Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> sarah bennett > wrote:
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>
>>Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>
>>>Nancy Young wrote:
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>>>>There's something about chocolate chip cookies that doesn't say
>>>>Christmas to me.
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>>>That's because chocolate chip cookies aren't sufficiently special.
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>>I made some as part of some cookie tins that I made as gifts. But what
>>should I know from Christmas cookies? I'm Jewish
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>
> <cough> I quit going to neighborhood cookie exchanges after coming
> home from one with chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, and peanut
> butter cookies; and my contribution to the exchange (a dozen for each
> participant) had been highly decorated cut-outs. The ones that jazz up
> a cookie plate. I want CC, PB, and oatmeal, I'll make my own, thanks.
> Allow me to suggest that you deep six the CCs unless you know the
> recipient never turns the oven on. No offense intended. Just my humble
> opinion.

They don't bake unless it comes pre-mixed in a package. There are 7
different kinds of cookies- almond flavored butter cutouts, orange
flaopred butter cut-outs, vanilla cut-outs, chocolate chip, oatmeal
raisin, gingerbread thin rounds, and chewy gingerbread hearts with
candied ginger. I think two of them being 'common' is ok. It makes me
kind of sad that they are impressed by simple drop cookies, but whatever
I couldn't afford to make 'fancy' cookies this year, so I made those
that I had the ingredients for already (I did have to buy butter, vegan
margarine and extra bags of flour and sugar, though).


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