity, bodies, and explores how it shapes relationships.