my sweet sister jen & i, along with the extraordinary help of coleman, hampton & evie, endured a ten hour baking fest this week! we have been baking together annually since we were old enough to stand, and have continued the tradition our mom started of baking peffernuse! of course, we dabble in a few other recipes, which change each year as well...merely to break up the monotony of 21 batches of the small, time consuming cookies. the peffernuse recipe calls for 28 cups of flour, which we have to mix with the other ingredients in a very large container. this year, my hand held kitchen aid mixer decided that this would be it's last. in addition to the peffernuse, we made fudge, chocolate dipped pretzels, snowman cookies, & peanut butter surprise cookies. the kids had such fun decorating their very own cookies, and hampton was eager to share that she had added dimples to hers. we once again had fun visiting, rolling, laughing, baking and wrapping, but at the end of the day we were truly exhausted! as my husband meandered in the door from work, he wondered what i made for dinner! seriously? he gladly departed to pick something up, after the look on my face! oh the joys...this day each year is at the top!
my sweet sister jen & i, along with the extraordinary help of coleman, hampton & evie, endured a ten hour baking fest this week! we have been baking together annually since we were old enough to stand, and have continued the tradition our mom started of baking peffernuse! of course, we dabble in a few other recipes, which change each year as well...merely to break up the monotony of 21 batches of the small, time consuming cookies. the peffernuse recipe calls for 28 cups of flour, which we have to mix with the other ingredients in a very large container. this year, my hand held kitchen aid mixer decided that this would be it's last. in addition to the peffernuse, we made fudge, chocolate dipped pretzels, snowman cookies, & peanut butter surprise cookies. the kids had such fun decorating their very own cookies, and hampton was eager to share that she had added dimples to hers. we once again had fun visiting, rolling, laughing, baking and wrapping, but at the end of the day we were truly exhausted! as my husband meandered in the door from work, he wondered what i made for dinner! seriously? he gladly departed to pick something up, after the look on my face! oh the joys...this day each year is at the top!
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