I want to add a Holiday tradition that is over 60 years old in my world. It is a cookie recipe that is simple and easy. Of all the cookies that can be made at this time of year, and there are so many awesome delights, this one is my favorite. They are great to eat just out of the oven, and they also store well for late-night munchies. If you make them, I guarantee that you will be back in the kitchen soon to whip up another batch. They do not last long if you have kids at home…even big kids aged—well, like me!
When I was a boy, these cookies became my favorite, and no Christmas season would be complete without several batches being whipped up and baked. Every year at about this time, I would call Mom and ask if she had done any baking yet. I always seemed to call before the cookies were made, but soon thereafter, they were always in the cupboard in Hancock, where they had been placed since I was in the third grade. If they can leave a memory like that in a man who is my age, it must mean they are good!
As the years went along, mom at times left the colored sugars off the top, and it did not detract from the yumminess. I also recall that as a boy, she placed the sugar on the cookies midway through the baking process. As mom’s recipe notes, it “Makes a pretty Christmas cookie.”
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