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Holiday Snowball Cookies

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Holiday Cookie Making - Round 2

Yesterday we made granola using a new recipe with maple syrup instead of brown sugar. It turned out well and worthy of breakfast and sharing with a couple of the neighbors.

 

Round 2 of our cookie making was today (Round 1 was made at Thanksgiving, our annual family tradition), the classic snowball cookies using my wife's Mom's recipe.

 

snowball cookies ready for the oven

 

We decided to add a couple variations. In addition to the classic, rolled in powdered sugar once cooked, we rolled some of the dough in finely chopped pecans before baking. The other variation were thumbprint cookies with apricot jam.

 

They turned out well and have been more than adequately taste tested by the chefs. And several of the neighbors were lucky recipients.

 

Snowball cookies in 3 varieties

 

Are there special cookies that you make for the holidays?

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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Kathy Streib 

I'm exhausted just reading your list of cookies that you have made...or will. With my wife's recent back surgery we are a bit limited in the baking arena!

Jeff

Dec 17, 2023 07:34 PM
Kathy Streib

Jeff- Hope your wife is healing well from her back surgery. I know that my back was screaming at me after standing most of the day on the tile floor. 

 

Dec 17, 2023 07:50 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Jeff Dowler, CRS  I do not bake so with that said will be happy to give you my home address for shipping some here:)))Endre

Dec 17, 2023 09:27 PM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Good morning Jeff. Bet there is a lager contingency of Rainers who are currently very jealous of your neighbors. Me, my mouth is watering. Enjoy your bounty!

Dec 18, 2023 04:17 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I really like the idea of using maple syrup instead of brown sugar, that makes the cookies much more healthy, haha.

Dec 18, 2023 04:19 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Yes, I make a special cookie, but just one type. I don't eat desserts anymore so I bring them to parties, etc. We went to a get together yesterday and everyone bought cookies. If I ate them, I'd have been in heaven!

Dec 18, 2023 05:03 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Good morning, Jeff... don't those cookies look yummy! To answer your question, I do not bake cookies... I am the world's worst cookie baker and stopped trying years ago. But I can be a champion cookie eater!

Dec 18, 2023 05:23 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

Christmas cookies are so special. If only they could be made calorie free so that the January scale wouldn't scream when we got on it.

Dec 18, 2023 07:01 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Jeff, My first batch of cookies got done last Tuesday and deliver to lots of past clients now I am baking the second batch on Wednesday to get out to others.   Snowball cookies are some of them.

Dec 18, 2023 09:12 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Endre Barath, Jr. 

I'm surprised to hear you are not a baker, too!

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 10:00 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Wayne Martin 

I suspect you're right.

Problem is, we have too much bounty...but it's the holiday season (aka the eating season).

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 10:04 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Could be Brian England  But I suspect there are still plenty of calories...healthy ones, right?

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 10:05 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Kat Palmiotti 

That is a beautiful batch of holiday cookies. I am not ready to give up deserts, or holiday cookies.

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 10:15 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Thank you Nina Hollander, Broker 

I am a pretty good cookie eater myself...perhaps too good!

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 10:32 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754 

So true. It seems like the best cookies are the most caloric, too.

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 10:34 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi  Will Hamm 

I bet your clients appreciate the fresh baked cookies. Such a kind thing to do.

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 10:51 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Jeff we don't do cookies, but my wife gets a bunch of requests this time of the year for her fudge.

Dec 18, 2023 02:05 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi George Souto 

Fudge is certainly a good alternative to cookies...any time! Bet your wife is busy over the holidays. Are you the sous chef?

Jeff

Dec 18, 2023 02:53 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Jeff Dowler, CRS  Diane did not want me to bake she thought we would be three times the size we already are if I baked:)Endre

Dec 20, 2023 10:31 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS

Hi Endre Barath, Jr.  I suppose that could be a downside to baking especially if you make a lot of desserts. 

Dec 21, 2023 10:32 AM
Patricia Feager, ABR,CRS,GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Jeff Dowler, CRS - I am literally drooling over your cookies! If you ever move to Flower Mound, please move nextdoor to me! Or if your neighbors move out, give me a call. I'll do my best to move in nextdoor! I would love to be your neighbor. 

FYi, I'm the same as Nina Hollander, Broker. I don't bake cookies, but I could sure challenge her to a championship in the eating cookies contest! Your cookies are making my mouth water and my stomach is growling for cookies! 

Dec 22, 2023 05:32 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP 

I'm glad they had a positive impact - they are pretty good if I may say so!

I'd be happy to challenge you and Nina Hollander, Broker to a Christmas Cookie Eat-Off.  Don't want to brag but I can eat a lot!

Jeff

Dec 22, 2023 07:44 PM