It is the holiday season again, which means cookies.
There was a Christmas cookie contest at the Waterloo Farm Museum, in Waterloo, Michigan. This gave me the idea to combine sugar cookies with chocolate peppermint bark in one. The Waterloo Area Historical Society runs the farm museum and features a number of events like civil war reenactments, blacksmith demos, and farm house tours. The event that I am going to is Christmas on the Farm which features music, a blacksmith demo, christmas decorations, gift shop, and a cookie contest.
The sugar cookies recipe I used was from Cooks Illustrated, Baking Illustrated book. For the topping, I melted a bag of semi sweet chocolate chips with some half-and-half and powdered sugar in a double boiler. I dipped the cookies in the chocolate and coated them with candy cane pieces and candy cane dust. I think the next time I do this, I will put most of the dust in with the chocolate. It can also be made with white chocolate.
News Update: My cookies won 2nd place.
Rolling out and cutting the cookies with a tree shaped cutter
Cookies ready to be Backed
Candy cane about to be smashed
Candy cane pieces and dust
Chocolate ready for cookies to be dipped
Baked cookies ready to be dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with magic dust
Finished Cookie
Finished Tray very festive
Waterloo Farm Gift Shop
Candle Lanterns
Decorative Gifts
Prepped food in the wood fired bake house
Hearth Stove
Farm Baker
Decorative foot stool in the main house
Weavers Tool
Rag Rug making on old fashion Loom
Rag Scraps
Bake sale
My Cookies donated for sale
how did you find out about the contest? I’ve always wanted to visit the museum…
I am a member of the Museum, so they send me their newsletter. The event also runs today, so if you have time, you can still check it out. Bring 2 dozen christmas cookies to donate and enter the contest if you want.
CB
A great idea for future recipes this. Thank you for sharing it. Have you noticed how so many people appear to be cooking again? I wonder if the lack of funds due to the current climate has something to do with it and we all appear to be cooking again! its great!