Addie and I top off the Candy Cane Peppermint Kiss Cookies
My daughter-in-law, Lisa, called and said that Thursday night was cookie baking time with the four granddaughters. “Whoopie,” I cheered. “Count me in!” It wouldn’t be Christmas without Christmas cookies.
Addie and Coco make Chocolate Caramel Rolo Cookies. These fudgy chocolate cookie are each stuffed with a Rolo candy piece. The recipe was a 1990 Pillsbury Bake-Off winner.
Little Fingers in the Dough
I remember helping my mother mix, roll, cut, shape, decorate and bake for the annual cookie haul. Mostly, I licked the spoons and ran my little fingers around the mixing bowls for the very last bit of the sugary batter.
Back then, my favorites were heavily decorated spritz cookies, that you squeezed from a metal press and topped with colorful sprinkles. But with the passing of years, my taste have changed. I now lean more toward bourbon balls, lavender-laced cookies, fruitcake bars (I know, I’m the only one still left who eats these), or anything with a hint of Ghirardelli chocolate.
Cookie Tip
Cookie baking is best done with kids, relatives, or friends. But if that doesn’t work out, there’s always Missouri Bakery on The Hill, where standing in line with others to buy dozens of cookies has become a holiday tradition.
Scenes from the Kitchen
Addie and Sydney posing for Grandma
Harper and Addie take baking seriously.
Lisa removes cookie from oven as the kitchen crew stands by to add the peppermint kisses.
“Who am I, Grandma?” Coco asks. As it turned out she was disguised as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. My first guess was Miss Piggy with antlers.
Candy Cane Peppermint Cookies and Chocolate Caramel Rolo Cookies
My Granddog, Butter, in holiday attire kept the kitchen floor crumb free.
Fortified with sugar cookies, it was on to decorating the tree. 
Now the wait begins . . . .
