Cookie Baking Week is going well. While the rains come down and the floods come up, the winds have not been strong, at least here, and the power has stayed on.
Cookie Report:
Hazelnut Crescents
These are all what I call "fussy" cookies, with lots of steps, but even though I fuss a bit at having to make them again, they are loved by my family, which makes them a labor of love. Thank goodness Tom helps! And he's great at clean up.
I have one more kind to make, and then a lull before the kids come next week for Lefse and Fatigmand on Wednesday and sprinkle decorated sugar cookies and gingerbread on Saturday.
We are fortunate here to live on high ground. Flooding is not a problem for us, but in the low lands, especially along the rivers flowing out of the Cascade Mountains, disasters are occurring. It is estimated that as many as 100,000 people have received evacuation notices. Some rivers are cresting today but some not until tomorrow. The rains are finally letting up, at least for a few days. Too many will experience misery for Christmas.
So sad about the flooding. My baby brother and his bride were in Seattle yesterday and they said driving was difficult in all the rain. They are in Oregon for the Winter. They have a home in Monmouth. Your cookies all look great I would like a few of the apricot foldovers!! A friend of my Mothers made the best apricot balls at Christmas..coconut, dried apricots, nuts and maybe sweetened condensed milk. Andy and I made Gluten Free Truffles using GF Oreos and cream cheese dipped in chocolate. He then made caramels that we helped wrap:) There is enough sweets to make us all fat!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look so good and so perfect. I can imagine how good they taste.
ReplyDeleteWe're fortunate to be relatively unaffected by the water but so many out of town are flooded and more rain to come.
The flooding is devastating - both in your area and in British Columbia, though thankfully, not a many as in your area. No time is the right time for these events, but Christmas is especially card.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I could resist all those cookies. They look so delicious!
Amazing cookies! Glad that you are snug and safe.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful and would add another inch to my hips, I fear. We were spared the worst of the flooding, living here in Bellingham above sea level. But so much rain!
ReplyDeleteMost of the year, I make oatmeal and raisin, chocolate chip, and gingersnaps. For the holidays, I also go the extra mile and make the fancy ones. Those all look great!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for the flooding just before Christmas. As a child I was living on the river Seine banks and know about flooding. My parents lived on the hill but my grandparents close to the river and their house was always flooded the problem is that you can’t stop the water!
ReplyDeleteYou must be tired after all this baking! But your cookies are very very nice and I wish I could taste them 😂 ! Hope the rain stops before Christmas.
I'm so sorry for all the bad weather your state is getting.
ReplyDeleteBut those cookies look totally incredible. I can't get over how you get so much done!!! Wow!
I was fortunate to get a taste of Norwegian and Mennonite Christmas goodies. Kids brought stuff to school for me. Mennonite boys brought pheffer nuts to school and traded them. They always gave me some as we didn't make them.
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