Personal Narrative Essay: Aunt Ethel's Sugar Cookies

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Tis the Season When the turkey sandwiches with cranberry sauce gets old, someone will pull out the Christmas cookie cutters and say, “Let’s get to baking.” Even though Santa will be coming in a few weeks, baking Christmas cookies is always the best way to get into the Christmas spirit. Biting into the fresh cookie that was recently dipped in cold milk is a small memory that everyone will remember about Christmas. One recipe that has been in my family forever is known as “Aunt Ethel’s Sugar Cookies.” The recipe was passed down from my Great grandma, to my grandma, to my mom, and now to me. Which one day I will pass on to my children. Once you have taken a bite of these Christmas cookies you will want to continue taking bite after bite. Most …show more content…

I would always ask her to put the cookie dough in the freezer so we could eat the cookies sooner, but she said they would not be the same in the freezer. After about 5 minutes, I would get bored of looking at the clock, so I would leave and watch The Grinch, or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. While I was watching the movies my mom would be dying the frosting so my brother and I could decorate the cookies after they were baked. We would “help” roll out the dough and cut Christmas shapes in the dough. We would bake the cookies and then decorate them. When you are 6 and your little brother is 4, decorating cookies is a very messy …show more content…

After the chilling hour is over, you will need to preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. You can now roll out the dough. The dough needs to be somewhat thin but still thick, so the cookie won’t burn when it is in the oven. Using Christmas cookie cutters, cut out the cookie shapes you want and then place them on a greased cookie stone. Let the cookies bake in the oven for about 6 to 8 minutes. While the cookies are baking roll out more dough and cut more cookies. When the last batch goes in the oven, you can now start to prepare the frosting that will be used to decorate the cookies. You can find different recipes for cookies, but my mom and I like to use Betty Crocker’s whipped frosting from the store. If you choose this method you will need 3 tubs of frosting so you can make 3 colors; red, green, and white. You can also use Christmas sprinkles to decorate the cookies as well. Before I dip the cookies in the milk, I like to let the decorated cookies in the refrigerator to make the texture a little

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