Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A Snow Day in Cookie Land

About five inches of snow, and don't you know it, they declare a snow day. Right before a two week Christmas break. Two observations: One, it is just wrong to force children to stay home from school when parents are trying to prepare for Christmas. And two, our new superintendent must be from Florida or something, what's so bad about a little snow?

Anyhow, I've started my baking, first with the spritz cookies because I need ten dozen by Saturday for a cookie exchange, about five dozen more by Saturday for a girlfriend's birthday gift (I swear, she insists that she loves them...) and then another five dozen or so by Friday because I'm going super cheap-o with the teachers' gifts this year. Oh, yeah, and then I need to make some for US.

One little problem, though. My Wilson Cookie Press has a habit of breaking right when I'm in full cookie mode, and then I have to go buy another one. I'm on my third one now in less than two years. And yes, Wilson will be getting a little hate mail.

My three Cookie Presses, broken part in center.

So far I've made five dozen yellow stars, two dozen gingerbread men (Riley's request,) and about four dozen chocolate crinkles. Umm... chocolate crinkles. Corey immediately recognized the similarity between chocolate crinkles and the yummy brownies at Valentino's. No wonder why we all love them.

Lot's of crinkles (Aunt Jan's recipe.)

My gingerbread man looks just like the AOL symbol, eh? With crinkles and stars.

Where was I? Oh, yeah, cookies. Time to go make the cookies...

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

AsI read your blog my stomach started growling. Now I have to go upstairs and eat pot luck. No cookies. Woe is me.

Grandpa

JunesHGP said...

wow you are ambitious.

I don't think I have ever made that many cookies in one year.

Anonymous said...

Yummy, chocolate crinkles. Remember when mom made a bunch of cookies for Christmas?

Colleen said...

Grandpa-

I gave all of the cookies away to teacher and bus drivers.

Seriously, none left for you. Or anybody else. Do I need to make more?

Anonymous said...

Ooops, I was the last anonymous poster!

-Kellie

JunesHGP said...

yeah - send some to me. I want to see if they REALLY taste like Valentino's brownies or not.

I think you might be lying.

:0)