so, we decorated our tree.
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This year our tree is in our living room,
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Here are some more pics of
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We put up a white tree in our family room as you can see here.
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I decided to make good use of the day and did all my Christmas baking.
I made 7 doz shortbread cookies,
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2 doz choc chip cookies,
4 doz pecan puffs,
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then they went into the freezer.
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RECIPE FOR THE SHORTBREAD. EASY..
1lb of butter soft,
1 cup of icing sugar,
3 cups of flour,
1/2 cup of cornstarch.
wHIP FOR 10 MINUTES. DROP BY SPOON ON UNGREASED COOKIE SHEET.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 min.
melt in your mouth goodness...
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HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND,
Lovely decorating and yummy treats!
ReplyDeleteWhat a busy day! I'll be over for cookies. I'd like to bake tomorrow, but our freezer is too full to store them.
ReplyDeleteLove your decorating! And all the baking already!~ as much as I don't want snow, maybe I need some to get me moving. LOL Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteYour trees are lovely!!! I've been looking for a shortbread recipe so I'll give this one a try. Now I must get back to my knitting too or the gifts will not be done in time :0)
ReplyDeleteWOW!! You are on fire. That is quite abit of baking & very nice decorating too...Karencg
ReplyDeleteYumm. All your treat look wonderful. I do love shortbread so I definitely want to give your recipe a try. Thank you. I'm doing holiday baking over the next couple of days. Great fun.
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Ok - put the kettle on! I have some hand work to do too. I even might bring some cookies! I Wish!!! Lovely - getting ready for Christmas.
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