A Christmas Party

We really enjoyed ourselves. We played games and opened gifts, then had a cookie exchange. I think everyone thought the best part was the announcement that school was delayed 2 hours and that there was no seminary!

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Cookie exchange recipes:
Pretzel treats

• pretzels
• Rolos
• nuts

place pretzels on a baking sheet. then unwrap enough Rolos and place them each on top of a pretzel. bake in the oven for 4 minutes at 350 degrees. remove from the oven the squish a nut on top and let cool.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip

• 1c. oats
• 2 1/4c. flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1c. butter
• 3/4c. brown sugar
• 3/4c. sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1tsp. lemon juice
• 2 eggs
• 1 bag of chocolate chips

heat oven to 350 degrees
mix butter, both sugars, vanilla, lemon juice & eggs together
mix separately oats, flour, baking soda, cinnamon then add to wet ingredients.
add chocolate chips.
bake for 8-10 minutes

Gingerbread cookies

1 stick of butter

1/2c. brown sugar
1/2c. molasses
1 egg
2 1/2c. flour
1tsp baking soda
1/2 allspice
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1TBL ginger
1/2 tsp salt
cream butter and sugar together, then beat in egg and molasses. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Add dry ingredients to the wet and beat together. cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
preheat oven to 350 degrees. on a lightly floured surface, roll the dough about a 1/4 of inch thick. cut out to desired shapes and the place on a cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake about 7 minutes. let cool then decorate.
*note: leave out baking soda for making gingerbread houses.

Cream cheese Frosting

• 8oz cream cheese
• 4 TBL butter
• 2c powdered sugar
• 1tsp.vanilla

cream together til smooth.

Cream cheese glaze

• 8oz cream cheese
• 4c powdered sugar
• 1c milk
• 1tsp vanilla

blend together till smooth. Glaze will harden on cookie and is beautiful on gingerbread.