Last
year I thought it would be a good idea to make sugar cookies without using margarine. And while that is a great idea on many levels, I decided to make the
“real deal” this year. It was well worth it—a taste of nostalgia. I have been
using this recipe to make sugar cookies for as long as I can remember baking. Sometimes
I would color the dough and make fancy patterns, but in more recent years I made
colorful glaze. A tall pile of sugar cookies in all the colors of the rainbow was
so exciting. And the best part of it for me was sharing them with my friends
and family. The joy of good food is multiplied when I can share it and let
others enjoy it too.
This
year, I did not buy food coloring, but I did get margarine especially for this
recipe. I had not bought margarine in two years probably. The recipe needs only
two sticks, and the other two sticks are now in the freezer. (Maybe for next
year?!?) I did have colored nonpareils, and the cookies did have the riot of
color that I wanted, despite not using colored glaze.
But who
could I share the cookies with? I did figure that part also. I met a fried for
lunch, so she got some, and I also sent a package with cookies to my family.
Those cookies are still in transit, but I am looking forward to hearing that
they received the coolies.
I am so
glad I made “real” sugar cookies this year. It’s a once a year thing for me.
Food is not just to sustain us physically. We attach all sorts of values and
emotions to food, and those are important to recognize and understand too.
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| colorful nonpareils |
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| lots of cookies |
I totally relate! Every time I eat cookies, I choke up and get super emotional.
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DeleteSometimes it's the food that wakes up the nostalgia and sometimes it's the person you are with. Even having a cup of tea with you, Brendel would wake up fond fun memories! I hope your Chanukah was sweetened by the sugar cookies. All the best. Aunt Shayna Gutke
ReplyDelete:) thank you, it was a very nice, sugar cookie sweetened Chanukah.
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