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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 7:52 PM
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WHOOOO HOOO!!!! The wife and I are SOOOOOO looking forward to getting these goodies!...
Posted by: Eric at December 21, 2003 7:59 PM
Holy cow! Using tweezers to "precision decorate" cookies? Do you have any photos, I'd love to see decorated cookies that had that much work put into them!
Posted by: Jack at December 21, 2003 9:20 PM
I totally feel the need to make myself useful and bake now.
I think I drooled on the keyboard at your descriptions!
Posted by: Helen at December 22, 2003 7:17 AM
Jack,
I don't have any pictures of past cookies - this year, I simply don't have the time to do the Spritz cookies. Although, if I dig through the box of family pictures there might be some cookies I decorated as a kid!
Posted by: Beth Donovan at December 22, 2003 10:45 AM
It's hard to keep from drooling on the keyboard!!
I used to make Snickerdoodles and Ricotta cookies... Both very easy. Mmmm... I may have to bake this year after all.
Don't hold back; post any and all recipes you'd like so we can steal them! :)
Posted by: pam at December 22, 2003 1:26 PM