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	Hassle-Free Holiday Baking 6 Easy Days to Perfect Christmas Cookies Part 2 by Mimi Cummins Christmas Cookies are for Giving
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Hassle-Free Holiday Baking
6 Easy Days to Perfect Christmas Cookies
Part 2
by Mimi Cummins

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Day 2

Consulting your list of recipes, create your shopping list. Calculate roughly how much of each ingredient you'll need in total by adding up cups of butter, number of eggs, and other common ingredients. Include in your list:

• All of the ingredients for the cookies. Check what you have at home for freshness. Nuts and shortening will go rancid after a few months, and baking powder and baking soda lose their effectiveness, so keep this in mind: out with the old, in with the new! Fresh ingredients are the key to good tasting cookies.

• Any baking tools you may need. Consider replacing old worn out tools or adding a new tool to your collection each year.

• Anything you may need for decorating such as food coloring, colored sugars and jimmies, or pastry bags for piping frosting.

• Containers like plastic tubs, cookie tins, or even cardboard boxes to store your cookies in. Make sure you have containers that are large enough to hold a complete batch of each cookie (look at the yield of your recipe if you're not sure). If you plan to parcel them out for gift-giving, make sure you have enough containers for each recipient.

Organize your shopping list according to store, such as: grocery store, kitchen or home store, cake decorating supply store, etc.

Day 3

Go shopping! Lay out your plan of action so that you go to the grocery store last of all, so that you can take your refrigerated ingredients home as soon as possible. Of course, if you live in a very cold climate, this is not too much of a worry.

When you get home, wash your new baking tools and put all the non-perishable ingredients in one place so that you can easily get them out on Day 4. At my house, I have a designated baking cupboard that gives me easy access to everything I need on days I decide to bake.

You can do Day 3 weeks before you plan to bake as long as you:

• Freeze your butter or shortening, and
• Buy the perishables such as eggs and cream cheese just before you plan to bake.

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Mimi Cummins is co-author of the book Christmas Cookies Are for Giving: Recipes, Stories, and Tips for Making Heartwarming Gifts. For more information, excerpts and sample recipes, visit Christmas Cookies are for Giving

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Sagittarius is the astrology sign that deals specifically with Education, Philosophy, Religion, Ethics, "The Laws You Live By," Higher Knowledge, and Intercultural Experiences. Learn more about Sagittarius.
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