One of the pleasures of the approach to Christmas is the dinners and small gatherings, the pleasure of making time to enjoy other people. And there are also unexpected gifts, maple syrup from a friend’s hometown or homemade candies or cookies. I had dinner with my friend Paul late this week and he presented me with sugar cookies. He seemed nervous about them, the process of making them and frosting them, and hoped that I would like them. As with most of Paul’s efforts, I was amazed when I opened the box. Who would not think these were perfect?
They taste good, too. I’ve had to put them in an airtight container so I can eat them at my leisure. I suppose we all have doubts about whether our various gifts are good enough, but based on the gifts I get, people should stop worrying. Best wishes.
arlingwords 
LOVE sugar cookies!
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These are tasty! And big enough that you don’t really want more than one….
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Oh, yum, they look delicious! Feasting is one of the best parts of Christmas! 🙂
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I like all the wondrous foods as well, Eliza. Happy Christmas to you!
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Thank you!
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I am a big fan of thinner sugar cookies which are crisp and delicious. My friend likes to make chewy abd thicker sugar cookies. I figures out why the thin ones are my favorite~ more frosting and less cookie per bite. I love that your male friend made these pretty and tasty cookies. I would be charmed and happy with any gifts given.
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When I was a child, a neighbor made these amazing, thin, crisp cookies every year, sprinkled with colored sugar. They were beautiful and delicious! I like them to have a bit of crunch, but some people like soft cookies. I can understand the appeal of thin cookie and more frosting!
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I would certainly think they are perfect….delicately beautiful, and probably taste good too! our British friends call them biscuits, which probably comes from the French “biscuits” which probably comes from Italian “biscotti,” which means “twice cooked” or “twice baked” like the German “zweiback”…..nice crisp COOKIES!!! There’s probably no other time of year when so many people bake, give and eat COOKIES!!!
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I don’t bake the way I used to because soooo many people are watching their diets. But I did promise to make shortbread after I get back from my Christmas trip! I do wonder how our language diverged in such a way that biscuit can mean something so different in different parts of the English speaking world.
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Love the biscuits! (aka cookies as Cynthia pointed out!) In the States When I was there you could get a “biscuit” at Taco Bell and it would look like a scone!
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And living in North Carolina, you must have had plenty of good biscuits (scones). We have scones here, too, but they tend to be always sweet and never savory.
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I never liked them – the NC biscuits – they looked like scones (a bit although they were about shaped like a muffin) but I always found them very doughy and dry! I suppose it was because being called a “biscuit” I was expecting a “cookie”!
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Ah, they should NOT look like muffins and they should NOT be doughy. You had some bad ones, which is unfortunate, as the good ones are so good!
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They’re not scones though. At least not what we’d call scones – wrong shape, texture, ingredients…
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I think they’re a quick bread, and they do vary with the ingredients. They are definitely not scones, which seem more buttery and sweet as well as heavier than a good biscuit. I’ve heard there are savory scones, like cheese scones, but have not heard of ‘plain’ ones.
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Plain scones any day! The purpose of these Taco Bell biscuits was to sop up the food.
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I make ’em with buttermilk…serve them warm.. buttered….for breakfast…dipped in molasses!
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Ah, heaven! Buttermilk is key. I don’t always have milk, but I always have buttermilk. Molasses would be a treat on them as well. You know how to live, Cynthia!
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They must be quite different. I couldn’t think of anything worse than molasses on them. It would be like eating ham with ice cream!
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We have ice cream with bacon….why not ham? Salt and sweet are good together!
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You have ice cream with bacon??? 😀
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Yes indeedy
Yes, indeedy! 🙂
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OMG!
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There are recipes and reviews for bacon ice cream on the web….
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Perfection is unattainable for the creator; and so welcomed by the reciever
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So true. Thanks Derrick.
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Such little works of art, you have to indeed enjoy them and eat at your leisure but….I am affraid a delicous delight like these would be snarfled up in no time by me ;0) Hail Paul! Xo Johanna
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Thanks, Johanna. They’re mighty good!
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Best wishes to you. I think a gift that has been made by the giver shows thought and time taken for the person receiving. I think Paul’s biscuits look great – what a perfect thing to bring pre Christmas. Have a good one Lisa 🎅
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Thanks Jenny. Best wishes to you as well!
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Paul should not have been nervous about his “biscuits”. They look great ! There is nothing like a home made gift (didn’t we use to say “it is the thought that counts”)
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I opened the box and they looked as though they had come from a bakery. My own cookie decoration never goes quite so far!
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My cookies would not even compare !
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That’s a very sweet story, about Paul being nervous. I do think we put a part of ourselves on the line when we give a handmade gift! The cookies are beautiful!
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I have felt the same way,so should have recognized it. Merry Christmas, Kerry!
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I can relate to Paul’s fears. I think Kerry says it best: when we put ourselves into something we’ve made, any dislike or rejection is more a reflection on us.
They look so pretty. I’m glad they’re tasty too.
I on the other hand live with two teenage boys. Even marginal, Pillsbury pre-formed cookies are gone in a snap.
Merry Christmas, Lisa!!!!
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And Merry Christmas to you! Enjoy having both boys home!
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What a gift Paul gave to you. Beautiful, tasty, AND the gift of his time and talent, shared with you.
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So true! Merry Christmas, Laurie!
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Homemade treats are such special gifts and the cookies your friend made were lovely. Merry Christmas.
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Thanks Karen! Merry Christmas to you,too!
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Happy Holidays Lisa ! I hope you enjoyed. I’d say those cookies were very well made. Rolled out, cut, baked and iced? Way nice! Bravo Paul.
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Thanks, Boomdee! I hope your holiday was lovely and your new year is bright. I’m hoping to get home toVA today, though currently sitting with theiPad in the St Louis airport!
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oh yes! I’ve seen stories about the weather in the US. Hope that doesn’t affect your trip home. Happy Travels my dear and thank you for your wishes. xk
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Those cookies Paul baked and decorated look amazing. I love getting homemade cookies as gifts…
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Thanks Patty. They taste fabulous as well and after being stranded due to Goliath, I’m very happy to be home to eat a few more!
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