It’s that time of year where every minute counts. After having declared that I was not going to bake cookies this year, I got pulled in. I blame Marianne of maRRose CCC . On Friday she posted a recipe for tried-and-true cut out cookies. These are a weakness of mine, but I have never found a recipe I liked.
I can report back that these are delicious. Thin and crispy, not too sweet. The only problem I see with them is that I ate too many of them already.
I was able to get a little bit of crochet done. For some reason, even though my current project is just rows of double crochet, I have had to frog it multiple times. I am guessing it is due to being distracted and not being able to put down the thoughts of what else needs to be done.
Finally, I cooked up a beeswax paste to use for finishing wood. My husband is making cutting boards for Christmas gifts this year, and he needed a food-safe finish for them. The “recipe” is an emulsification of one part beeswax and four parts oil. It has been heated, stirred, and cooled and is now ready for application. I can’t wait to see what it looks like on all of the woods he is using.
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Those biscuits look very tasty. I marizipaned our tiny Christmas cake this morning .
Yum! I just bought some marzipan on Saturday.
I like to make cut out cookies and I do not like them very sweet. Your cookies are so festive. I am following the link for the recipe. Thanks.
I hope you like them if you decide to make them. I’m hoping we have some left for Christmas.
Those look so good! With the crisp brown edges– exactly the way I like them.
They need the crisp brown edges to be just right, don’t they?
Absolutely! 🙂 I will have to make some this week.
Perfect batch of cookies 🙂 ! I do so enjoy the cut-out Sugar cookies too! I like to fill a bag with cinnamon sugar ( more cinnamon than sugar) and shake them gently while they are warm. 🙂 Thank you for sharing the recipe!
I’m going to try that on my next batch. Yum!
That’s a nice varied range of crafts for one day!
Someone wise once said busy hands are happy hands.
Yum I love sugar cookies but I really dislike baking cookies. It takes so long. I’d much rather make bars. I do need to invest in a spritz cookie maker though
I’m the same way. It take a long time and there is a lot of down time. For these, though, since you divide the dough to chill, I’ve just been making one small batch a day (2 trays). so it’s been less than 30 minutes. And it prevents us from eating all of them right away. 🙂