tert in seattle > wrote:
> 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.
>
> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/xmascookies.JPG

When I think of Xmas cookies, I recall memories of my mothers kolache
cookies.
Apricot or nut filled mini rools or stars. Nothing I eat today comes close.

Greg