Sunday, December 23, 2007

Happy Cookie Baking Day!

Your Cookie Baking Day crew



Thanks to everybody who showed up and helped out today: Grandma, Grandpa, Laura, Don, Maureen, Sandra, Tom, Janie, Ashley, Joey, Dave, Laurie, Jessica, Jenni, Mark, Tim, Alex, Emily, Steve, Ann, and Grace.

Thanks also to everybody who couldn't be here but wished they could.

They also serve who only sleep and wait:


Turning off the oven:

Taking the last batch out of the other oven:

Your blogmaster:

It's a new Cookie Baking Day record!


The official Cookie Count is 1,913. That's a new record!

Gingerbread - before and after






Spitzbuben




Mint Chocolate Krinkles




Refrigerator Cookies - before and after



The Official Puppy of Cookie Baking Day 2007


Little JJ - the official puppy of Cookie Baking Day 2007.

The official Cookie Count is now 1,766.

Thumbprints - before, during, and after










Some Thumprints have nuts. Some don't.

The first Thumbprint without nuts hit the cooling table at 2:18 pm. The first one with nuts hit the table at 2:31 pm. We didn't count them until they were decorated.

The official Cookie Count is now 1,595. This breaks last year's record of 1,594, and there's lots more to come.






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1994 Cookie Baking Day shirts make a comeback


The official Cookie Count is 1,403.

Ginger Snaps - before and after




Ginger Snaps are a new addition to the Cookie Baking Day lineup this year They hit the cooling table at 3:35 pm.
The official Cookie Count is 1,378.

The Best Cookie Baking Day Weather Ever


It's snowed about four inches today. It looks like we'll get another couple of inches or so before it's over.

It's the best Cookie Baking Day weather ever!

Coconut Macaroons - before and after




Coconut Macaroons hit the cooling table at 3:53 pm.
The official Cookie Count is 1,348.

Snowballs - before, during, and after






Snowballs hit the cooling table at 3:03 pm.
The official Cookie Count is 1,248.

Two Other Precincts Heard From



Cookie #1000



Tom says: "That may have been the best Snowball I ever had, and very deserving of being the 1,000th cookie."

All The Hotties Are Wearing Hoodies On Cookie Baking Day










Peanut Butter Blossoms - before and after




Peanut Butter Blossoms hit the warming table at 2:02 pm.
The official Cookie Count is now 875.