So Far I've done the Rosette Cookies. They aren't baked but since they were a cookie I decided to mention them here.
I plan on doing the stained glass cookies, Chocolate Mint Cut Out Cookies, Spritz Cookies with traditional flavorings, Buried Cherry Cookies, and Gingerbread Men. It's my first year with the Gingerbread Men so I am holding my breath that they turn out.
The chocolate Mint Cut Out Cookies are going to the Pot Luck tomorrow at church.
I have only BOUGHT the ingrediants for my cookies. 1) soft sugar coookies 2) Oatmeal cookies--my grandmother's recipe 3) Russian Tea Cakes (really cookies) 4) Peanut butter--my grandmother's recipe
I have also orderd 2 nut rolls--I have only made them from scratch one time
hopefully I will get to the cookies next week--(lol--I had better, huh?)
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Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
I cook 3 parts stew(cubed) beef and 2 parts stew(cubed)pork separately(salt while cooking). You drain(and don't use the pork broth) and cool the pork, but keep the beef broth when you drain the beef. Cool the meat and shred up by hand. Add a few chopped raw onions into your meat mix(to taste). Throw in some pepper and some beef broth so that it is a little juicy but not close to dripping. Mix well by hand.(Some people like to add a few handfuls of cooled mashed potatoes~but I don't)
Make your pie crusts, put in meat mix and cover with a top crust, cut a few holes or slits in top. Cook at 350* till the crust is baked(the meat mix is already pre-cooked). I make them and freeze them, I just take them out to unthaw in the fridge then cook the next day. Delicious.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
Meat pie is a Maritime thing. It is served for breakfast on Christmas morning. And only enough is made so that it is all eaten by the end of January. Then only made for Christmas again.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
well, i was hoping you would let me know, it sounds really good, and we were given a whole deer last night, it's in processing now, sounds like something i'd like with the dear meat!
i'm suppose to be making cookies today. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. What do you bet that I don't get them done? Oh well, I'll make them next week.
Talk about not in the baking mood. And that is really strange for this time of year. I wonder if it has to do with not putting up my christmas decorations?
how many days on average can you make cookies ahead of time? Does anyone have a rule of thumb on that one? I'm doing gingerbread men and stained glass sugar cookies.
I have not made any Christmas cookies yet this year which is very odd!! James brought it up yesterday. He must be hungry for them!! I will have to try and get some made this week.
It sounds like I can start this week too. That's a good thing. I just need to do a little more cleaning in my kitchen and then make up the Navy Bean Soup and then clean up from that and I'll be ready to go. ... Well maybe tomorrow lol.
Well everything is out on the counter so I'll definately start baking after lunch(unexpected chores to do this morning). I forgot to buy another bottle of cherries, can I borrow some from one of you?
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
sure tam-----I'll go get you some--our roads are clean---but you might not have them until say NEXT holiday !!! just use half as many--will anyone notice ??
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Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
Well it's tomorrow already and I'm still cleaning. I hope I have a garbage disposal at the next place I live. I always stop up the sink without one. And of all times to run out of paper towels. Anyway by this afternoon I should definitely start making the candy and cookies. If not there is always the next tomorrow lol.
Hope everyone else's schedule is working out better than mine.
I haven't started yet either. But the cows are fed, driveway is cleaned, laundry is done and the house is cleaned. Maybe I'll start as soon as I'm done on here....maybe
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
O.K. I finally got at it and today so far I have made chocolate brownies, mint brownies, cheesecake brownies, butterscotch squares, cream cheese cookies, scotch cookies, date squares and pecan-date squares finished......and alot of dirty dishes
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
I made the Peanut butter ball things last night--got about 7 dozen--I thibnk it should of made 8--they could of been smaller so they would fit into the candy papers better-
this afternoon/evening--oatmeal cookies are4 on the adjenda !! I will make 8 doz of them----
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Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
I tried making the hard rock candy but I couldn't get it hot enough. So it solidified on everything except itself.
And the Chocolate Mint Cut Out cookies turned out as hard as cement. Definitely need to add a teaspoon of baking powder to that recipe. There was no rise at all.
Now as soon as I recover I'll try the stained glass cookie and see what kind of damage I can do with that recipe. I'm just not a cookie maker.
I will do some baking Friday. Chocolate chip for my DH and Son in law, strawberry bread to give some of my neighbors and my DD hasn't let me know what she wants Going shopping tomorrow so I hope I have what I need to make whatever she deciedes
I am strong when I am on your shoulders, you raised me up to be more than I can be.
O.K. these are the sweets I made for the baskets, the cookies only got decorated last night.
And these are the baskets, I have three layers of squares in muffin papers (27 pieces) and the cookies are in the blue holiday containers. So each person gets a basket and a container.
DH wants me to make up baskets and rent a table at the craft fair next year to sell them...Might be a plan.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
I love your cookie cutter pattern for the snowflakes. I had the hardest time finding cookie cutters this year. They just didn't have much of a selection if they had them at all.
Well I'll probably start my baking alittle later in the day. I'm not up to it this morning. Yesterday was busy and I haven't recovered yet.
Last edited by tkhooper; Dec 20th, 2007 at 06:58 AM.
DH took some of them and some of the peanut butter balls (are those buckeyes?) & some nuts to work thursday. His boss asked him to leave the cookies there overnight so they could finish them today---One of the guys said I was a keeper--(nice huh???)
today I think I am making Russian tea cakes & perhpas the sugar cookies
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Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
They are in the decoration aisle. They are copper with a red bow(to hang on a tree) but it was so big and pretty that I used it for cookies. It really is a cookie cutter...well, I think.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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