#Porters Posse Cookie Swap

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Porters Posse: Holiday Cookie Swap

 WHO: Everyone and anyone

WHAT:  Share with us your favorite winter holiday cookie recipes!  This can be as easy or as complex an entry as you would like to make.  Reblog an old (original to you) cookie post and tag it @portersposse, or make a new post using old pictures, or make a new post baking everything from scratch and taking new pics.  It’s up to you how complex you want to go.  Just make sure you tag us @portersposse so we know to share it!

If you’re in the Southern hemisphere and have a cookie you like to bake for Summer Solstice we’d love to hear about that too!

WHERE: In the convenience of your kitchen!--or your old tumblr feed.

WHEN: The whole month of December.  We’ll be reblogging and commenting as soon as we see the tag!

WHY: To be social and grow our recipe boxes in a super chilled out way!

HOW:  Reliving old memories or making new ones.  Share an old cookie post, or make a new one.  Keep it as simple or make it as complex as you’d like!

Your friends,

@graveyarddirt / @msgraveyarddirt and @pagan-stitches / @goadthings

PS. We’ll be doing a Christmas challenge from Porters Seasonal Celebrations Cookbook later this month so keep an eye out for that invitation!

[pagan-stitches]

Czech Vanilla Crescents

I really wanted to delve into Czech Christmas cookies this year, but after getting covid and post covid bronchitis I may not do more than these! I’m exhausted after making these and a batch of snickerdoodles.

I used a recipe out of my Czech cookbook, but found an excellent video as well.

@labradorduck @graveyarddirt

[petitepointplace]

My Mother-in-Law’s Peanut Butter Bars

So I don’t really have an exact recipe.  We usually just buy a couple of boxes of graham crackers, a couple packages of almond bark, and a jar or two of smooth peanut butter and make a huge amount of these.

Break the graham crackers into their smallest size, slather peanut butter in the middle.

Melt the bark in either a double boiler or an actual pot meant for melting candy.

Dip the graham cracker/ peanut butter cookies in the the chocolate and cool on waxed paper.

For some reason these are my husbands favorite Christmas treat and the rest of his family is pretty insane about them too.

Here’s a similar recipe that I found online: https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-grahams/

@portersposse​

[pagan-stitches]

Moravian Ginger Cookies

I would like to claim that these are an heirloom recipe from my Moravian Great-Grandma, but nope, Betty Crocker all the way!  Another one from the 70s “red pie” book.

Another one for the @portersposse​ winter holiday cookie swap.

[pagan-stitches]

So, I just tracked these two favorites that my Mom makes every year to the same origin!  I showed her this picture and she said yeah, they are the exact same recipe!

@portersposse

[pagan-stitches]

Candy Cane Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp almond extract

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp red food color

1/2 cup crushed pepperming candy

1/2 cup granulated sugar

Directions:

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.  Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, confectioners’ sugar, egg and flavorings  Blend in flour and salt.  Divide dough in half; blend food color into one half.

Shape 1 tsp dough from each half into 4 inch rope.  For smooth, even ropes, roll them back and forth on lightly floured board.  Place ropes side by side; press together lightly and twist.  Complete cookies one at a time.  Place on ungreased baking sheet.  Curve top down to form handle of cane.

Bake about 9 minutes or until set and very light brown.  Mix candy and granulated sugar.  Immediately sprinkle cookies with candy mixture; remove from baking sheet.

About 4 dozen cookies

@portersposse​

From the Betty Crocker’s “Red Pie” Cookbook, 1970s.  I grew up on these cookies.

[portersposse]

Porters Posse: Christmas/Yule/Winter Solstice Seasonal Cooking Challenge

Thinking about taking part? Reply to this entry - or send us a DM - and we’ll add you to the Christmas/Yule/Winter Solstice Posse list.

WHO: Anyone of any practice, or no practice at all, who enjoys seasonal celebrations, cooking, and feasting!  No restrictions, if you can pick up a spoon and stir you are invited!

WHAT: Your challenge is simple: choose at least one recipe from the Porters Seasonal Celebration Cookbook’s chapters on Christmas, New Year’s, or Twelfth Night to incorporate into your seasonal celebration and share with us photos and a write up.  We hope you will use as many seasonal and local ingredients as possible and look forward to hearing about your experience with those ingredients and locales.

Southern Hemisphere friends!  We want you to participate.  If the chapters on Christmastide don’t suit your seasonal celebration needs, please participate by choosing a recipe(s) from anywhere in the Summer section.

While the recipe(s) from Porters Seasonal Celebration Cookbook should be the star of your entry we’d also love to hear about other traditional favorites that you used in your celebration and any special non-cookery traditions!

Dietary restrictions?  We welcome you to adapt the recipes to meet your needs! This is ultimately about you and your celebration!

(Haven’t been able to snag your copy yet?  Click on this link to borrow it from archive.org  Porters Seasonal Celebration Cookbook)

WHERE: In the convenience of your kitchen! Though we’d also love to hear about those farmer’s markets, ditches and orchards!  Be sure to tag your post @portersposse​!

WHEN: We are opening up a broad window for Christmas/Yule/Winter Solstice.  This challenge will take place between December 17th and January 8th.  Send us your entries between January 9th and 11th.  Remember to tag them @portersposse​ so we can share them with the whole posse!

WHY: To celebrate the season in a way that includes everyone, and to quote Hagging Out “because it’s occasionally nice to be social in the comfort of your own home without actually having people over.”

HOW: By yourself or with family and friends! Just be sure to include at least one recipe from Porters Seasonal Celebrations Cookbook by Richard, Earl of Bradford and Carol Wilson.  

Don’t get hung up on Christmas being a religious holiday—we are looking at it as a cultural date that has its roots in the past.  This is a HUGE seasonal cusp!

AND DON’T FORGET

For the whole month of December we are hosting a cookie swap!

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Don’t forget to leave us a message here or DM us @portersposse​ so we can add you to the Posse!

Your friends,

@graveyarddirt​ / @msgraveyarddirt​ and @pagan-stitches​ / @goadthings