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December 21, 2003

Christmas Cookies.

Mom could not cook, but boy, could she bake Christmas Cookies! Every year, a few days before Christmas, we would have an all day bake-a-thon. We made Spritz cookies, Bourbon Balls, Pecan Puffs, Almond cookie cutter cookies, gingerbread, and my Grandmother's famous Rock cookies. If anyone wants the recipes for any of the above, let me know. I will warn you, though, the Rock Cookie recipe calls for a box of this, and a box of that - and the recipe makes at least 12 dozen cookies.

The last few years, I have been working a lot, and traveling. It's harder and harder to keep up the Christmas traditions. I'm pretty much down to doing Pecan Puffs and Bourbon Balls. Just finished the Bourbon Balls - yes, Eric and Pam, you will get some!
I am waiting for the butter to get soft so I can make my Pecan Puffs (Balls) - they are yummy, yummy, yummy. Melt in your mouth yummy.

The Spritz cookies, though I love them, are pretty time consuming because I have always felt the need to decorate them with great precision - using tweezers to place the silver sugar balls, nonpareils and colored sugars.

My son, Andy, has no interest at all in baking cookies - he just wants to eat them, so I guess the now pared-down tradition will disappear after me.

Posted by Beth at December 21, 2003 07:52 PM