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Continuing Saga of the Yule cookies

Published: 12-12-2011 08:17am

We just finished baking the cream cheese roll- outs. Jon helps so much with this. He ferries the cookies to the oven, out of the oven, and to the table. At the table, he gets them offa the sheets, cools them, and stacks them as per type. He brings the sheets back to me at the kitchen table, and we both fill this next sheet up with dough cookies to be baked. All I hafta do is sit and roll the dough out. Of course, I do the washing up... but it's pretty wonderful to have it so easy ! The candy is all done. We made 6 batches of fudge and 2 of Ma Hoffman's r... » Read More

New Year's Eve

Published: 12-11-2011 09:58am

How do you guys celebrate the New Year ? Jon and I keep it very quiet, and we don't really have a TV connection so we don't observe the balls falling. We ALWAYS have our traditional "feast" ( This assortment of foods can be served at any time to spark conversation and focus on "us".) The basic elements of a "feast" are as follows::: Black olives Crackers Cream Cheese and Sardines in oil On New Years, this feast is augmented with black russian caviar. On the crackers with cream cheese. We usually call Mom's house to wish them wel... » Read More

Has the season passed already ??

Published: 12-11-2011 09:55am

Morning, kinda groggy. Alla cookie stuff is paused. I can go do or not do right now- - - on the eventual cookie horizon, only the cream cheese roll- outs insist. I think- - - if I made the rum balls now- - - that making the roll- outs might be made more merry !!! The only problem is, I can't remember where I told Jon to stash those little candy cups ! ( Making these is a breeze for me, since we have a food processor to grind it all up with.)My sales have dried up, it was great while it lasted. I think I will take my Yule cards out of the shop today, or, soon, as most ... » Read More

Yuletide Preparations

Published: 12-11-2011 09:50am

O my O my O my Tired with achy muscles but happy and very pleased with self. 9 out of 17 kinds of cookies are done. I finished with the refrigerator cookies, and they are decorated or frosted as needed. Then I went and made 2? more batches of other kinds of cookies. One of them is to die for I think, they are peppermint squares and from the little bit I tasted... WOW. I am almost done for the day now, things are in correct places and what needs washe... » Read More

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