Every holiday season my thoughts turn to cookies. What
better way to get into the spirit of the season than by sharing buttery good,
Danish-style cookies with friends and family? Having grown up in a little
Danish community in southwestern Minnesota, I
was steeped in the many wonderful traditions my ancestors carried with them
from Denmark.
One of my favorites was when my mother, as would all the ladies in town, baked
up several different kinds of cookies to serve to visitors during the holidays,
along with endless cups of coffee.
Though I have lived in California for many years, I have carried on
the tradition of baking Christmas cookies. Soon after Thanksgiving, I gather my
favorite family recipes and prepare a shopping list. After a marathon baking
effort, I mail off boxes of cookies to friends and family who now live far away
and deliver some myself to those who live nearby. Each year the list of
recipients grows, and those who have been on the list for years fully expect to
receive a plate or tin of cookies every Christmas, so I must be doing something
right. And though I sometimes think that this will be the last year for all
that cookie baking, when the next Yuletide rolls around, I’m busy pulling out
the baking pans and firing up the oven.
And though it’s a lot of work to make all those cookies, it
just wouldn’t be Christmas without them. And so I hope you, too, are enjoying
your favorite holiday traditions as well.
Happy Holidays!
~Sharron
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