Gooseberry Patch - Christmas Cookie Jar

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Dear Friend,

Pass the cookie platter, please! Frosted sugar cookies, twisty pinwheels, soft gingerbreadall the classics (and some new favorites!) are inside.

Christmas Cookie Jar is chock-full of scrumptious recipes with all the flavors of the season Chocolate Mint Stars, Raspberry Shortbread Thumbprints, Frosted Ginger Creams and Cranberry Crumb Bars. Youll find old-fashioned favorites like Pecan Icebox Cookies, Grandmas Butter Fingers and Pastel Cream Waferseven Oh-So-Easy Cut-Outs and 1-2-3 Cookies that bake up in a jiffy.

Of course weve included candies for gift-giving like Grandpas Famous Caramels and Sparkling Sugarplums, along with lots of clever ideas for sharing cookies. Theres even an all-chocolate chapter packed with goodies like Double Fudgy Cookie Bars and Buckeye Brownies.

When Christmas Eve arrives, well be setting out a plate of Rudolphs Carrot Cookies for Santa how about you?

Take two,
they're small!

Vickie & JoAnn

Gooseberry Patch
2500 Farmers Dr., #110
Columbus, OH 43235

www.gooseberrypatch.com

18008546673

Copyright 2008, Gooseberry Patch 978-1-93628-355-2 Fourth Printing, March, 2011

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To everyone who still leaves milk & cookies for Santa Merry Christmas!

For all of you who reached into family recipe boxes to share tried & true favoritesthanks!

Start a list of must-have cookies to bakeremember to ask family members for their favorites too!

Make a list of ingredients youll need, check supplies on hand and start to stock up. Sugar, flour, spices, butter and nuts usually go on sale by Thanksgivingbutter and nuts can even be frozen for the freshest flavor.

If the baking powder and baking soda in the cupboard are from last Christmas, its best to replace themspices too.

Take it easy! Spread baking and decorating over a few days or even weekends. Make all the dough one day and refrigerate it to bake the next dayeven freeze dough and then do your baking on following weekends, as time allows.

On baking days, pop an easy dinner in the slow cooker first thing in the morning. Then relax and enjoy baking dinner will be ready whenever you are.

Judy Adams
Wooster, OH

A co-worker shared this yummy recipe with me.

1/2 c. margarine, softened

1 c. sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 c. light molasses

4 c. all-purpose flour

2 t. baking soda

1/2 t. salt

2 t. cinnamon

2 t. ground ginger

1 t. ground cloves

1 t. nutmeg

1 c. hot water

Garnish: vanilla frosting

Mix together all ingredients except frosting in a large bowl. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Frost with vanilla frosting. Makes 8 dozen.

Fill a dainty vintage teacup with bite-size cookies for a sweet pick-me-up gift.

Lisa Ashton
Aston, PA

These are really spicythe black pepper gives them a kick!

3/4 c. butter, softened