Time To Make The Donuts......Ummm No Cookies!!
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29820)
Momence, Illinois
December 9, 2015 2:08pm CST
My household is only my husband, myself, and my oldest son Sam who is 24. I have decided not to put up a Christmas tree this year as I just don't have the heart or energy to do it. Thankfully the rest of the household is cool with that.
What I won't forgo is the Christmas cookies. So today feeling very much motivated
( a rare occasion for me ) I went to the store and got everything I need for the 6 different kinds of cookies I want to make this year. I then cleaned up all the containers I use and put out the butter to soften for 4 of the six I am going to make.
2 of the cookies need to be mixed then chilled before they can be worked and readied for baking. I am making my Grandmother's famous Sugar Cookies, and one of my favorite Peanut Butter Cookies. I also am making and baking tonight Pecan Balls, not one of my fav but my dad has been gone for many years and there were his fav so when I eat one I think of him. And one of my husbands favorite cookies, Oatmeal, raisin, walnut, chocolate chip. I can't tell you how many spoons I have broken mixing those up so now I just use my hands.
The other 2 cookies I am making tomorrow are Chocolate Chips and Butterscotch Chip. Not really Christmas cookies but we like them. I am also considering but haven't made my mind up yet, making rosettes. They are awesomely delicious but just a ton of work frying them on the stove.
So after dinner tonight I will whip up those 4 cookie batters, put 2 of them in the fridge to chill overnight and bake the other 2.
Sounds like a plan.
My photograph is of my back lawn early in the morning after a heavy frost. Kind of a Christmassy shot.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
9 Dec 15
I am only good for chocolate chip - a few years ago I tried 2 or 3 sugar cookie recipes and they all came out bad.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Dec 15
I have been making the sugar cookies for many many years this year however I am just making them round as opposed to Christmas shapes.
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@jstory07 (139708)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 One year i felt really lazy and just cut them into squares and my daughter decorated them like presents. They were really cute.
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
9 Dec 15
Many many years ago I had the easiest sugar cookies recipe and the cookies were delicious. Needless to say I lost the recipe and have never been able to find one quite as simple and easy as that one was. I do love sugar cookies though
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Dec 15
@marlina yes it's a ton of work but the rewards are tasty especially with a hot cup of coffee
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
10 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 I hear you. I really didn't want to this year but my son overrode me on that one. So it is up now. I did so much with trees over the years. At one point I had a 9 foot tree with over 3000 lights on it. And I had it where I was able to make it a different color each night. I no longer have that tree. I now have an 8 foot fiber optic one. But it is not as easy as I thought it would be. So I am looking for real simple or digital next year.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
@inertia4 now that's an interesting idea, my kids are grown so they don't care and I'm thankful for that I just don't feel like doing it.
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@rebelann (112878)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Dec 15
Awesome @fishtiger58
Oh, just thought I'd mention that the emojis you see are under the comment or response box with the blue letters mylot code in blue.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Dec 15
@rebelann indeed I do as the baker I always get the first one lol.
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
9 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 all those cookies are making my mouth water
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Dec 15
@KristenH pecan balls, choc chip, butterscotch chip, sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies, and oatmeal with raisins, walnuts and choc chip. Yummy
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Dec 15
and again, your picture is awesome. Well, if we are neighbors, can I barge in and have a taste of the cookies you will prepare?
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
11 Dec 15
@ridingbet yea that is a bummer Ingrid I would love to share.
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
@ridingbet sure I would love to share
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
10 Dec 15
I no longer have the time or desire to do that much baking! But I'd be happy to help you taste test all those cookies!
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
10 Dec 15
If I had to choose between Xmas Cookies and a tree I'd go for the cookies too
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
@arthurchappell yes indeed it's not even a contest.
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@kellyr634 (416)
• United States
10 Dec 15
Wow! That is a lot of baking!
There is no way I'd be able to do all of that!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
@kellyr634 I never could either certainly not in a day or two. But I'm retired kids are grown so I have all the time in the world.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
9 Dec 15
I think you need a teeny, tiny little Christmas tree just because. I have cut back a lot on decorations and I am getting ready to start the cookies. It is just that time of year. I put little ones all over the house, Christmas trees that is not cookies lol
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
@BelleStarr I think I may have a tiny Christmas so I will get it out
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
12 Dec 15
Yes those are classic cookies, I think I make them most often
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@danyeon09 (27)
• Philippines
10 Dec 15
Wooow :) you've got a lot to do! but the best reliever for that is when you taste your delicious pastries and it was really really good.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
@danyeon09 especially good with a hot cup of coffee.
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
@TheHorse thanks I took that one a couple of years ago
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Dec 15
They did. I have one more kind to make but I'm tired so maybe later.
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Dec 15
@jstory07 why sure you can going to have way more than I should eat.
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
9 Dec 15
Baking Christmas cookies is one tradition I hold dear. I have a few favorites that have sentimental memories for me and it's almost like those few people missing at the Christmas celebrations are still with us in spirit
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Dec 15
@Marilynda1225 they they bring back so many memories
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@FibroGodess (540)
• United States
9 Dec 15
For a variation on a drop sugar cookie, add finely chopped maraschino cherries along with their juice. Yum. Enjoy your cookies.
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