Month: March 2010

Does anyone remember holiday cookies with a fun name sold at department stores?

I can’t remember if it was Woolworth’s or Montgomery Ward, or even maybe another store, but there were these really good sugar-like cookies with a fun name that were sold at the mall near my house during the holidays when I was a kid. Just trying to remember what they were!

Thanksgiving Cookies to Make in a Kindergarten Class?

I want to make a fun Thanksgiving cookie/dessert in my class, but I don’t have access to a microwave, crockpot, etc. I’ve seen turkey cookies made out of Oreos, marshmallows, and chocolate, but you need to heat up the chocolate, which I can’t do. Do you have any suggestions?
The problem is I don’t have access to anything like a microwave, toaster oven, etc. It’s just not possible for me to get one.

What should I get my friends for Christmas/Hanukkah?

I’m only 13 but I want to get my friends something sweet and from the heart for the holidays. I’m a bit poor. Naturally I’ll get my closer friends and individual presents. I have quite a lot of friends, so what’s something i could get them all? Something like cookies probably isn’t such a good idea because they probably would like attack them all.

Gizzi Erskine makes Easter cookies

This video features Gizzi Erskine whipping up a classic holiday favourite of Easter cookies with the help of the unrefined sugar specialists – Billingtons and Bakingmad.com. So round up the kids, get your apron on and try out some of the great recipes from bakingmad.com. Ingredients 90g Butter, softened 100g Billingtons Golden Caster Sugar 1 Egg ½ tsp Vanilla Extract 200g Plain Flour ½ tsp Baking Powder ½ Salt Makes about 20 cookie cutters depending on the size of the cutter -Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside -In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar until pale -Beat in the egg and vanilla extract -Add the flour to the butter mix and mix until the dough is formed -Wrap the cookie dough in cling and chill for at least one hour -Preheat the oven to 170 C/fan 150 C -Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about 0.5cm -Cut out the cookies and transfer to baking sheets -Roll up the trimmings and repeat stages above to make more cookies -Bake for 8-12 minutes until golden -Remove and transfer to a cooling wire and leave until completely cool before decorating.