Smersh Christmas Cookies
We are getting ready for our Late Night Thursday Finale Holiday Party and John is in the kitchen baking the famous Smersh Christmas Cookies. (I do love cooking but baking involves measuring. Not my forte. I am not allowed to bake. I get to help with frosting and the fancy, artistic red and green sprinkles.) Anyway, these Smersh Christmas cookies are awesome. The little dash of anise makes them so delicate and festive. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday and don’t forget to tell John how wonderful the cookies are.
December 25th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
In an interesting meeting of family traditions, after I was done baking the Smersh Christmas cookies, we made “nun’s farts” with the leftover bits of dough. This is a tradition passed down from Frances’s mom, who grew up in Quebec. A quick google search will actually turn up recipes for “Pets de soeurs”, which is funny because the whole point of them is that they are made with the leftover bits of dough — not made from scratch. Basically you just roll out the last bit of dough, slather with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, raisins, etc., roll it up into a log and slice into one inch pieces… and bake.