When we were kids, Mom and my grandmother made cookies for Christmas. Tons and tons of cookies. That doesn't include the cookies that my grandmother made on her own. While she made many different varieties, she was truly famous (in the family and in her neighborhood) for her rolled cookies. She made the best sugar cookies I've ever eaten. Her sand tarts were wonderful. And everything was always decorated; there was no such thing as a plain cookie in her house, even if it was just an almond in the center of the cookie.
Grandma made sugared popcorn, too. It was just popped corn, covered in a sugar syrup with red or green food coloring. She made bags of the stuff and gave them out to the grandkids. And pulled taffy. I used to help her with the pulled taffy and she had a large hook on the wall in her kitchen to help with the pulling. Best taffy ever. Except for the taffy with the black walnuts. No thank you. She also made brittle, but she added black walnuts to her brittle, too (except, she always made a little sheet of peanut brittle because she knew I liked it).
She made the best fudge. To this day, I don't make good fudge, even "easy" fudge. Oh, everything comes together beautifully. Until I add the chocolate, at which point, it seizes beyond repair. I've given up on fudge.
Do you have memories of Christmas baking in your family? Did you help with the baking? What do you remember?
Grandma made sugared popcorn, too. It was just popped corn, covered in a sugar syrup with red or green food coloring. She made bags of the stuff and gave them out to the grandkids. And pulled taffy. I used to help her with the pulled taffy and she had a large hook on the wall in her kitchen to help with the pulling. Best taffy ever. Except for the taffy with the black walnuts. No thank you. She also made brittle, but she added black walnuts to her brittle, too (except, she always made a little sheet of peanut brittle because she knew I liked it).
She made the best fudge. To this day, I don't make good fudge, even "easy" fudge. Oh, everything comes together beautifully. Until I add the chocolate, at which point, it seizes beyond repair. I've given up on fudge.
Do you have memories of Christmas baking in your family? Did you help with the baking? What do you remember?