Every family has Christmas traditions. My family had
several. We opened all our presents on Christmas Eve and got our stockings
Christmas morning. We would have lights all over our house, inside and out.
Across the top of our walls we had these nails and each season we would hang
different paper cutouts that we did; during the Christmas season, it was
snowflakes. There were many more that I won't go into detail, but the one that
this blog is about is one of my favorites. My mom (with help from us) would
make hundreds of sugar cookies with her homemade frosting as well as other
goodies and we would make plates to pass out to people.
With the kids grown, my mom has not made cookies in many
many years. This year we were both struggling to get into the Christmas spirit
so we decided to revisit this treasured tradition. We got together on Saturday
and made chocolate chow mien noodle clusters, white chocolate pretzels and
almonds, turtle candies (chocolate, caramel and pecans) made with homemade
caramel that my stepdad, Ron made, and of course the main event... my mom's
famous sugar cookies.
We donned our aprons and set out the cookie cutters... we
were going for a variety!
Finished frosted cookies...
Anyone that knows my mom, knows that she is the BIGGEST
turtle fanatic and collector around. With thousands of jewelry, trinkets, etc
around the house, I convinced her that she should include some turtle cookies
in the mix as well. So this is a few turtle cookies, both sea turtles and
tortoises.
The day turned out to be so much fun and it was so wonderful
to spend the day making special memories. We put together tins and plates to
pass out to people we know. I am filled with the Christmas spirit now and I
hope the people we pass them out to will enjoy them as much as we did making
them.
