For myself, gingerbread cookies were the first thing any of us kids were allowed to really participate in making. We all have spring/summer birthdays, and Christmas age 4 was the first time you were allowed to be the one to stir, with a big wooden spoon in the biggest bowl we had - the double batch of gingerbread! Then choosing the shapes, rolling it out, and decorating were always extra fun!

And by the way, many many years ago, before I ever co=hosted a chicken show on the radio, we HAD to make one gingerbread chicken. That cutter was bigger than the Santa one, taller than the camel, and was just too silly to NOT make one!


The last batch of tollhouse cookies is in the oven as I speak! Christmas means baking!