Comments on: Gingerbread Boy

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:06:06 +0000

Thanks Kay! I was freaking out about turning 40 earlier this year (about the time I was also going through all the 3rd-baby-or-no-3rd-baby angst, so just in a general state of mid-life crisis)…but I think all is okay now. Much like your duathlon (biathlon…?) I am planning a triathlon to celebrate! I can’t wait.

By: Kay Krhin

Kay Krhin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:41:20 +0000

Katy you are definitely not a Scrooge -

When birthday’s with zero’s in them roll around you can absolutely call the shots!
Go ahead and recharge your cookie battery and watch out Christmas 2009!

ps. Happy 40th. been there. done that. still doin it.

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:22:01 +0000

PS Hope that does not make me a Scrooge. : )

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:21:19 +0000

Kim, those sound fantastic! I’m printing them out right now. : )

As for a favorite cookie…I am a big baker, especially at Christmas. I usually make about 75 dozen cookies, bars, etc. and have been doing it every year for YEARS.

This year…? I’m taking the year off. I’ve decided it’s The Year of Katy (it also being the month of my 40th birthday has something to do with it) and much as I love baking, everyone needs a break once in a while.

I hope to re-enter the fray next year with renewed gusto! Until then, I will enjoy vicariously Kay’s undeniably adorable little boy. : ) Thanks for sharing!

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:06:27 +0000

Okay, my longest comment ever! One of my biggest regrets is not asking my mom for the “recipes” for my favorite foods before she died. Now I can’t make her lasagna, her broccoli cheese soup or her chili.

I too read that article on Thanksgiving and had it tug at my heart. I’m hoping to plan something similar with my mom’s aunts so I can master yeast breads.

Last year for Christmas, 5 years after my mom died, I finally attempted lefse, start to finish without her. It wasn’t exactly the same, but it was nice to bring that tradition back to my family.

And, onto the sweets. My favorite for a cookie tray is not a cookie, but Reeses Penut Butter Bars. Yum, yum, yum! As a busy mom, I’ll whip up a pan in 15 minutes, way faster than baking a batch of cookies.

1 CUP Butter, melted
1 CUP Peanut Butter
2 CUPS Crushed Graham Crackers (I buy pre-made crumbs because I am lazy)
2 ½ CUPS Powdered Sugar

Combine butter and PB, mix in sugar and graham cracker crumbs, pat into 9 x 13 pan.

Melt 1 bag chocolate chips and spread over top. Refrigerate until set. Cut into small squares and try not to eat the whole pan at once.

By: Amelia Sprout

Amelia Sprout — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:35:17 +0000

I have a gingerbread recipe that I love, but those look better.

My personal favorite, when I have time, is a egg based sugar cookie that I season like eggnog. They are my signature cookie.

However, most years I’m so rushed I just do creative drop cookies, like cranberry, white chocolate, hazelnut.

By: May

May — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:16:18 +0000

Nothing cuter than a little baker covered in flour!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:58:54 +0000

So many memories are tied to food and tradition. Doris, my great aunt, made the best oatmeal raisin cookies when I was a kid. I remember many an evening spent in her living room snacking on cookies and watching Wheel of Fortune. I craved them for years after she passed away. I asked everyone and no one had the recipe. Then years later when my Grandmother passed away I inherited her recipe boxes which included a box that had apparently been Doris’. Low and behold here was the recipe I had been craving…clipped from the back of an old Crisco shortening container. So much for Doris’ secret recipe…ha ha!