Finally, Cookies
It was a very ugly sort of day here, all spitting and grey. Cold too. So it was very nice to open the mailbox and find it stuffed with holiday cards, the new issue of Martha Stewart, and some goodies I had bought off Etsy. Oh, the fun in those little envelopes. I got some fabric covered pony holders, pins, and bobbies, a felty toast pin cushion, and a 1956 dress pattern, never open, in my size! I need a little more practice working with patterns before I start on a dress, though. Maybe a skirt would be a good jumping off point.
I at last got my cookies baked. i had made the dough on Thursday and Friday of last week. I didn't have time to bake so I stuck the dough in the freezer. The sugar cookies turned out fine but the pfefferneuse dough was very dry so I had to pitch it. I t probably wasn't even supposed to be refrigerated. I had added too much pepper anyway, better to start over.
And speaking of freezers, my Mom and Dad bought us a chest freezer for Christmas and it fits perfectly in our cellar. But we didn't have anything to put in it because we are so used to our little refrigerator-freezer. Tonight I made turkey meatball soup and lots of it. So I packaged it up and stuck it in our new freezer for another ugly day but it looks lonesome in there by itself. Maybe I'll just start making food to freeze in dinner-for-two sized portions. I think I will renew my Sam's Club membership.
