Happy New Year...

The new year is upon us...only hours away!
I want to wish everyone a safe, happy and prosperous New Year!

Merry Christmas to all...

No Calorie Christmas Cookies...

This arrived in my email this evening. I love humorous emails! Enjoy!

1. If you eat a Christmas cookie fresh out of the oven, it has no calories because everyone knows that the first cookie is the test and thus calorie free.

2. If you drink a diet soda after eating your second cookie, it also has no calories because the diet soda cancels out the cookie calories.

3. If a friend comes over while you're making your Christmas cookies and needs to sample, you must sample with your friend. Because your friend's first cookie is calories free, rule #1 is yours also. It would be rude to let your friend sample alone and, being the friend that you are, that makes your cookie calorie free.

4. Any cookie calories consumed while walking around will fall to your feet and eventually fall off as you move. This is due to gravity and the density of the caloric mass.

5. Any calories consumed during the frosting of the Christmas cookies will be used up because it takes many calories to lick excess frosting from a knife without cutting your tongue.

6. Cookies colored red or green have very few calories. Red ones have three and green ones have five - one calorie for each letter. Make more red ones!

7. Cookies eaten while watching "Miracle on 34th Street" have no calories because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one's personal fuel.

8. As always, cookie pieces contain no calories because the process of breaking causes calorie leakage.

9. Any cookies consumed from someone else's plate have no calories since the calories rightfully belong to the other person and will cling to their plate. We all know how calories like to CLING!

10. Any cookies consumed while feeling stressed have no calories because cookies used for medicinal purposes NEVER have calories. It's a rule!

Chocolate Eggnog

Here is great recipe for your holiday gathering, or even to leave Santa on Christmas Eve with his delicious cookies.

You will need:
5 eggs
2 Cups ice cold milk
1/4 cup of Chocolate Syrup
1/4 cup of sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt

Combine all ingredients in blender. Cover, blend at high speed just until thoroughly combined.
Serve immediately. Makes 8-10 half Cups.

This recipe was in my childhood recipe box from
the 1970's, enjoy!

Humorous Christmas Cookie Recipe

I received this recipe in my email and I thought I would share it to liven up the Holidays.
Feel free to try this recipe out, I would suggest waiting until the kids are in bed!

Christmas Cookies

> 1 cup of water
> 1 tsp baking soda
> 1 cup of sugar
> 1 tsp salt
> 1 cup of brown sugar
> lemon juice
> 4 large eggs
> 1 cup nuts
>2 cups of dried fruit
> 1 bottle Crown Royal
- Sample the Crown Royal to check quality.
- Take a large bowl, check the Crown Royal again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.
- Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a large , fluffy bowl.
- Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again.
- At this point it's best to make sure the Crown Royal is still OK, try another cup.. just in case.
- Turn off the mixer thingy.
- Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
- Pick the frigging fruit off floor...
- Mix on the turner.
- If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry
it loose with a dewscriver.
- Sample the Crown Royal to check for tonsisticity.
- Next, sift two cups of salt, or something.... who giveshz a sheet.
- Check the Crown Royal.
- Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
- Add one table.
- Add a spoon of ar, or somefink.... whatever you can find.
- Greash the oven.
- Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
- Don't forget to beat off the turner.
- Finally, throw the bowl through the window.
- Finish the bottle of Crown Royal.
- Make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.
Cherry Mistmas

Still Time to Get Cookie Cutters for Christmas

There is still time to get great cookie cutters before Christmas.
I have lots to choose from in my store, Cookie Cutter Corner.

Lemon Rounds~Yummy!

The lemons are ripe and just in time to make these wonderful Refrigerator cookies for the holiday. Yummy!!!








Lemon Rounds
1 1/2 Cups sifted regular flour
1 Egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons lemon zest (grated rind)
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1 Cup Sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
1. Measure flour, soda, salt into sifter
2. In medium mixing bowl cream shortening with sugar until fluffy, beat in egg, lemon juice, zest and pecans. Sift in flour mixture, blending well to make a soft dough.
3. Shape into 2 long rolls and wrap in wax paper, chill overnight. When ready to bake,
slice dough 1/4" thick. Place on cookie sheet.
4. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes or until golden around the edges. Cool on wire racks.
The dough will keep in the refrigerator for a week or two, you can bake these in small batches as needed.

My Christmas Tree

Straying off the subject of "Cookies" slightly. I thought I would share my Christmas Tree with you, it is Silver and gorgeous, I love it! Best of all it is quick to assemble with no mess!
I am a nostalgic kind of person and this tree reminds me of the one my mom and dad used to have way back when I was a kid! Happy Holidays to you all!

Peanut Butter Cookies

I was digging through my box of recipes from my childhood and found a well worn recipe card. I thought I would share this easy recipe with you:

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
1 Cup Peanut Butter (chunky or smooth, whichever you prefer)
1 Cup Shortening
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup White Sugar
2 Eggs (Beaten)
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
2 1/2 Cup Cake Flour
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

Cream peanut butter and shortening together in large mixing bowl.
Add sugar, beaten eggs, vanilla and dry ingrediants. Chill dough.
Mold into balls (about a teaspoon) place on cookie sheet and press with fork
to less than 1/4" thickness. Bake 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees.

Great Holiday Cookie Cutter Finds

I just added some great Wilton Vintage 1990's cookie cutters to my store.
You can check them out here.
Everyone loves Winnie The Pooh!

The Holidays are here!`

The holidays are here, that means lots of baking.
I have some great Christmas and holiday cookie
cutters in my store, Cookie Cutter Corner.
Hallmark, Wilton, Tupperware, Hutzler brands to name a few, also plastic, copper and metal ones. Old and new.
Shipping is free, so fill up your shopping cart!

Cookie Tribute

As a tribute to my all time favorite cookie I made this scrap book page in scrapblog.com.
I love Toll House cookies! My dog, Bear, is guarding my stash!