I've made literally a thousand snickerdoodles, but gosh darned if Christmas
is about something other than digging up your old recipes. I knew the dough
was too buttery but I trusted my 1997 Joy. Never again. A little extra
flour resulted in the usual un-flat version.

This is the second time I tried making gingerbread dough -- the first was
a disaster and that's why I haven't done it in like eight years.

For some reason the gods were pleased with me this year and that dardned
dough was the easiest to work with I have experienced in a long time.
After following Joy to the letter the end product led me to determine that
a little cream wouldn't hurt to soften things up a bit. Turns out that was
the trick. Let's see if I can remember, or find this post for next year.

What else I learned this year -- lemon icing is the best for ginger cookies.

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