Tag: inspiring
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Christmas Cookies 2013 – The Aftermath
It’s been a few days, I’ve delivered almost all my boxes, and those that aren’t in person are in the mail, on their way to far off destinations like New York, Hawaii, Oregon and Minnesota. I feel relief, I feel satisfaction, and I admit, a little bit of pride. I did a lot this year,…
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Christmas Cookies 2012 – The Aftermath
Today I delivered a bunch of cookies to work. My poor, starving co-workers gorged themselves on sugar & butter concoctions and to hear their happy full-mouthed talking makes it all worth it. Cookies made it to Facebook this year in a couple of posts, and it really does make me happy to make so many…
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Christmas Cookies 2012 – Day 1
Start time: 10:30 am End time: 4:15 am Goal: 20 recipes baked, decorated & packed by Sunday night Here’s the update today: Completed: Vanilla Sugar (quadruple – flooded!), Chocolate sugar (double – flooded!), Pecan Sandies (quadruple), Chocolate Chip (quadruple), Lemon Sugar Rounds (quadruple), Cherry Cheesecake cookies (double) Mixed but not baked: Candy Cane cookies (double),…
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Christmas Cookies 2012 (12/7 – 12/10)
It’s that time of year again folks, and the prep work has begun. Here’s where my mind is at, as visions of sugar plums dance in my head… It’s not about topping last year, but I like to aim high. I’ve selected 16 cookies for my box and 4 for my poor, underfed co-workers to…