LOL did a search because I thought I had posted the recipe many times and only found one thread, but it is a thread you might like for this subject - https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018537081

for decades. From an older Joy of Cooking.

Another...ginger spice almond biscotti.

Yes, I didn't include those since I took them from cookbooks. I add a few tablespoons peanut butter to the wedding cookie recipe. Angel slices are a must, from the 1960's edition of Joy of Cooking. Another one from the old "Joy" is gingerbread boys. I have a small gingerbread boy cookie cutter, little tots love those tiny gingerbread boys.

Just baked a batch of gum drop cookies, this is an old King Arthur Flour recipe. Cutting up the gum drops is a pain in the butt, but the cookies are colorful and the little kiddies love then, so it's worth the effort. The recipe calls for one cup of nuts. I thought I had a bag of walnuts, but I couldn't find them, so I did not put nuts in the dough and I think I like them better with just the gum drops.

I made Jamaican black cake, a type of fruitcake that my family likes.

[link:http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/sugar-cakes-pennsylvania-dutch-soft-sugar-cookies/609527 Sugar Cakes (Pennsylvania Dutch soft sugar cookies)
This is a large soft sugar cookie unique to Central Pennsylvania. Yummy and not too sweet, the secret ingredient is buttermilk. Grandma made them, I do and now my daughter does.

always include the fancy, colorful cookies she made. Spritz (green with sprinkles), Holly Wreaths (cream cheese dough), Cheese Straws using the recipes that came with the cookie press. I think you can find them online in Mirro Cookie Press recipes. Found it: https://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_21/2005/DEC/5859.html

In later years, Mom started making Pecan Tassies--a cream cheese crust with filling similar to pecan pie. They were made in mini-muffin tins and my niece still makes them to this day using Mom's tins.

My sister and I made Basler Leckerli from a recipe given to her by an elderly neighbor from Switzerland. It was a bit complicated, and involved sprinkling the dough with kirsch and setting it ablaze, but we enjoyed making them and they last forever. A friend later told me that this would be the recipe from Basel and that each town or village had their own variation. Here's the recipe. http://www.about.ch/culture/food/basler_leckerli.html


Happy Christmas to one & all!!

I made Red Velvet a few times.

Now I bake a chocolate pound cake for the family

I still want coconut cake and custard at Christmas though, with a side of ambrosi

My husband is from Western Kentucky, and the first time I ever ate jam cake and boiled custard was when we spent Christmas with his family. I have never made jam cake or boiled custard, although they are very tasty. I was raised in Texas and it was always pecan pie for every occasion in the winter months. My mother also made mincemeat pie, a very old fashioned dessert.