MISTLETOE MAKE AND BAKE DAY FOUR

We are half way thru this fun event.  I am having fun reading everyone's blogs, and collecting gift and cookie ideas, I hope you are too!


Today is my day for a project, along with Moda Lissa!  What a fun partner for this event.  She is very creative, so I am looking forward to her post.  The pictures of her son, enjoying his cookies and milk, were pretty darned cute!

When we were asked to share our favorite Christmas book, only one thing came to mind 'the stockings were hung by the chimney with care'.  I have read that story hundreds of times.  My very favorite time, was always on Christmas Eve.  The boys would have on their new pj's, they would be so excited, I knew they would take forever to go to sleep.  I would always read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to them.  All snuggled up together.  Them dreaming of the morning to come, me dreading what was ahead for me.  There were always things to assemble, I usually hadn't finished wrapping, and then there were the stockings.  I usually had to force myself not to be upset with my husband, because he was not worried about it at all!  So, those few moments of calm were always very special to me.

I hope you will have fun making these fast and easy Fabric Cookie Trays!
Fabric Cookie Tray.docx

When I was looking for a recipe for today, I looked in my Mothers wooden recipe box.  I found one that sounded good, but the best part about it was under the title is said, Barbara Walters.  So, if you can just imagine Barbara in a cozy kitchen, wearing an apron, this is what she might be making!

Chocolate Macaroons

Barbara Walters

1 can (14 oz) Sweetened condensed milk

4- 1 oz squares of unsweetened chocolate

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

8 oz shredded coconut

Pre heat oven to 350.  Grease 2 cookie sheets. 

In a double boiler, combine condensed milk, chocolate and salt.

cook over hot, not boiling water, stirring frequently, until chocolate melts and mixture thickens, about 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat.  Add vanilla then the coconut.  Mix well, drop by rounded teaspoons one inch apart on cookie sheets.  Bake until cookies are just set, approx. 9 minutes.  Remove at once and place on waxed paper.  Let cool.

I made these last night, and remember to LET COOL.  The coconut holds onto the heat.  They were very good, I can see why Barbara enjoys them! 

Today I am having a give away.  Leave me a comment, and I will pick a winner.  I will be sending you 2 appetizer packages of my favorite Aurifil Thread, and a zippered sewing tote!

Now, go on over to Lissa's blog and see what she has cooking.

http://modalissa.blogspot.com/

NOTICE:  several of you have had difficulty opening the pattern.
I am not a very techy kind of girl.  So if you will email me,
I will send you a copy of the pattern! 
It's fun, easy, and I want you all to make one!  Julie
quilts4julie@frontier.com