Passing on the family recipes.

[rivka]

We made cookies tonight, primarily to be presents for Alex's nursery school teachers and my coworkers. I remember thinking that Alex might be old enough to help last Christmas, and having her be totally uninterested. This year, "Shall we make some cookies?" propelled her right out of a bad mood and into a state of high excitement.

I made some brown sugar/walnut cookies (not much to look at, but totally yummy) and some snickerdoodles. Snickerdoodles, rolled in red and green sugar crystals instead of the more traditional cinnamon sugar, are the archetypal Christmas cookie in my family. When I was not much older than Alex, I started being repsonsible for rolling the cookies in the colored sugar before they were baked. Now it's her turn.

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To be honest, I felt tired and queasy this evening and would not have picked it for cookie-baking had there been alternatives. (We need to give them out on Friday, and tomorrow night we have Avenue Q tickets.) But baking with Alex was a pleasure all the same. I spent so much happy childhood time baking with my own mother. It feels good to carry on the tradition.

Comments

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, I pasted the recipe into my journal a couple of years ago. So it's right here all ready to share (http://rivka.livejournal.com/161866.html#cutid1). Looks like the time you had them, I used hazelnuts... which was probably even better than walnuts.

[minnaleigh.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm planning to do some baking this weekend and I think I'll make some of these! And I've added that post to my memories so hopefully we won't have this exact same exchange a few years from now ;-)

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Looking back through my cooking posts, I found one about our crazy cinnamon-chip baking fest. Man, do I ever miss cinnamon chips.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

It looks to me like they still make and sell cinnamon chips. If they're not available in your area, I'll look around here and try to send you some. Unless there's another reason I've forgotten about that means you can't have them any more.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Really? Really?

Hey! Hershey has a product locator (http://www.hersheys.com/productlocator/index.asp), which informs me that they do sell cinnamon chips in the Baltimore area, but only at our least-favorite grocery chain. Wow! Thanks for alerting me to the fact that they haven't actually been discontinued! Cinnamon chips are wonderful!

Cinnamon chips

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Yay! Yes, I fully agree with you on cinnamon chips. I first used them in place of the butterscotch chips in this delicious recipe for nut bars. I'm looking forward to making your nut cookies!

Mixed Nut bars
1-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup margarine

Cut margarine into the flour,salt,brown sugar. Press in a 9x13 pan. Bake 10 min. at 350 degrees.

1 6 oz.pkg butterscotch chips
2 tblsp. butter
1/2 cup white corn syrup
2 cups mixed nuts

Melt chips,butter,syrup over low heat or microwave.

Spread mixed nuts over baked crust and pour melted topping over nuts.

Bake 10 min @350 degrees.

Re: Cinnamon chips

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Those look gooood!

minnaleigh and I especially enjoyed this cinnamon chip-applesauce coffee cake (http://www.cooksrecipes.com/breakfast/cinnamon_chip_applesauce_coffeecake_recipe.html).

[minnaleigh.livejournal.com]

That was so much fun! I still have one hoarded bag but I can't decide what to make with it.

You know, my friend Tina found them at Wegman's a couple of years ago. Now that you have a Wegman's in your area, you might get lucky!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I just discovered that Hershey has a product locator! (http://www.hersheys.com/productlocator/index.asp) You can plug in your zip code to find a local source. It looks as though, in Gaithersburg as well as in Baltimore, they only sell them at Giant.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I could pick some up for you at the local Giant if you'd like. I still need to get your Hogfather DVDs to you.