Not yet December 1st and I am making Christmas cookies. However, these are not my own. My mother successfully bribed me into making her cookies for her. She bought the ingredients and I make the dough. I don't even have to bake them. I completely got the good end of the stick in this. To top it off she bought me two sets of Rubbermaid containers just for making them. My cupboard looks amazing...especially after I bought these awesome containers to store my baking ingredients. No more open bags of flour and sugar...no more hard dried out brown sugar and I look amazingly organized.
Last night I knocked out the Kipling Cookies while my husband made dinner (love that guy). This was an incredibly simple recipe. They are a powdered sugar coated butter cookie from my mothers childhood. Funny story about this cookie...last year my parents traveled to Rock Springs for New Years. My mother brought these cookies with her. Mom and Samantha were standing in the kitchen talking about the cookies. Samantha said she helps her Grandma make these cookies every year. Mom got so excited and told Samantha about making them with her mom as a little girl. Then the conversation went something like this...
Mom: Oh, I love these cookies!
Samantha: (Patiently listens with a small smile)
Mom: Don't you love them?
Samantha: (Stops smiling) No, I just help my Grandma make them.
Mom: (Looks confusingly at Samantha, disappointed)
Melodie: (Rolls on the floor laughing at the honesty of children and their ability to cut adults to the quick)
You would absolutely have to know Samantha to truly appreciate the humor in this. She is the most agreeable young woman I've ever met and will go to great lengths to agree with just about anything so she doesn't hurt someones feelings. I love that kid!
Anyway back to the cookies...here is the Kipling Recipe:
KIPLINGS
2 STICKS BUTTER
1/2 C. SUGAR
2 TSP. VANILLA
2 1/4 C. FLOUR
3/4 C. FINELY CHOPPED NUTS
CREAM BUTTER AND SUGAR; ADD FLOUR, VANILLA AND NUTS. CHILL DOUGH. ROLL IN SMALL BALLS AND BAKE AT 275 DEGREES FOR 20 MINUTES. REMOVE COOKIES FROM THE OVEN AND ROLL IN POWDERED SUGAR. **I ADDED GREEN FOOD COLORING TO MAKE THEM A BIT MORE FESTIVE.
I told you it was easy. This morning I made Soft Gingersnaps which I have already blogged about. I am about to research Chocolate Crackle cookies so I can add those to the list. Stay tuned this afternoon for Almond Drops.
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