Christmas Cookies

This weekend one of our Advent calendar activities was “Make Christmas cookies and watch Charlie Brown’s Christmas”. Gabriel was pretty excited about this one!

This is something we enjoy doing every year. I’ve got the recipe and cookie cutters all ready. But this year I decided to use a different recipe. I had recently gotten a cookie recipe from Johnny’s Memaw that her grandmother made when she was a little girl. I thought it would be pretty special to use that recipe, and they turned out great. At this point in my life, decorating cookies is not an easy thing to do, so we use sprinkles. Maybe next year Gabriel will be ready to try some icing.

Here we are making our cookies…

After we were done with the cookies the boys watched Charlie Brown’s Christmas. Nathaniel lasted about 2 minutes and then went to go play.

Need a Christmas cookie recipe? Here’s the one I normally use that I won second prize with in a high school 4-H contest:

Traditional Sugar Cookies

3/4 c butter
1 c sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt

Mix thoroughly butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.

Heat oven to 400. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut into desired shapes and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 6-8 minutes or until very light brown.