Today we began The 12 Day of Christmas (Cookies). Well, I began it, anyway. The anticipated goal is to make 12 different kinds of Christmas cookies. I’m not sure we will reach that goal but I can tell you we are, theoretically at least, halfway there.
Why theoretically? Because currently sitting in my refrigerator, there are 6 batches of cookie dough. Since they are not baked, they cannot be called cookies. Therefore, technically, I have not made any cookies yet.
Normally Fridays is my official house cleaning day. I do my cleaning on Fridays so that I can sit on my butt for the entire weekend and do absolutely nothing. This weekend, however, Theresa and I are planning a baking marathon so the cleaning went out the window. My house is a mess but hey, who cares? We’re doing way more important things here. We’re doing cookies.
Now let me get to the whole ‘red’ part. One of the cookies that has become a holiday tradition around here are candy cane cookies. They consist of 2 bands of dough (red & white) twisted together and shaped like… yes! You guessed it! Candy canes.
Today I learned something about coloring cookie dough with food coloring. If it doesn’t seem to be mixing well with a spoon, you probably don’t want to put your hands in it and knead it. The good part is, at least red is a naturally occurring color. Better to have a red streak on my palm than oh, say a blue or green one.
Keep on baking! I want to see photos of the candy cane cookies.
HA! Mere seconds ago, I was snapping photos of the cookies we’ve made so far. No candy canes yet. They’re in the queue.
If someone comes to visit you can show them your hand (very quickly) and say its a burn, which is why your kitchen is a mess….you can’t get it wet to wash dishes.