Hello guys!!
So I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas cookies!!
So I thought I would share with you my families special favorite
Christmas cookies that we enjoy every christmas! :)
Sprits Cookies are my moms favorites.
They are cookies that are made using a cookie press. A cookie press
is a manual machine that you put the cookie dough into and then
squeeze it out through plates that have different cuts in which
create different shapped cookies. The dough is made in different
Christmas colors like green and red. We make Christmas trees,
wreaths and other fun Christmas shapes.
My father loves just about any kind of
cookie, but is most favorite is a cookie that the recipe has been
handed down for many generations on my moms side of the family. My
great great grandmother made an oatmeal raisin cookie but it's a
little different than the kind you are probably used to. These
cookies are ground. We use a hand grinder to gride up the oatmeal
and raisins prior to adding the rest of the ingredients and baking.
My dad loves to have these in the mornings with his coffee but we
don't make them other than around the Christmas holidays.
My sister's favorite of course are the
cut out cookies. They are a sugar cookie and for her, the best part
is decorating them. She loves to draw and paint, so she has fun
creating new designs on each cookie. The only problem is that she is
a perfectionist, so it takes her FOREVER to finish them.
My brother loves the Mexican Wedding
cakes. They are small cookies that have pecans in them. They are
rolled into balls and then baked. Once they finish baking, they are
put into powdered sugar. The powdered sugar coats them and turns them
white.
My favorite Christmas cookie is the
sunbakkel. It's a Norwegian cookie. My grandmother is 100%
Norwegian and loves to intruduce us to new things. These cookies are
made in sunbakkel tings which look sort of like small pie pans but
they are only about 3 inchies in diameter. The cookie dough is put
in the tins and pressed around the sides and the bottom of the tin
creating what looks like a small cup after its baked. They are
YUMMY!! (382)
Ardeeemilla(:
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