jana and jacob

In light of the holidays, I decided to send some Christmas cheer to the neighbors in my cove and bake them Christmas cookies. I bought cute little tins to put them in, and set off this week to do my baking during Audrey's daily afternoon nap. The first day went really well, and I enjoyed the time listening to Christmas music and pretending to be Betty Crocker. I managed to bake enough to fill 4 tins. Day 2 was a little less successful in that my attempt to make Snickerdoodles completely flopped. They were crunchy and full of holes. Day 3 I made some really good lemon cookies from cake mix. Not very "Christmasy" I know, but I thought people might appreciate the variety. I also made some oatmeal, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. The dough was amazing, but they were not so good once I baked them. They were completely flat and paper thin. I have come to the conclusion that my baking soda is old and therefore not working anymore. I can't figure any other reason because the cookies without baking soda turned out fine. Luckily I had some dough in the refrigerator from Costco, so I finished up my cookies using that. It may seem like a sell out, but I was ready to be done! Overall, I had a good time, and I hope the neighbors enjoy them. Next year, I will have new baking soda.