Passing on the family recipes.
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rivkaWe 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.
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.
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.
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.
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Cinnamon chips
Date: 2007-12-20 10:08 pm (UTC)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
Date: 2007-12-20 11:57 pm (UTC)