This year marks the 10th year my sister, my mom
and I have been baking cookies for the holidays. For those of you who do not
know the story, we decided to take over for Grandma who couldn’t bake like she
used to anymore because of her arthritis. Its become an event we plan ahead
for, we have an inventory spreadsheet, we even have a list of all the cookies
we’ve ever made since 2004.
This year we had two little helpers, my 8 month old niece and
2 year old nephew, who played with mixing bowls and a whisk. My nephew helped
bring us our ingredients too. We were very thankful that we all could be
together this year in Albany, NY, unlike last year when we were separated by a
snowstorm and had to do this in two different locations.
After 4 days – 20 hours and 40 minutes of baking (including
naptime, storytime, lunch, dinner and babysitting so my sister and her husband
could finish Christmas shopping) here are the Top 10 Cookies we made this year
plus the new ones* (and any extras made with the ingredients we had
left):
Anisette
Washboards
Spritz – Happy Little Trees
Spritz – Red Bells
Peppermint Meltaways
Orange Creamsicles
Double Mint Chocolate Chip
Snickerdoodles
Chocolate Almond Biscotti
Cinnamon Chocolate Drops
Sugar Cookie Mint
White Chocolate Cranberry
Minty Pretzels
*Chocolate Krinkles
*Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
*Whole Grain Cherry Almond Cookies
*Holiday Eggnog Snickerdoodles
*Kitchen Sink Cookies
*Chocolate Cappuchino Cookies
(recipes available by request
only)
Key Phrases during the cookie baking:
- Italians like them hard and dry – American’s like them buttery
- Let me wash my hands, then I’ll roll my balls
- Balls aren’t sticking
- I can’t hold a pen
- What if we make denture friendly cookies?
- Roll roll roll your balls
- Let’s make some Italian dressing for the Italian cookies
Phrases from the little helpers
- “The deer are all gone”
- “The turkey are all gone”
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New
Year.
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