As I recall, she did a lot of Christmas baking every year: Two kinds of fruit cake, mincemeat tarts, gingerbread cookies, shortbread, "snowballs" ...
Who ate it all? Did she take some to work? I don't remember, but there she was, doing all this baking annually. My mother's family (my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins) did came over at least once during the holidays ... But my mother herself enjoyed these sweet treats in the evening with a cup of tea.
All these memories came back to me after I ate a homemade "snowball" at a Christmas pot luck... I hadn't had one in years...
Maybe I should make some - just for old time's sake, I wondered... But after looking up the recipe, I quickly realized it was a lot of work - and I'd probably be eating most of them by myself.
Instead I bought this bag of assorted "Lebkuchen" (German-style gingerbread cookies) - in the supermarket. They're similar to ones my grandmother used to make (without colored icing and sprinkles).
A taste of Christmases past... made in a bakery somewhere... bring back sweet memories, too.
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