Christmas time in the kitchen is all about the
cookies
The words of Silver Bells just beg to be re-written for our own versions of the holiday.

Silver Bells cut out cookies from Pillsbury
Even Vogue magazine is about cookies this month…..
A Baker’s Tour of Europe’s Finest Holiday Cookies
by Oliver Strand

This is the illustration from Vogue
AND….
New York Times Style magazine has this article:
Baking Sweets From Childhood Tales
This illustration from “Little House on the Prairie” shows all it took to make Christmas perfect for Laura and Mary: two heart-shaped cakes, two tin cups, two peppermint sticks and two pennies — one for each girl. Credit Garth Williams, Little House on the Prairie, from group of four, 1953: Christmas Stockings/Copyright Garth Williams 1953; renewed 1981/Image courtesy Heritage Auctions
from the article In Praise of the Good Enough
And today, 12/12 is Ma Ingalls birthday!
Today is Ma Ingalls’ birthday! 177 years ago on this day, Caroline Lake Quiner (later to become Caroline “Ma” Ingalls) was born in the Milwaukee area of Wisconsin, the fifth of seven Quiner children. Some said that baby Caroline was the first non-native American baby to be born in the area.
In this picture, Caroline is seated next to her husband, Charles Ingalls.
Happy Birthday, Ma!
Cookies I’ve written about:
Oh, Joy! Chocolate Coconut Macaroons with Almonds
Thank you Kathleen for such a great collection of cookie recipes. Penny
*Penny Axelrod*
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Foodways Pilgrim wrote:
> Kathleen M. Wall posted: “Christmas time in the kitchen is all about the > cookies https://youtu.be/UNwGVgfkcgI The words of Silver Bells just beg > to be re-written for our own versions of the holiday. Even Vogue magazine > is about cookies this month….. A Baker’s Tour of” >