Nothing says
Christmas more than spending a cold winter afternoon inside our kitchen baking
cookies with my girls. The aroma of freshly
baked cookies is pretty hard to beat.
Not to mention, it’s a lot of fun too.
Sunday
afternoon we gathered our ingredients together and got to work. We played classic Christmas music on the
Victrola - Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis,
Rosemary Clooney, you name it. We had it
going on.
Sugar Cookie dough |
It was a
whopping 19° outside, but we were warm and toasty indoors as we pulled out my
old recipe cards and mixed up three of our favorites. First was our Traditional Sugar Cookies
recipe because that dough needs to chill in the refrigerator at least an hour
before you roll it.
While that
dough chilled (notice the pretty fabric bowl cover it is wearing) we made up a
batch of Chocolate chip cookies with M&Ms
and mini chocolate chips. The
youngest and I made these the first two batches of cookies while the oldest
made her favorite Chewy Gingersnaps and worked on homework, simultaneously.
When we
finished with the Chocolate Chip Cookies we rolled out the Sugar Cookie dough
and used a combination of new and my grandmother's vintage cutters. My youngest asked me if she could have my
grandma's cookie cutters when she moves out on her own. I am thrilled that she wants them so of
course I told her yes. Of my two girls
she is the most sentimental when it comes to family heirlooms.
We had a
blast decorating cookies. We were out of
red sugar sprinkles so I mixed up some homemade ones using granulated sugar and
a few drops of red food coloring. We
also had a bit of leftover vanilla frosting to use up so we frosted about a
dozen of the cookies and put sprinkles on the rest.
Of course
there was some serious taste testing to be done to ensure they were
up to snuff. And I am happy to report all is
well on that front. We then got busy putting
together and decorating treat bags and goodie plates for teachers, friends and
neighbors. We still have plenty left for
ourselves, but there may be another cookie baking session needed on Christmas
Eve.
I am so happy to see I am not the only one still using the glass pumpkin to hold cookies!
ReplyDeleteI totally think it works year round! ;)
DeleteThose cookies look awesome! I haven't done any baking this holiday season. Maybe that's what I'll do on Christmas Eve.
ReplyDeleteWish you and your daughters a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Merry Christmas to you as well. I wish all the best in 2017!! And bake a batch of cookies too! :)
DeleteDid you make the pretty, cloth bowl cover?
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