Christmas

Cookie Christmas tree stand

I was invited to a cookie exchange party and was trying to figure out a way to serve my cookies in an original way and then I found this darling silver Christmas card stand In a thrift store and paid $2.00 or $3.00 dollars for it and a “light bulb” idea popped into my head…cookie Christmas Tree!

You can’t tell in this photo but it is silver and badly tarnished…someday I will polish it up….not!

My daughter baked a bunch of these soft amazing ginger cookies and dipped them in white chocolate and added Brite colored sprinkles on some and plain sugar on the others.

Here is the recipe:

Soft Ginger Cookies Dipped in White Chocolate

1 1/2 C (3 sticks butter)

2 C sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 C Molases

4 1/2 Cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp slt

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp ground ginger

In bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, and molasses. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

Add the rest o the dry ingredient. Mix until combined well. Spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 degree for 10-12 minutes

When cool dip cookies haf way in melted white chocolate andplace on wax paper to cool.

After my daughter made the cookies, I put them in cello bags and tied them with red, white and green ribbon and hung the loop of each bow on the card holders all around the tree.

Here is the tree sitting atop of my side board in the breakfast nook.

Try these cookies you will love them!

Karin

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Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!