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Stained Glass Cookies
What to use
mixing bowl and spoon
measuring cups and spoons
oven and hot pad
rolling pin
hammer
sharp knife (cookie cutters optional)
waxed paper
hard candies (such as lollipops or life savers)
1 cup margarine
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar and 1/4 cup honey (or 2 cups sugar)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanialla
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
What to Do
1. Mix margarine, shortening, sugar, honey, eggs and vanilla.
2. Add flour, soda and salt. Add flour and chill the dough overnight.
3. On waxed paper roll out the dough and cut shapes with cokkie cutters. Then cut
out areas for "windows".
or
Roll dough into "snakes". Shape the snakes into cookies--leaving some open
spaces.
4. Place the cookies on a well-greased cookie sheet. Fill the openings with crushed
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes before
removing them from the cookie sheet.
GINGERBREAD ORNAMENTS:
This is a good event that even the small children can join in!
My little ones ALWAYS want to help. Give it a try!!!
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp ginger
6 Tbs sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
t tsp baking powder
*Cream butter with sugars, molasses and egg yolk.
*Mix all remaing ingredients, except egg white. Stir into butter mixture to form stiff dough
*Chill for 1 hour, then roll out on floured surface to 1/8" thickness.
*Use Christmas cookie cutters or knife to cut out shapes.
*Preheat oven to 350 F. and butter cookie sheet.
Brush shapes lightly with egg white.
*Bake 8 minutes until crisp. Make a hole 1 inch from the top, then cool.
Pipe edges with icing of your choice. Thread holes with gold cord.
Makes 40 ornaments
DEOCORATING WITH SWAGS AND CHAINS
An all time favorite with young children are paper chains.
Materials needed: Constuction paper or ribbon in 2 or 3 different colors, double-sided gift wrap, glue.
To make a paper chain, pre-cut stirps about 3/4" wide and 5" long.
A paper cutter makes this a lot easier.
Bend a strip into a circle and have your child fasten with a drop og glue. This can be held in place with a
paper clip until glue dries.
Slip a scond strip through the loop and make a second circle, glue the ends together and clip.
Continue the process. The glue should dry after about 5 strips.
Stiff calico ribbons can be used the same way and will last from year to year.
Chains are festive on the tree, around windows or doors.
PAPER LACE CHAINS:
Materials needed: 3 to 5 pkg. of 8-in. paper doilies, glue.
Trim the solid patterned center from each of the doilies, clipping the circle once from outside to inside.
Join the doilies end to end, gluing them together right side up, upside down, etc.
y Christmas Prayer------
I bring no Christmas card to you
wishing all a yuletide cheer.
My arms don't bear expensive gifts
like other prior years.
Our world still has its problems,
So I thought I'd like to share
a very, very special wish,
my Christmas season prayer
May each of God's creation's
find peace on earth this morn
to celebrate and realize
this day our Christ was born
And suffer not the children
to join in praising him
amid their gift exchanges
don't let his memory dim
And on this very special day
may each heart be so kind
to share a gift, if only love
with fallen souls we find
Remember it's the giving
to show what's in our heart
and overlook the getting
God will provide our part,
with joy to all who care
and love each time we pray
He'll bring our life the help we need
to make it through each day
So let us to what we can do
to make this season gold
and help the less than fortunate
the weak, the sick, the old
And may each raging battlefront
find time to understand
the point of all opposing views
and peace to every land
May next year when we celebrate this birth
find earth in peace and love
and may the grace of God please follow us
and guide us from above..
R. Wayne Porter 12/23/97
copyright © 1998 R. Wayne Porter
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