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Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas 🎄 What you cooking for Christmas festivities? I’m already exhausted and have more to do tomorrow. It’s quickly reminded me just how much my mom did for everyone at Christmas. She absolutely loved decorating and cooking for the Christmas Eve family gathering.
Today I cooked peanut butter blossoms (pb cookie with Hersey kiss on top) and chocolate chip cookies. Tonight I’ve attempted to make my mom’s ice cream dessert. Oreo cookie crust, ice cream, chocolate fudge like on sundae & nuts. I don’t eat it but everyone else loves it. I don’t want anything in ice cream. For the out law (FIL calls us that, not In laws😀) side of my family I’m making PB pie for hubby & lemon pie. Whew, I gotta get back to eating meat and eggs!
Edit: I used to love Oreos and could blindly overeat them. I’ve had a 1/2 cookie and it wasn’t great. They also don’t smell good. My family and hubby’s eat lots of processed food. We used to and my daughter’s family eats healthier version of snacks (not a lot). It amazes me we ate that junk most of our lives. If we are going to eat off plan we try to cook it from scratch to know what we are eating.
My 7 year old granddaughter will come down (she lives behind me) to make her 'famous' Sticky Stuff pie again that she made for Thanksgiving. Since her Daddy and brothers loved it so much, we decided to make it again for Christmas. It's actually a chocolate icebox pie. Something she can pour in, mix and put in a graham cracker crust. So we're getting her started young in the kitchen. She kept calling it 'sticky stuff' so that's what we now call it. KEK!
You are making lifelong memories for her Mary! Precious! 💕
I want her to think her grandma is the best! KEK!
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
And I’m quite sure you are the best Grandma!
YAY! Some of my favorite memories were made in my Grandma's kitchen...
I know what you mean. I spent a lot of time in my Grandma's kitchen too. I think that's where I learned to cook. I've never been told anything bad so I guess I'm doing right. They always appear at the table.
Okay, Pea Pie (that's my 7 yo granddaughter's nickname) just made her Sticky Stuff pie and gone home to get ready for Santa.
I made 2 dozen of deviled eggs, chopped my celery and onion for my 'chicken' and dressing so I'll have something extra to go with the Ham.
Made a 'million dollar pie' a cherry pie, a banana pudding and a 'poor man's pudding that I got the recipe online. Now I just sit back, wait till morning and put my chicken on to boil for a good broth and meat. Put my ham in the oven and take a breather for a few.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I will be using my mom's cookie recipe for Russian Tea Cakes, with a minor modification, for a Christmas Cookie contest.
Did you know you can make sourdough cookies with lard cream filling? I haven’t made these yet but I’m definitely going to later this week. They sound amazing! https://nitter.poast.org/ellavatehealth/status/1860073246026055949#m
Sourdough Oreo cookies…
I hadn’t thought of it. You can make basically anything with sourdough, I believe it’s the original baking method. I haven’t tried sourdough yet, it’s my goal to eventually do this so when I occasionally want bread, etc I can make it. My daughter has baked a lot of different things.
I make sourdough everything - even use it in conventional yeast breads, just by substituting some for the equivalent bread and water. Super good for gut health! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas MB! ❤️🎄