The bulk of our celebrating takes place on Christmas Eve and by mid-afternoon everyone had gathered at our house to begin the festivities. The afternoon and evening were filled with lots of laughter, game playing, gift opening, photo taking, and of course.... eating.
There were several new recipes on the menu, but my younger daughter's cookies were the hit of the holiday. I'll leave you with a photo and the recipe:
Gingerbread Sandwich Trees
contributed to Simple & Delicious by Steve Foy of Kirkwood, MO
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup molasses
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
1-1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. salt
M&M's miniature baking bits
3/4 cup vanilla frosting
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
Green food coloring, optional
In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses. Combine the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, ginger and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. tree-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Gently press baking bits into half of the cookies.
Bake at 325F for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
In a small bowl, combine frosting and confectioners' sugar until smooth; tint green if desired. Spread over the bottoms of plain cookies; top with decorated cookies. Store in the refrigerator.
5 comments:
Yummy and cute!!!
Loved the photos you sent and really glad you had such a wonderful Christmas!!
Tonight as I turned off the tree lights I had that little twinge of sadness I always feel when Christmas is over. *sigh*
However.....considering Trish and I got almost zero sleep last night the bed is looking mighty comfy and good at the moment.
Too many errors in my comment so I had to delete. Yea to Pam for having a real white Christmas. We had just over 9.50 inches of rain here, before it turned to snow early this morning. It was almost a dusting. I'll have photos later in the weekend on Mike's Weather World. Kelly, glad to see you still have a pond. Christmas was good here. We keep our lights on for the full 12 days of Christmas and turn them off on on Jan 6th.
So very sorry I didn't get to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas, let me do so now - best wishes to you all and many, many thanks for your friendship, a wonderful present if ever there was one.
Looks yummy, Kelly. I'm glad you had a good Christmas. We have had a blast and are going to hate to go home Monday. (Read my post today about my bad cats. Funny!) Love & Blessings!!
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