This past week was Thanksgiving. A time for family, food, fun, and giving thanks for all we have and all we are. We gathered several of our family members and sat down to a wonderful dinner of spatchcocked turkey grilled on the Big Green Egg, ham from the charcoal grill, dressing, green beans with ham and onions, butternut squash, rolls, cranberry relish and pies - pumpkin, mince, and pecan. As usual, we had a wonderful time with family and tons of food.
The next day several of us gathered to here for what has come to be known as Knotwell Girls Cookie Day. Tradition says each of us makes a batch (or two) of Grandma's Sugar Cookie dough and we gather together to roll our dough, cut it out in numerous shapes, sprinkle the heck out of the dough and bake it to within an inch of its life....since the recipe makes upwards of 5 dozen cookies, there is potential for an unusually large number of holiday sweets! This year, we had 5 families represented - that means 25 dozen cookies. We decided - for time's sake - not to do my dough nor one sister's dough so during that marathon day of baking, we made 15 dozen cookies.
We had 3 girls who had never come before. What a gift to see them enjoying themselves. We've already scheduled for the day after Thanksgiving next year.
Mom and I made up my dough on Sunday and we decorated with sprinkles and frosting. They sure aren't pretty but they do taste quite nice. Especially with a hot cup of tea. I learned something new - don't buy frosting for sugar cookies on the off chance you might need it someday....instead, but frosting when you are sure you are going to make sugar cookies. That way the frosting isn't hard or gloppy when you want to use it. Lesson learned!
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