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And (for those of you that get my newsletter know), I also made Christmas cookies with special labels for the tin. Here is the label:
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and here are the COOKIES:
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This year I used Martha Stewart's honey gingerbread recipe which was quite good but more of a milder, sweet taste. Next year I think I will do more of a spicy gingerbread, have to do some experimenting.
The other culinary activity, which was a first, was the creation was truffles and fudge:
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I put candied ginger in the truffles. The cookies and truffles I gave(as well as books) to friends and family...not really out of generosity but more out of self-preservation. If left to my own devices I would have eaten everything and given myself an extra 5 pounds for Christmas.