Traditions
What I love most about the holidays is the traditions. I remember every year growing up some of the traditions my mom carried out and I have continued with a few traditions for my boys. We made divinity, fudge, haystacks, and spritz cookies. I loved helping her in the kitchen if for nothing else other than a sneaky little taste without the others knowing. One of my favorite cookies to make at the holidays is the Spritz. A light delicate almond flavored cookie. When my grandmother passed away several years ago I requested her cookie press. I know they make new one and they have a handy trigger that "presses out the correct amount" but I never could get it to work better than my old fashion press. So the new one sits in the box, and with the right amount of twist of the wrist I use my Grandmother's every year.
I am all about traditions. I try to instill in all my boys the same. There is something to be said for have certain expectations. For example, every year I make home made cinnamon rolls Christmas eve for the morning festivities. My boys have come to know this and expect them. My oldest wanted to start the same tradition with his family and asked me to share my recipe with my daughter in law. That's what I love about the holidays. The warm memories traditions bring. Another tradition is cut out cookies for santa. Every year the boys and I would gather around the table and cut, frost and decorate cookies for santa. He always had three on his plate, one from each boy! One year their dad actually informed me "santa really would like to try the fudge dipped oreos"... I told him that was not tradition... and Santa never received dipped oreos! Haha!
I enjoy baking a lot this time of the year. Chocolate, frosting, sprinkling, dipping, and stirring is in full force in my kitchen. So what do I do with so many sweets coming from my kitchen? I purchase Christmas plates and fill them up with an assortment of goodies and give them as gifts. Home made treats make the perfect hostess gift for home parties. When the plate is empty the hostess has a holiday plate to use again and again.
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*This post was brought to you by Coupons.com but all the traditions are mine and I wouldn't change a one... not even for fudge dipped oreos!!
*This post was brought to you by Coupons.com but all the traditions are mine and I wouldn't change a one... not even for fudge dipped oreos!!
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