SOL25-1230
From my journal:
Before sunrise . . .
Christmas cookies and coffee–
Cookies: ice kipfels, date pinwheels, date tarts
Coffee: Black Rifle Coffee
And while I enjoy my coffee and cookies,
As I am pondering the year past and the new one ahead,
I am worshiping with Chuck Girard–
“Sometimes Alleluia, Sometimes Praise the Lord“
“Holy, Holy, Holy are you Lord“
After a week plus of Christmas cookies,
I’m wondering . . .
When eating a Christmas cookie, is it better to take a couple big bites and explode the flavors in your mouth or to take slow nibbles to savor the delicate flavors a bit longer? What do you think?
some of our cookies in tins and jars
Christmas Eve supper with our traditional candle salad
(Notice the tray of cookies front and center.)
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What a delight to pop by and see your delicious cookie displays. I especially eyed the date pinwheels. The parent of a student made them for me one Christmas – exquisite! I’ve not been successful at replicating her efforts, but yours are beautiful. I like the idea of eating your way round the pinwheel.
Happy New Year!
If you want, I’d be glad to share the recipe I have. It’s from a 1950s magazine. My mom clipped it out and taped it in her book and I’ve had them every years since. I think my brothers’ families also make them for Christmas. I still have one log in my freezer. After I put away all the holiday decorations, I’ll slice it and bake and enjoy one last lingering scent and taste of Christmas.
The initial piece from your journal is almost a haiku. I love it. I broke my wrist three weeks ago & as a result was not able to bake this year, so your picture of all the cookies made my mouth water. I *did* convince my sons to bake gingerbread cookies with my mother when she visited – we ate them mostly in big bites, but there are definitely cookies I nibble, and others that I dunk!
So sorry about your wrist, Amanda. I don’t dunk much, but my husband does. Sometimes he dunks his bacon and toast at breakfast. Happy New Year!
Eating cookies is a RIGHT and privilege of the holiday season. I have eater WAY too many but the time is coming where the stale ones will face their fate. I, like you, will celebrate the season, one nibble at a time with a weigh in delayed until late January!
Ah-ha, Anita! I think your idea of waiting until late January for a weigh-in is an excellent plan.
Alice,
If you send me some cookies, I’d be happy to conduct some thorough research. Ha. Thanks for the visual feast of cookies and candle salad. I was happy to see the candles after learning about them in your earlier post. They are lovely! Enjoy!
Hahaha, Sharon. I will remember that you have offered to participate in the cookie research. Happy New Year!
I never thought about how to eat a cookie. I guess I just eat and enjoy them. Soft chewy cookies are savored. Hard cookies like biscotti are for dunking and enjoying the taste of the cookie mixed with the taste of coffee. I guess anyway I eat a cookie I enjoy it. Happy New Year.
Yes, I agree, enjoying the cookie is the ultimate goal! Happy New Year to you too.
Honestly, I think nibble vs. bite depends on the cookie! Soft ones, like molasses are certainly big bites. Firmer cookies like butter or sugar cookies, nibbles all the way! Your table is beautiful!
Thank you; my youngest granddaughter (almost 13) is responsible for the beauty of our table this year. I hadn’t thought about the texture being a criterion, but I agree with you, especially the nibbles on crunchy cookies.
Alice, your Christmas table is so beautifully decorated and yes I see your marvelous cookie platter. I also like to bake and create platters for others. May 2026 be filled with slow nibbles throughout the year.
Thank you Carol. My youngest granddaughter (almost 13) is responsible for the beauty of our table. May you have a Happy New Year.
Alice,
I’ve rarely given much thought to the size of cookie bites, only to the deconstruction protocol, such as whether to eat the center of an Oreo first. These days I don’t eat sweets often and didn’t bake cookies this year. Your table is lovely. Looks as though you had quite a sizable gathering at your house.
Oh Glenda, I hadn’t thought about protocol. I do consider that when eating certain cookies. Sometimes I nibble the date pinwheels in a circular fashion, following their shape, layer by layer. Happy New Year.
Ooh, those cookies, for me it would be hard to eat them slowly!
Thank you. I’ve been sending plates home with my grandkids so I am not tempted to eat so many… if I’m not careful, I’ll have sugar withdrawal after the holidays. LOL