Dec 1..Christmas Cookies Day 1..Spritz Cookies

Mom's recipe book.

Joy and I have always been intrigued by the idea of the "25 Days of Christmas Cookies" concept. We'd look at the websites, check out the recipes, and then because it was 90+ degrees outside figure we'd start tomorrow. The next day, bright and early we'd open the kitchen cabinets and suddenly find out that we only had the ingredients to make sugar cookie cut-outs (and after you decorate about ten of these you are done.)

"Next year will be better" we would say.

But not this year!!!

We are trying the "25 20 Days Of Christmas Cookies" but with a twist. We need everyone's help. We still have one more weekend trip scheduled and we just returned from an overnight speaking engagement, so we are already behind. If anyone can help us and and post pictures either here or on facebook, we would be able to keep to the 20 day schedule. Take a few pictures and if you can, post a link to a recipe or type the recipe into a comment.

Our first cookie was actually made by my mom, but I (Bill) did help a little, and I mean a little. Growing up in Chicago, we had a couple of favorite cookies. Sprtiz cookies were in the top 3 (along with "moona cookies" and those thumbprint cookies with the Hershey Kisses on them) (and the chocolate and peanut-butter bars)(and Aunt Beanie's Fudge) (and the lemon bars with the powered sugar on top).

We would come home from school and laid out cooling on the kitchen table would be rows and more endless rows of spritz cookies. Some were chocolate filled, some were little green Christmas trees, others were Christmas wreaths and on and on it went.

My mom uses the Betty Crocker recipe, and she has a great cookie dough gun that always came out during the holidays.

Now.....what should I make tonight.........