My sister Genny came today to work on the chalkboard Christmas tree. She brought me mums in these colors.
And an autumn angel…
While she chalked, I made cookies for the Christmas Open House in December. Of course, when baking Christmas cookies, you should use your Christmas measuring spoons.
I started with one of my favorite cookies, Toffee Bar Crunch Biscotti. I rolled it thinner to make smaller cookies than I usually do. The guests at the open house like small cookies. That way they can try more!
They baked beautifully.
Second bake…
I made two batches of those and then made Brownie Biscotti.
I made a batch of Sour Cream Sugar Cookies. Those are sitting in the fridge. I’ll bake them tomorrow. The dough is very soft and needs to be thoroughly chilled before rolling and cutting them out.
I also made Daniel’s Cookie Bar Bites, Candied Pecans and Oreo Truffles. The Cookie Bar Bites will be cut into one-inch squares, and then I’ll dip them into chocolate. The Candied Pecans and the Oreo Truffles will go to college in a care package.
Genny made good progress on the chalkboard tree.
Early in the afternoon, there was a knock on the door. Genny answered. Two eight-year-old boys. The blond headed boy said, “When I was three, I came here with my grandma to pick flowers. Do you remember me?” Genny directed him to me and I discovered he is the grandson of a friend of mine who lives a few blocks away. He and his friend were quite cute. Very polite. Said no thank you to an offer of cookies. But I sent some with him to give to his grandma.
Later, they rode their bikes back to tell us Grandma said “thank you” for the cookies. Blond Boy’s friend said, “You sure are making a lot of cookies today.” Blondie said, “They are cookies for the Christmas party!” I guess Grandma told him that. Genny showed them around the downstairs. “How old is this house?” 150 years old. “Wow!!” They were quite impressed. “Why is there a crack in the wall?” “How much money is this house?” Genny told them how much it cost to build it originally. $10,000. They were very impressed with that information. They left again, then came back after a while. Blondie informed me, “My grandma LOVED the cookies.” As I said, they were pretty cute! We were quite entertained.
Tomorrow, Genny and I will get back to work. I’ll let you know how far we get!
~~Rhonda