2020 Results: Definitely a different year.
Results:
Instead of getting together at Connie's house as we have for the last 10 years or so - we went virtual.
Date was chosen on a weekend Connie and Samantha were not working - unfortunately they were unable to attend.
Boug created a Facebook group for Cookie day - Private - drop a line and we can send an invite - a few weeks in advance. Zoom would only give us a 40 minute or so window. FB allowed us to be on unlimited. I counted about 15 people stopping in and chatting or staying on with the camera pointed toward their cooking areas.
Many others posted recipes, discussed ideas, shared links.
Some baked cookies, others bread or candy, some just said hello! It was early for many to do holiday baking. And many may not have an outlet for lots of baked items. All in all - it was a sharing of a simple family tradition. Our own family holiday.
Friday night, I tested out the Room link and good thing too as I had to download a different browser. Vicki and I were doing various refrigerator recipes from our own homes.
I think the overall opinion was - there is something so helpful about working from your own kitchen - especially for those of us who love cooking. Us with small galley kitchens, well, we are used to them. Just made us use other rooms of the house. The virtual aspect helped a lot! Kept all of us feeling we were with others. Helped when we had questions - a shout out to other bakers always brought an answer of some sort. Being able to pop in and out - kept it lively.
Special shout out to Cari and her quiz questions! I did not know we needed to study for this - but we all learned some history. Heck - I didn't even realize 2017 was our biggest year ever at 44 varieties.
I'll end up updating this blog post as I receive info from the bakers on what was made and the recipes. Thanks for playing this year - I hope all your yummies turn out great!
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