It's been a while, but I just want to quickly share with you what I've been working on this Holiday season...
Did a bunch of sewing! 2 Christmas quilts for my mom and dish towels (from Walmart) embellished with some fun fabric:
And of course LOTS of cookie making! I did myself a favor this year and made all of my dough ahead and froze it. Now I can just bake as I need them.
*I really wish I had taken a better picture of these...this one doesn't do them justice. I still have to make more, so maybe I'll update later :o)
Here is a quick recipe for Matt's grandmother's Candy Cane Cookies:
1/2 c shortening
1/2 c butter (room temp)
1 c sifted powdered sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 c flour
1/2 tsp salt (if using unsalted butter, use 1 tsp)
Topping:
About 6 candy canes, crushed...as fine as you can get-the chunks tend not to stick to cookie.
1/4 c granulated sugar
Mix first 6 ingredients until smooth. Whisk flour and salt together and slowly add to wet mixture. Remove 1/2 of the dough to separate container and color the other 1/2 with red food color. Chill for just a little bit.
Preheat oven to 375 and line cookie sheets with parchment paper or foil. (This really just makes for easy clean up)
Roll about a teaspoon of each dough (Red & uncolored) into "noodles" and twist together. Place on cookie sheets about an inch apart. Bake for 9 minutes or until just set, not browned.
Mix crushed candy canes and sugar together and sprinkle over cookies as soon as they come out of the oven.
Yield: 4 dozen
I hope you try these! They are a little time consuming to roll out, but they are my new favorite Christmas cookie and I think you'll love them!!!
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