Christmas cookies...
All my old timey faves....
Our Mom didn't do much baking and making of cookies ...but, she did do one of the fiddliest at Christmas. The thumbprint cookies with jam in the centre.
Dipping in egg white, rolling in crushed nuts, baking for a few minutes and re-making the indent, etc, etc... if you've ever made them, you know!!...but, honestly..they are the best tasting cookies. I, too, make them only once a year .....
Butter tarts, shortbread with a cherry on top for the festive, albeit old fashioned, look, and the triple chocolate cranberry cookies... mmmm... all so tasty it's difficult to give them away.
They are all destined for gift bags for the neighbours.. with the exception of the 'tasters' of course.... you know...the ones I have to taste to make sure they are what I expect of my own cookie making skills.. and, maybe the second one just to be sure, and then, a third.... whoa!! and, somewhere in between baking ... keeping up with my exercise routine... so I don't get a big surprise when I jump on the scales in January.
Christmas cookies...
All my old timey faves....
Our Mom didn't do much baking and making of cookies ...but, she did do one of the fiddliest at Christmas. The thumbprint cookies with jam in the centre.
Dipping in egg white, rolling in crushed nuts, baking for a few minutes and re-making the indent, etc, etc... if you've ever made them, you know!!...but, honestly..they are the best tasting cookies. I, too, make them only once a year .....
Butter tarts, shortbread with a cherry on top for the festive, albeit old fashioned, look, and the triple chocolate cranberry cookies... mmmm... all so tasty it's difficult to give them away.
They are all destined for gift bags for the neighbours.. with the exception of the 'tasters' of course.... you know...the ones I have to taste to make sure they are what I expect of my own cookie making skills.. and, maybe the second one just to be sure, and then, a third.... whoa!! and, somewhere in between baking ... keeping up with my exercise routine... so I don't get a big surprise when I jump on the scales in January.