Time to bake cookies and do all of the traditional family rituals for the rest of the week.  Jason is getting very anxious to get his cookies made for Santa.  The kid’s internal calendar and clock doesn’t miss a beat.  I want to thank all of you for your tremendous support!  I can’t begin to express what a difference it has made in my own enthusiasm for quilting again.  Small gestures can make an enormous difference.  Thank you!

Jason and I would like to share our family recipe for his Santa cookies: 

Jason’s Favorite Peanut Butter Cookies

Preheat the oven to 375°

Blend sugars together with an electric mixer on medium speed.  Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste.  Add eggs blending in one at a time.  Add peanut butter and vanilla and mix until light and fluffy.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.  Add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture and mix at low speed until just mixed.

Using a small cookie scoop, drop balls of dough onto a cookie sheet.  With a wet fork, gently press a crisscross pattern on the top of the cookies.

Tip: in order to keep the dough from sticking to the fork, dip the fork in water after each cookie is flattened.

 Bake 10-11 minutes or until cookies are slightly brown.  Don’t over cook and immediately transfer the cookies to a cool surface with a spatula.

Wishing you the best for the new year,

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