When you open your popular magazine, you see yummy Christmas cookie recipes. Stop by the grocery store and you can't avoid the extra baking displays lined with brown sugar and cake mixes. Christmas means "start baking!" The old Pillsbury advertisement said it well, "Nothing says loving like something from the oven!" So how can a mom bake delightful treats for her children without gaining ten extra pounds in December?
1. Bake & Give. Make a list of the neighbors and friends you'd like to bless and then make up a plate for each household. Pull out your popular recipes: sugar cookies, seven layer bars, chocolate peanut butter balls, and go to town! Have your kids help you bake and decorate your yummy cookies. By the time you get all your cookies wrapped up, there shouldn't be too many leftover. Just enough for you and your house to enjoy as a extra treat, instead of a cookie invasion to last for weeks.
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2. frost & Save. frost leftover cookies and enjoy them moderately in the New Year. They will keep perfectly yummy in your freezer for three months. If you receive lots of treats from dissimilar neighbors or co-workers, you can frost those also. Just enjoy a few cookies and frost the rest to enjoy in January, February and March. You can divvy up the cookies evenly among house members and bet on who can make the cookies last the longest.
3. Shop & Skip. When you're out grocery shopping, skip buying the gingerbread pound cake they're sampling, the egg nog, and the extra holiday M&Ms. Don't buy any extra treats for yourself or your family. There will be plenty of opportunities for treats at school Christmas parties, office parties, neighborhood parties...you get the picture.
You don't need to be a Scrooge and outlaw all cookies in December. But you can't say yes at every temptation or else you'll look like Santa Claus come New Year. So bake your popular cookies, share them with your friends and loved ones, and enjoy the tastes of Christmas in moderation.
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