Cookie Baking With Joy
I was right when I said that yesterday would be filled with joy. So much! We measured and melted, stirred and pressed, baked and tasted, and had a great time together.
There’s something truly special about spending the day in the kitchen with a friend. We reminisced – we’ve been friends now for over 30 years so we have lots to reminisce about – and we told stories and we laughed and even cried a bit.
And somehow, in the midst of all that talking and sharing, we managed to bake a lot of cookies. The final tally included spritz, thumbprints, peanut butter balls, ginger cookies, cherry chocolate kisses and salted chocolate toffee. Sushi, wine and a sleep over, too, if you want to know the whole story.
It was a wonderful day and I can’t wait to do it again next Christmas.
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Sounds perfect. From that photo, I rather expect Santa is looking forward to your house. I would be.
That sounds like a great time. Very productive as well!!
Sounds like the start of a wonderful tradition!
Why wait ’til Christmas next year? Find another reason to do something similar together. It really sounds like it was wonderful.
You have a perfect Christmas memory. Take time in the wild crush of the season and create a delightful time for yourself!
Your spritz look so delicious!
And, sushi and wine and sleepovers! That’s the ticket!
Sounds like a perfect pre-holiday day. Also I think I need to make spritz cookies now!
Perfect! Glad you got the sleep over in too. That makes it extra fun!
Baking with a friend is no longer a chore! It sounds like great fun and great results!
You made some nice memories, had fun and got cookies on top of it all! Sounds like a great day to me.
So fun! I’m heading up north tomorrow for a baking day on Saturday with Annie & a friend. She rented the commercial kitchen again and I’m looking forward to using the gigantic Hobart mixer for some of my multiple batches!
Your cookies look delicious. I love spritz but never made them… probably because I love them (too much). 😉
When I lived in Richmond, VA, a friend and I did this several years. We were stay-at-home Moms at the time. Our toddlers played together while we started, we’d eat lunch, put them down for naps, and then we’d go to town! So many cookies to share! And a fun day for all of us.
what a beautiful new tradition! that picture makes me want to find my cookie press…
What a wonderful tradition you’ve just created! So much fun! I’ve never had a baking-day with a friend before — but it sounds like the best. (I love spritz cookies. I hate to make them before because my cookie press is the Tool of the Devil. Every year I say I’m going to get a new one. And every year I don’t. Wish me luck.)