Holiday Cookies—-Bah Humbug!  I spent most of yesterday trying to make cookies to give, with jam. to my delivery ladies.  What a farce!  I started with the Magic Bars.  Taste great even with a few substitutions—I added butterscotch morsels to the chocolate to make 12 ozs.  The problem came when I tried to get them out of the pan.  I have what looks more like miniature popcorn balls rather than bars.  Well I guess they are for private consumption not gifts. 

Next I tried Date filled Oatmeal cookies.  The date filling is great but the cookie part is a disaster.  First I couldn’t get the dough to stick together.  Little bits of oatmeal kept falling out.  The recipe said add two to four tablespoons of water to the dough and then refrigerate for 15 minutes to make rolling it out easier.  I got news even a cup of water wouldn’t have helped it.  I finally managed to get it rolled out but getting it an eighth of an inch thick proved to be more of a task than I thought.  The recipe also said to cut in two inch circles, two for each cookie, fill one side, place other one on top and press edges firmly.  When I finished with that step I still had almost a cup of filling left and my sealing job was not very effective.  Results were cookie too thick, filling too little, and Momma too sad. Sweet hubby said, “too doughy throw them out”.  My reply was that If I had to eat each one myself I was going to salvage my work.  I always thought that old grandmas could naturally make great cookies but I guess I was wrong. 

So as you can see everything is still out on the counter waiting this morning and Jay has two of his Mom’s recipes ready to help me make.  Hopefully working together we can create something good enough to give away. 

On the plus side I got my last to decoration projects done.

The snowman, the little house, and mice on the shelf by the kitchen door.  Also the Nativity scene on the buffet where it usually sets during the holiday. 

More snow outside not a large amount but enough for Jay to get the tractor out and start plowing.  Yes it came back yesterday and it works like a charm. 

Hope all is going well for you and I get some cookies for giving not eating!!