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A Christmas Cookie Making Tradition Continues
I’m Thankful for our Christmas Cookie Tradition
 
My wife and I have a long-standing cookie-making tradition. In many years we made them all in one day, but often when visiting the grandkids, etc. we stretch it out to 2 days.
 
I learned about my wife’s German family cookie making, a tradition for generations (Honey Lebkuchen), when she and I first started dating, then lived together in Ohio where I was in grad school and she was at Proctor and Gamble. The cookie making is at Thanksgiving, and depending on the size of the cookies, you end up with around 15 dozen or so - this year we made 197 cookies.
 
We’ve made these cookies every single year since we started dating, about 40 years – that’s a lot of cookies with 15 dozen or so per batch. And part of the fun of making these cookies, in addition to eating them, is sharing with other family members and friends.
 
It’s quite a process and takes a bit of effort. I always mix the batter, prepared a day or two before making the cookies. Have you ever tried to stir in 15 cups of flour into a sticky honey/brown and granulated sugar/butter mixture? I have broken ... more

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