Christmas Cookies, 2020 (Covid)

Covid 19 had its influence on cookies this year....a minor hiccup compared to the real tragedy.

None of the nieces, nephews or family came ove to bake.

Joan and I started on Dec12 and finished up by the 14th. The goal was to mail off cookies to friends and relatives by the 16th.

Joan made: Chocolate chips, Sugar cookie cut-outs, Linzer tarts, Chocolate and Vanilla checkboard sugar cookies(a recipe from Elaine Welland's gift cookbook) and Multi-colored pinwheels.

I made: Chocolate meatball, Buter balls, Cornstarch, Thumbprints, Sponge cake Petit fors, fig filled(cucidate) and Neopolitans.

We made single batches, or at most doubles, so there were not a great many.

Chocolate Meatballl--4 cups flour made 10 doz, 1 inch balls

Butter ball--4 cups made 10 doz, 1 inch balls

Cornstarch--2 cups flour made 3 doa, 1 inch balls pressed into 2 inch stamped cookies

Thumbprints--3 cups flour made 5.5 doz

Fig cookies--1 cup flour made 4 doz

Sponge Cake Petit Fors--1/2 sheet made 3 dox

Neopolitans--recipe makes 8, 1 1/2 inch bars or about 16 doz.

Chocolate Chips--

Cut-outs--

Pinwheels--

Linzer Tarts--

We mailed off 8 boxes:

Al & Sally Wilson--(Florida)

Sam & Marlene--(Michigan--Florida)

Deben--Massachusetts 

Alan & Jan--West Virginia

Marilyn & Scott--Syracuse

Aunt Len--Massachusetts 

April--Massachusetts 

Pat & Giv Reiman--Ohio

Cookie Plates:

Mary & Geriann

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