Holiday Memories

When my brother and I were growing up, we would help my mother make desserts for the holidays.  She would dig out her favorite holiday recipes and we would bake dozens of sugar cookies with sprinkles, homemade fudge, Peanut Butter And Butterscotch Rice Krispies Treats, and milk chocolate marshmallow treats called Church Windows.  It was the one time of year when a silly contraption known as the Cookie Shooter came out of the pantry. 

It was always an afternoon filled with laughter, love, holiday music featuring Gene Autry on the record player, and mugs of hot cider with cinnamon.  Each year, the memory of this tradition brings me back to my parent's kitchen and fills my heart with warmth. 

Today, I invite you to share a favorite recipe that fills your family with cheer, year after year.  

Comments

[Kelly]

Truly...The LAST Sugar Cookie recipe you will EVER need...I mean who doesn't LOVE a sparkly, kid made sugar cookie!?
http://kelly-justaclickaway.blogspot.com/2011/12/ive-got-crud.html

[Valerie]

I always crave gingerbread or some type of molasses cookie in December. Although it is not during the winter, here is a blog post about the latter and it includes a link to the recipe. The photos are just snapshots, taken on the fly before I had to wipe my hands and jump into the cooking again, but I still treasure them.
http://journeyleaf.typepad.com/journeyleaf/2011/03/molasses-cookies.html

[Libby Leal]

I also love baking with my children. I hope my daughters remember it as fondly as you do :) We love baking all sorts of things but pumpkin bread is one of our favorites. The recipe on my blog.

http://libertadleal.blogspot.com/2011/11/everyday-mother-baking-together-and-two.html

[meadowlarkdays]

http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2011/12/chicken-paprika.html

I fondly remember baking cookies with our mom when we were children. Love this sparkly photo of yours! Here is a new favorite dish of ours.

[georgia]

love it! great shot. makes me want to go bake right now.

it's not one i've used year after year... i only made it for the first time this last thanksgiving. but it's a good one...
http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-not-just-another-day-cultivate.html

[Spyros Heniadis]

I don't have the recipe, but my Yia Yia used to make Kourabiedes. She passed some time ago, and so I haven't had them in years.

A few days ago our neighbors brought us a little box of cookies, of the dozen inside, four were Kourabiedes! I was so excited! I ate two of them right away, and I savored the last two.

They were delicious!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spyros/6525673635/in/photostream

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[Helios Binoculars]

Hi...It was always an afternoon filled with laughter, love, holiday music featuring Gene Autry on the record player, and mugs of hot cider with cinnamon.Although it is not during the winter, here is a blog post about the latter and it includes a link to the recipe. The photos are just snapshots, taken on the fly before I had to wipe my hands and jump into the cooking again, but I still treasure them.