December 21st, 2009
by Julia
Today is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Winter is a time to cuddle in to your home and enjoy family. I am planning on baking my favorite Christmas cookie, Chocolate Chip Biscotti, and working on mittens tonight. I might find a moment to wrap gifts after my girls go to bed, if I can stay awake that long.
By the way, Wild Purls holiday hours are, December 24th 9:30 am to Noon
December 25, Christmas, CLOSED. We will be open regular hours Saturday, December 26th.
The following week, the store hours for New Year’s Eve we will close at Noon and January 1st, New Year’s Day, CLOSED. We will be open regular hours Saturday, January 2nd.
Our regular store hours are…
Monday Noon to 8pm
Tuesday to Friday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Saturday 9:30am to 4:00 pm
We hope you will come join around the table during the holidays. It is always a joy to see happy knitters in our midst. Happy holidays to everyone and enjoy the shortest day of the year!
December 17th, 2009
by Julia
From Franklin, Dolores and Harry…
From Our House to Yours…
Grandma Jenny’s Cookies (from Franklin)
7 cups flour
2 cups sugar
7 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1 cup milk
4 tsp vanilla
4 sticks butter
Mix flour and butter together with pastry cutter or two knives. Mix in (by hand) sugar, baking powder and vanilla. Then mix in eggs, then milk.Roll out dough (not too thin) and cut out with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees until tops are verylight brown. Makes a boatload. (Grandma was Italian.)
Holiday Hoofer Cocktail (from Dolores)
1 cup egg nog
1 cup brandy or peppermint schnapps
1 cup Hershey’s Kisses, unwrapped
Slug down all ingredients. Jump up and down to blend. Serves one.
Harry’s Favorite Hors d’ooeuvre (from Harry)
You can take some cream cheese and then you put it on little round crackers and then you cut up some black olives and then you get out the cocktail olives and you pull out the pimentos and cut those up too and then you take the pieces of olive and you make little faces on the crackers and it looks like snowmen and you can make them happy faces or sad it is totally up to you because you are the culinary artist I hope you like this Happy Holidays in Montana! Love Harry.
