Christmas Cards & Cookies Blog Hop day 2 12/4

Welcome to Round One of the Christmas Cards & Cookies Blog Hop! You should have come from Zenita's blog.  If you are starting here and wish to hop from the beginning of the hop, please visit Dena's blog :  http://missdjones.blogspot.com   

There was so much response to the Christmas Cards & Cookies Blog Hop that it had to be split between two weekends. This is Round One and begins Saturday, Dec. 3rd, continuing through Sunday, Dec. 4th. Round Two will be held next weekend. We have a talented group of women who love papercrafting and baking. Each of them is sharing a recipe for a yummy Christmas treat along with a Christmas card or tag. Hopefully, you'll pick up some great ideas for your own Christmas gift giving this season. So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy!
This is my second of two recipes, so be sure to read yesterday's post if you didn't come by on Saturday!! 

I asked my mom to help make cookies, since we always make Christmas cookies together.  We were both thinking up recipes, since I didn't want to make pfeffernusse cookies for this blog hop...  Saturdays recipe was PERFECT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES....  Mom wanted sugar cookies with M&Ms...  She had found a recipe on Pinterest!  Yes, my mom is actually using their iPhone to do cool stuff!  I'm so proud!  So of course we had to make them....


Mom picked up the M&Ms and we made the recipe.. I wasn't willing to roll and cut out.. so we did drop cookies...

Thick, Soft Sugar Cookies

http://peppermintplum.blogspot.com/2011/03/thick-soft-sugar-cookies.html

Ingredients

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

3 tsp. vanilla

1 cup sour cream

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking soda

5 1/2 cups flour

In mixer, cream butter and sugar, and then add eggs and vanilla. Add sour cream. Combine salt, soda, and flour, and add to mixture.

Add M&Ms. We used almost a whole bag of them..... :)

Drop cookies by large spoonful onto cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.  Bake at 375- about 10-12 minutes until golden brown.

Here are some pictures of the cookies in progress & complete:

Mom mixing the Raw Cookie Dough

Me mixing the dough

Close up of the cookie dough

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I'm not a big fan of sugar cookies, but they weren't bad...  Everyone liked them. In fact, as I wrote this post I  realized I didn't take any pictures of the cookies - so had to check with Mom... None left.. I had given our friend the rest of the cookies - luckily there were 2 left....

 

Hope you like the cookie pictures!  My co-workers were appreciative of the cookies!
YUM!!!


I know you came here for a card or tag.... so here's a card:

I used wide ribbon, velvet paper, gold paper (used CM punch from a long time ago) and the furry from JoAnn ribbon section.  It coordinates with the Starbucks bottles I found on Pinterest that I'm making.....I'll post when they're done...

http://juliecasedesigns.typepad.com/julie_case_designs/2008/11/santa-tootsie-r.html

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Crafty Card Gallery is an iPhone app (works on iPad and iPod Touch) that is now available for Android Phones. It is a card gallery for handmade cards. You can follow great designers, and look for ideas. It's updated monthly so there's always new great content for you...   - It now has 760 cards, and growing every month!


You can get it in the iTunes app store and the android marketplace. 

So here's the blog candy - I will select a winner on Wednesday. You must be a follower to win..

1) A free copy of the Crafty Card Gallery iPhone app. I will email you a free code for the iPhone version of the app.

2) 2 clear Christmas Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit Kari's blog next to see what she has to share with you!


Below if the complete blog hop lineup:  

1) Dena : http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
2) Robin : http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
3) Janet N: http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
4) Carla: http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
5) Zenita: http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com
6) Jennifer: http://www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
7) Kari: http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
8) Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
9) JulieK: http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com/
10) Ellen ♥ CardMonkey: http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
11) Kerri: http://crafttimeandcupcakes.blogspot.com/
12) Janet S: http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
13) Carol: http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com/
14) Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
15) Staci McD http://preciousmem.blogspot.com/
16) Pam http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/
17) Maria http://marlm-creativebydesign.blogspot.com/
18) Nicolette- www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

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