It’s no secret that I love baking, so I ended up baking like a million types of cookies this year. I thought I would do a round up of links to the recipes I used, particularly the Williamsburg gingercakes. They were my favorite treat when we went to Williamsburg when I was a little girl, and now they’re a Christmas tradition.
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Candy Cane Cookies
I’ve never been much of a breakfast person, but oh, I could eat this for breakfast every morning. I like to serve it with a glass of milk and a sliced tomato. Mm. So good.
Crap. Now I’m hungry.
-Butter a griddle and a round metal…thing. Like a metal biscuit cutter, or the ring from a jam jar. Crack an egg into the metal ring and cook over medium heat. Cover if you can.
-Prepare your bread. Biscuits, bagels, English muffins, or slices of bread are always good options, but I’ve even used Eggo waffles.
-Put sliced ham (or chicken or turkey or what have you) on one side and a slice of cheese on the other. I love muenster, but you can do whatever you want.
-When the egg is cooked to your liking, pry it carefully out of the metal ring and drop it lightly onto your sandwich. If it goes flying and you say some bad things, don’t worry, I shan’t judge, I’ve done it too.
-Assemble your sandwich, stuff it in your face, and smile.
I am now enjoying the traditional food coma while P and I watch Love Actually. He’s never seen it before. I feel like a terrible wife.
At some point we will open the traditional Christmas Eve gifts (Mrs. Claus always gets to the house before Santa does and brings us new holiday pajamas), put the presents under the tree, and crash.
Tomorrow will be stockings, then breakfast (baked eggs, sausage, pound cake with strawberry preserves, and sparkling grape juice), then opening presents during the commercial breaks of the Disney Christmas parade.
I adore holiday traditions.
I hope you’re all having marvelous holiday evenings! And you should tell me what your traditions are!
WELL, ALL RIGHT THEN! 😀
It’s a tie between like…four different cookies, but I really like these, so okay.
RUSSIAN TEACAKES
1 cup (two sticks) butter or margarine, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup finely chopped pecans (I crushed mine in a food processor or a blender so it’s very, very fine)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix the butter, sugar and vanilla. Work in flour, salt and nuts until the dough holds together. Shape the dough into 1” balls and place them on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake 10 – 12 minutes or until set but not brown. While warm, roll in confectioners’ sugar. Cool and roll in sugar again.
Makes 4 dozen cookies
Shortbread!
There’s only like five ingredients, you press it into a shallow metal pan, you bake, voila!
Buttery and delicious. 😀
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