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Wow, it's been a while since my last post.  Sorry about that. I imagine I should have posted this BEFORE Christmas, but I've been so busy making cookies, I haven't had time to blog.  And since I did individual recipes last year, this year I'm just going to make a list.  Here we go! This year the Christmas cookies consisted of: Pumpkin Bread Gingersnaps Gingerbread Men  (some were ninjas) Chocolate Chip Cookies Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Sugar Cookies Iced Sugar Cookies Stuffed Cookies Peanut Butter Cookies  (honey variation) Snickerdoodles Oatmeal Carmelitas Buckeyes Fudge Peppermint Patties Butter Toffee That's quite a lineup.  I tell you what, if you give 2 of each to someone, they get a haul! Here are some pictures: Oatmeal Carmelitas Peppermint Patties Pumpkin Bread Snickerdoodles Gingersnaps (my favorite!!) Gingerbread people Grandma's Sugar Cookies (I pinwheeled them this year...came out pretty c...

Hello!  I hope you and yours had a lovely Christmas!  We sure did!  And now that the flour and powdered sugar have settled, and the mess is (almost) cleaned up, here is a little recap of our days leading up to Christmas. First I decorated some more sugar cookies.  I copied the "Joy" idea from Sweet Sugar Belle , but hers were much better.  I forgot to decorate the letters.  And I was in a hurry.  I may have mentioned I went for simple this year?  It was because I needed to decorate a LOT of cookies, fast. So anyway, those were terrible.  I changed up the snowmen after the first run.  However, I made the change after I had already piped on the little hats.  I decided to do stick arms instead of snow arms.  But after I piped the modified body outlines for the snowmen with stick arms, I realized the hats were now waaaaay too big.  *sigh*  I'd be dangerous if I planned ahead. I almost forgot the gingerbread m...

Really, that's its name. Remarkable Fudge. It's in my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. My husband tells me it's the best stuff ever. I don't like fudge *gasp*, so I don't really know.     You don't need a candy thermometer for this one.  You may need burn ointment.  That's up to you. Let's boil some sugar, shall we? That's butter, sugar, salt, and some evaporated milk. Bring to a boil and let it boil for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. That's why I only make candy once a year.  Too much standing and stirring.  The toffee nearly did me in. Once that's good and thick, add some cholocate chips, a chopped up chocolate bar, marshmallow fluff and vanilla. The recipe says the candy bar is optional.  But it's really not.  The fudge is not remarkable without the candy bar.  (I used a hershey bar...yum...) Stir it all up... And pour it into a foil lined, buttered 9x13 baking dish.  Let it set up an...

I'm most  of the way through my Christmas baking list.  On my list this year are: Chocolate Chip Cookies Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Gingersnaps Gingerbread Cookies Sugar Cookies (iced) Sugar Cookies (not iced) Stuffed Cookies Peanut Butter Cookies Oatmeal Carmelitas Fudge Butter Toffee Buckeyes Peppermint Patties Pumpkin Bread Gingerbread The more run-of-the-mill items I won't bother posting about.  If anyone is curious about a recipe, just drop me a line and I'll share.  No secrets here. In order to keep everything as fresh as possible, for the drop cookies I make the dough, portion it out, freeze it on a cookie sheet, and when it's hard, put it in a resealable freezer bag.  Then, when I need some cookies, I bake off  a few, and they're fresh from the oven with a minimal amount of fuss.  I do have a KitchenAid Professional 600, which makes my life easier because it holds about three batches of dough at once, depending on the rec...