Christmas Traditions, Part 3 | A Cultural Exchange

One of the joys of cross-cultural living is sharing traditions.

Sunday afternoon is our new youth Bible study meeting time. Last Sunday after ironing out their part in the upcoming Christmas program, we asked if they would like to make some Christmas cookies for church.  

They looked at us kind of blankly. So out came the dough, rolling pin, flour, sprinkles, and cookie cutters. While everyone washed up I turned on the Christmas tunes.

They're not fancy, but they were fun to make!  Luli, in particular, took over the sprinkles.  We made up a batch to serve after church and then they asked if we can do it all again next week.

Sure, because life and conversation flow when standing around the kitchen island, humming and singing along to Pandora, talking about the wonder and joy of Christmas.

Since the session above we set out to make another batch of cookie dough and stumbled upon a fantastic recipe -- it emulates a shortbread in taste, and keeps super crisp edges (because it doesn't contain a leavening agent so the cookies don't 'puff and spread' while baking).  Because it incorporates corn starch, it's not sticky, nor do you have to use a 'flour-ed' surface. In short, we were extremely happy.  Visit here for the recipe:
http://bakingamoment.com/how-to-bake-easy-and-delicious-cutout-cookies-with-neat-edges/

You're welcome. ;-)