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Christmas Traditions

Sugar Cookies

This is a sugar cookie recipe that I used when I was the Home Economics Teacher at Hartley, TX. We had a fund raiser and made giant personalized heart shaped cookies at Valentines.   These cookies turn out very good and taste delicious!! I wanted the recipe to be saved somewhere, so thought this blog would be the best place to do this.  

It has been a tradition in our family since my girls were very little to make sugar cookies with their Nanny and  cousins.  So we have carried on the tradition since we moved down here to Central, Texas.

I know that all the cousins are carrying on this tradition, whether it is still with Nanny, or their grandmother's, or with their Aunts!!! Love this special tradition.  Thanks so much Nanny!!

This is the recipe that we use down here in central Texas.

Sugar Cookie Recipe

1 1/3 c. butter

1 1/2 sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

8 T. milk

4 cups flour

1/2 tsp. salt

3 tsp. baking powder

Cream butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs, add milk. Add dry ingredients.

Roll out dough on floured surface, and cut with desired cookie cutters. 

Bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 min.

Icing.

Powdered sugar, about 1/2 to 1 bag of powdered sugar, probably a whole bag with this amount of cookies.  Add melted butter 1 stick, 1 tsp vanilla, and 4 T. milk.  Adding more milk as necessary to make an icing that you can spead and decorate with. Add desired sprinkles and decorations.  

EAT AND ENJOY!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

This is Wes when he was about 4 and now he is 9.

Christmas Recipes that I use every year and I want to save HERE!!!!

I'll start with my MIL recipe for Turkey and Dressing..

Starting with the turkey:  She always cooks her turkey in a Turkey Roasting Bag.  She makes sure to thaw the turkey in the refrigerator for about 3-4 days.  It will take a while for a turkey to thaw in the refrigerator. After thawed take to the sink and unwrap.  Take out inside package and neck.  There are items in each end, be sure to remove.  to the cavity of the bird, add 1/2 orange, celery stalks, and onion.on the outside salt, pepper, lightly flour and can lay bacon on top.  Roast according to directions on the turkey package.  low and slow according to the size of the bird.

Delicious and moist. Cook Turkey breast down in a turkey bag

Dressing by Nanny:

Dry bread, 1/4 cornbread, onions, and celery to fill a small bowl. Saute these in 1 stick butter in the microwave. 1 onion, several stalks of celery.  Boil giblets real slow all morning.  Pour 3/4 of juice in bread . Stir in 3 eggs and add milk to fill.  Add salt, pepper and sage enough to taste. Poultry seasoning. Bake at 350 degrees til done. 

                                                 Pecan Pie

3 eggs lightly beaten 

1 cup light corn syrup

1 cup sugar

1 1/4 t. vanilla

3 T. butter, melted

1 cup roughly chopped pecans.

Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 min. Reduce to 350 degrees and bake 1 hour. Just bake 30-40 min. more. Filling will be moist

Pumpkin Pie:

2 eggs slightly beaten 

1 can libby's pumpkin

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1/4 tsp. cloves

1 can evaporated milk

1 9 inch deep dish frozen pie shell

Preheat oven to 425. Combine filling ingredients in order given. pour into pie shell Bake 15 min.  Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bak an additional 45 min. or until knife inserted near center of pie comes out clean. Cool, Garnish with whipped topping. 

by Nanny:
Dry bread, 1/4 cornbread, onions, and celery to fill a small bowl. Saute these in 1 stick butter in the microwave. 1 onion, several stalks of celery.  Boil giblets real slow all morning.  Pour 3/4 of juice in bread . Stir in 3 eggs and addd milk to fill.  Add salt, pepper and sage enough to taste. Poultry seasoning. Bake at 350 degrees til done. 

Meet Lou!!

Meet Lou, she is a mini Nubian, she was born on June 25, 2017.  I was so excited to find her and I am hoping to be able to get her bred and have her produce goat milk, so that I can learn to milk her, make soap and lotion and maybe even learn to make cheese.  I met the sweetest lady who owned her, and currently has her mother. She milks her mother and makes the items that I want to learn to make.  I hope that we can get together when she is producing milk and I can learn some things from her.  Of course, I have been looking on pinterest to learn all I can before it comes time to really be able to milk her and use her milk.  I have thoroughly enjoyed finally just having the time to  be able to do some of the things that I enjoy doing around my home. Thanks for stopping by and seeing my latest project.  Gin

Garden Harvest

Dill Pickles

We've had an abundance of beautiful vegetables out of our garden this year, so I've been making pickles, chow chow, relish. Roasting tomatoes, making hot sauce, jellies, and any other goodies that I can think of. 

Hope I can share many of these goodies that I"ve been making with family and friends.  Happy Summer Everyone!!  and with a side note I have made a change to the recipe. I decided the 4 cups of water to the 4 cups of vinegar should be the right amount.  It seems like the pickles get a little stronger as they sit.  

Many New Things Happen'n at the Lazy B

I haven't posted in about 3 years.  I was busy with grand baby number 2 when I last posted, and since then we have welcomed grand baby number 3 to the family.  We treasure all the time that we get to spend with all 3 grands, and our daughters and their husbands.  

We Love These precious grands!!!

In the last two and 1/2 years I have been busy.  I took the activity director position at a nursing home and did this for 2 years. I loved so many of the people, but it was a lot like teaching and I was having to drive every day and so I decided to retire again from that occupation. I am now staying home and really staying busy.  We have a garden this summer, so I have been canning and making pickles. Mustang grape jelly and  many homemade goodies.  We purchased some baby pygmy goats and just bought a mini nubian goat.  I hope to be able to milk her and then make some cheese, lotion, and soap. When she is old enough.   Oh yes, and we do have chickens.  I'm going to be sharing some pics of all these precious animals on our Lazy B soon.