Draft: Passing on the Baking Genes

While I was making yummy cakes for our land lord and my older sisters birthday, my mom stated how the family genes have been passed on. When I inquired about what she was getting at I was shocked with the explanation. Apparently my grandmother and great grandmother were excellent bakers. I had always assumed that this talent was a gift from the gods above however, I have since learned that I'm a fourth generation baker. Baking is my passion and I am constantly pushing my limit to see what sweet creation I can come up with next.

I also love to cook and the best memory I have of cooking and baking is Christmas. Every year my Mom, Jamie, and myself bake hundreds of cookies ranging from soft mollases cookies all the way to thumb prints and peanut butter blossoms. The last few years Jamie and I have kicked everyone out of the kitchen and have done all the baking our selves. Of all the cookies we make there is only one that is eaten whithin the first 24 hours of it coming out of the oven. This said cookie is as precious as gold in our household around christmas and friends and family that come always expect a huge plate of them. The infamous cookie is known as the Cuckoo Cookie and are a delicious semi sweet chocalate cookie with a baked marshmellow on top drizzled in a chocolate glaze.

Equally as important to the cuckoo cookies for me was the Lamb Roast with Yorkshire Puddings and gravy. Along with sides like mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, broiled potatoes, green bean casorol and corn bread pudding were always pilled high on my grandmothers green china. When ever I think of christmas her china always pops up in my head. It was always perfect for christmas to because the whole set is green and gold trimmed and all you had to do was have red accents scattered across the table.

Now our older sister has been shunned from the kitchen because she just is not exactly a cook per say. Sarah is more of a place holder maker and every holiday she makes cute new place holders for our guests. She is very artistic when it comes to place holder cards.

Christmas has evolved a little bit over the years. We don't always have Lamb Roast and Yourshire puddings but we always have the cookies my grandmother and great grandmother make and it is not likely to change.