Tuesday, December 20, 2011

TWD - Rewind - Grandma's All Occasion Sugar Cookies


Wow!  The second last week of Tuesdays with Dorie - ever.  It makes me rather wistful that after more than three years, my weekly fix of Baking - From My Home to Yours is no more.  I have met some great fellow bakers through this group, and will miss checking up on what they are doing every week. 

This week is a rewind - a choose your own adventure of sorts.  I decided to make Grandma's All Occasion Sugar Cookies, recognising how useful they would be as part of my homemade Christmas gift boxes.

Taking my cue from some of the other bakers when we made these back in December 2008, I made these cookies as the slice and bake kind - so much easier to deal with when using this soft dough - and rolled the sides in festive green and red sanding sugar.

To check out what the other TWD bakers made for their rewind, visit the LYL section of the website.

18 comments:

Lauren Hairston said...

I found the recipe for these from NPR--they sound amazing (especially with that extra egg yolk!). I'm a huge fan of slice and bake--no counter to clean!

Gloria Baker said...

nice cookies Cake law!:)

Amanda said...

Very Christmassy looking cookies. I like the idea of the coloured edges very much. Today is my baking day, so I might just borrow this.

cocoa and coconut said...

What a classic recipe! Thanks for sharing. Love your festive decoartions

adele said...

Mmm! I'm going to be doing Christmas cookies this week - just one or two batches as a hostess gift. Gift boxes sound very ambitious! (Lucky recipients!)

Johanna GGG said...

love the coloured sugar on the edges - these would be great in a gift pack

Cindy said...

I missed this cookie. Looks like I better make it with my visiting granddaughter. She loves sprinkles!
Have a wonderful Holiday Season.

Tia said...

nothing like classic sugar cookies for christmas! i love these. merry cmas!

alvarosa said...

I remember some bakers made the Sablés (was it last year? or the year before?) with the red and green decoration sugar. It looks so great!

Cakelaw said...

Happy holidays to all!

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

Oh how cute! They're in Christmas colours too (although I bet they'd be great in other colours to match an event too :) ).

Peggy the Baker said...

Your cookies looks so very festive! A perfect choice for this week. Happy holidays!

Flourchild said...

I remember these cookies! I enjoyed them way back then:0 ) Great choice! They look so festive!

Anonymous said...

Love your red and green sugar garnish!

Jules Someone said...

Those look perfect for the holiday!

Katrina said...

Those cookies were a perfect choice for rewind week and the holidays!
Hope your holidays are great!

natalia said...

These are wonderful too !!

Elaine said...

These look so pretty and festive!