Mentoring, Leadership, & Homemaking
A while back, I was sitting in one of my classes, Spiritual Formation to be exact, where we were all sharing special traditions. One lady explained how her mother would make cookies every Sunday afternoon to put in her children’s lunches all week. I was fascinated, what a glorious tradition! The Horner Homemaking House, where I live and work at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a ministry of offering beverages and cookies to guests who arrive to fix appliances, make {Read More}
Good old-fashioned Christmas cookies are simple to make and can be the perfect gift. I used to make these for the children in our church on Christmas Eve. The icing recipe is included below too. Christmas Sugar Cookies 3 eggs 2 softened sticks of margarine 1 cup of sugar 2 tsps. baking powder ½ tsp. salt 1 ½ tsps. vanilla 3 ½ cups of flour Chill dough one hour. Take a small amount of dough and roll out to desired {Read More}
Cake and cookie designer Ally Plummer shares her recipe for sugar cookies today that’s perfect for a Valentine treat. To add elegance to sugar cookies, frost and monogram with your Valentine’s initial. This is a wonderful gift idea for neighbors. Attach a note that says, “We are blessed to have you as neighbors.” 2/3 cup shortening, 3/4 cup sugar, 6 ounces butter at room temperature (1 1/2 sticks), 1 egg, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 3 1/2 cups {Read More}
1 6 oz. bag chocolate chips 1 6 oz. bag butterschotch chips 1- 12 oz. bag of chow mein noodles 1 cup peanuts (optional) Melt chips together, add chow mein noodles, and heap on wax paper until hardened.
Last year I tried something new. I wanted something fun for an extended family Christmas gathering that would be different from the normal fruitcake, chocolate balls, shortbread and tarts. A friend of mine told me about something she’d seen called a Christmas Cookie Tree. I did a little ‘googling’ and got fairly giddy about making a few for the gathering as an edible centerpiece. It went over exceptionally well and I ended up making a few more for other Christmas events {Read More}
Here are two simple Christmas cookie recipes you can make in a snap! Either of these would be wonderful to take to a Cookie Exchange party. Microwave Divinity 2 ½ cups sugar ½ cups water 2 egg whites 1 cup chopped pecans ½ cups light corn syrup 1/3 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla In a microwave safe 3 quart container combine sugar, syrup, water and salt. Microwave on high for 5 minutes. Stir and microwave again for 8 to 10 {Read More}
We all need good mentors offering practical advise, wisdom, encouragement, and friendship. Here at MMCW you will find a storehouse of mentoring between generations, just as it should be.
