Do Your Holiday Parties End Up In The Kitchen?

Holiday parties always seem to end up in the kitchen!

 

Does everyone at your holiday party hang out in the kitchen like they do in mine? I gave up trying to shoo our guests out of the kitchen during a party because I finally realized they simply want to be in the coziest and happiest room in our house. What makes it that way? GOOD DESIGN, good food, warm, homey surroundings, and a dash of love.

The holidays and wintertime present the opportunity for some of the most beautiful moments of the year in the kitchen. Creating the right atmosphere keeps us close together with loved ones. Doesn’t everyone seek the warmth and memories of their childhood kitchens festively adorned for the season?

Directions Beat eggs and sugar together on high. We use the whip attachment with our Kitchen Aid mixer. Add vanilla and whip 5-10 minutes until fluffy. While mixing, melt butter in microwave for one minute (make sure it is not hot when you put it in the egg mixture later). Put baking powder directly into the 2 lbs bag of Gold Medal flour. Then, slowly pour the butter (still beating) into the egg/sugar mixture. Next, slowly pour the flour bag (with baking powder) on slow speed into the egg mixture. Use a spatula to help it along and remove any flour from edges. Coat baking pans with grapeseed spray oil or other nonstick oil. Put vegetable oil on the bottom of a cutting board or butcher block. Roll out a one foot by two inches roll of the dough and slice into 1/2 inch sections. Roll each section and twist onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes until slightly brown.