|
I make fudge every year, it is expected of me. I also make different varieties of cookies. So far this year it has been molasses crackle cookies (think ginger snap but chewy and less ginger more molasses) and chocolate chip butter cookies (shortbread cookies with chocolate chips and not as dry).
Once Nickolas is out of school we will make sugar cookies. It is from a recipe my mom cut off of a box of sugar in the late 60's. They are very good and not the type that you have to frost for flavor. He will sprinkle different sugary things on them for decoration.
The fudge that I make came out of a Baker's Secret cookbook from 1962. It is uber easy and very tastey. I recently gave the recipe to a friend who has gone overboard by using many different kinds of chips in it. I prefer it my way, semi-sweet chips only. Also hers came out way to chewy, where mine is the type that holds its shape but melts in your mouth. I always make it 2 batched at a time, 1 batch of girl fudge and 1 batch of boy fudge.
I have also been known to make gingerbread cookies. They are great to decorate and hold their shape well. The recipe is perfect to use for gingerbread houses. They tend to be hard as a rock no matter how long I cook them, also perfect for teething biscuits (yep, I used them for that with Nickolas).
|