Today, again thank you to my west coast brother for the info, is "National Cookie Exchange Day." In my much younger, but still old enough to have children, days, I vaguely remember being involved in some cookie exchanges, and they were fun, but honestly I've never been that thrilled with decorated cookies. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing them and eating them, I just don't want to be involved in making them. The cookies I make to share are more likely to be snickerdoodles or chocolate chip or molasses cookies. Happily, I have great memories of my grandchildren helping me make those kinds of cookies. Especially snickerdoodles. If I had to make a big batch of these cinnamon sugar delights (and what would be the point of making a small batch?) my grandchildren would delight in rolling the dough into balls and then rolling the balls in a mixture of cinnamon and granulated sugar. Then carefully arranging them in rows on the cookie sheet. They were delicious served with a glass of milk, especially right out of the oven. As an added bonus, there was usually enough of the cinnamon sugar mix to sprinkle on buttered toast for breakfast the next morning. I may not be the master of elegantly decorated cookies, but I am near the top when it comes to easy to make, fun to eat comfort cookies. Happy holidays everyone.
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