Christmas Cookies Bake With ME!! 

You are not alone!!

Right I don’t think most people would admit they messed up or even show it but I love how down to earth Becky is in her own kitchen and just straight up honestly 👏🏾👏🏾.

I have also had to throw a batch of cookies away but I had only added the dry ingredients. I plugged my my mixer and didn’t realize I had it on high speed 🤣 flour all over the kitchen! I had to start over. It was organic flour too so that hurt. Lesson learned though

My mom always says "El perezoso trabaja doblé". I hate that saying because translated it says the lazy one works double. However she is right. Whenever I try to cut corners things are bound to go weird. My sorry that she had to throw out so much but we really appreciate it!

You are for sure NOT alone Jenifer!! First, it should be noted that my nickname is “klutz” and has been my whole life…. Since I could walk 😬…. Probably before that even!! I’m sure I was also a klutz in my little baby walker as well 😂 So a Funny quick story….. one time, about 5ish or so years ago….. I was mixing up some homemade “cream of soup” mixes for gifts for Christmas. I was going to put them in cute antique mason jars with antique glass domed lids….. it took me forever to collect all the jars and get them all washed up! I bet it took me over a year or so of going garage sale-ing and also going to antique stores etc….. I wanted them to be super special! So I mixed up a MASSIVE batch of this yummy (so I thought 😬) homemade “cream of soup” mix… Now I keep my kitchen ingredients I use a lot in bulk, in large half gallon Ball glass jars….I put the labels as to what they are, on the lid. It should also be noted that I’m fairly blind now and without my glasses, I have vision of course but it’s extremely blurry…. Especially when up close…I frequently cook in the evening when I’m super tired… and so I will be in the kitchen without my glasses…. Unless I have to do an exact measurement of something small….I often will go commando and not wear my glasses… Not sure how it happened…. (Fairly certain it was the no glasses issue) But my baking soda and cornstarch somehow got mixed up…… I always put everything back in its place in my kitchen but the menfolk in this house, have been known to do different 😑 so I used baking soda INSTEAD of cornstarch….. which made the “cream of soup” mix EXTREMELY salty 😵‍💫😢 and rendered it unusable…. There was no fixing it…. But I didn’t know this had happened at first…….until…. Thank the LORD I used some of this batch that I was going to give as gifts for dinner that very same night….. It ruined my dinner I was making BUT at least I figured it out BEFORE I gave it as gifts!! I figured it out right away because the “cream of soup mix” bubbled when I added it to the meal I was making (which had a little vinegar in it) 😂😂…. It’s funny years later…. But at first…. I wasn’t laughing… So yes….. these things happen to me on the daily in my kitchen too!! All the things happen!! I probably could write a book on all my silly kitchen adventures 😜

Such a cute story! 😂❤

Ha. That is a great story. How ppl have the confidence to laugh at someone that probably has decades more experience cooking than he has, is beyond me.

The Lord works in mysterious ways ! Great story❤

Love it!!

Also… one recipe I caught 3 double yolks! Good thing I was cracking into a separate bowl! Wish I had laid odds!😂

You have a wonderful Daughter, I just found her and she’s great.

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Aw you are so sweet, Carrie!!

Me!!!

yes!! if only I could go back 30 years

Me. I am already 75 so getting close. LOL

@@christinebrush4399 😆

Hope you enjoy!! It was so helpful!!

I thought the same thing as soon as she showed the taped recipes

I though the same thing.

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Me too

Yesss 😂😂 my fav

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Exactly what I do...not that I ever burn anything?

Lol, I had said out loud while watching her, “Becky, use a nutmeg grater”! But she didn’t hear me.

@@BluegrassRoze 😆 same!

Brilliant idea. I use baking stones and they really help prevent burning.

Good tip!!

Oooo good tip. Thanks for sharing.

I scrape my butter wrappers with an offset spatula--not enuf left to save! And I have tried. But if you're not quasi OCD and cheap, like me, this works well. I did it when I was younger.

I do the same thing. Taught by one of my Grandmothers.

I also use butter wrappers on cooked. Pastas that I refrigerate with out sauce Keeps them moist and tasty.

Genius ideas!

Yes!

Wow Thank you!

I thought the same thing

I bought one at the Salvation Army for a quarter, but haven't used it because I forget I have it. I love that she doesn't waste ingredients...I hate food waste.

Me too.

Definitely! I kept thinking "Wow! Not a single cutting board I have is smooth enough to do that!" 😂

Aw Cassy!! Thank you so much!!

You should try walnuts sprinkled 9n strawberry ice cream

Oh Renae, I will be praying for you!! Thank you for being here!!

@ Melissa Houck - I do that! It's the most OBVIOUS HACK & yet I never thought of it till I saw video where she did that. She just put hers in the fridge in a zip bag, but I keep mine in the freezer. Have a great day!

That's a great tip! Thank you 💞😊

Great tip!

I love doing this! I also pop in the little bits that are too small for use elsewhere!

I learned that tip from a woman who used to own a bakery with her husband in Denmark. One of the most frugal people I’ve met in all my life!

I was going to say this myself. Put dry ingredients together in a bowl and THEN add to dough. Less possibility of error.

I do that! Line them up in order and put them to the other side so I know I already added it!

I learned the "whisk your dry ingredients together" lesson when one of the Snickerdoodles I gifted on a Christmas cookie tray contained a lump of baking soda! My poor father was the unlucky one who got it. Will always whisk dry ingredients together well now! Happy Baking Becky!

Wow perfect!! Thank you!!

Literally same!

Wow! 26 meals for how many people???

@@zaria5785 My hubby, my two kids and myself- so four people. Eight of the meals are different types of marinaded chicken. So these didn't take much time. :)

Hallo Germany! I have German heritage and I'm making a German main this holiday. Schweinebraten with Amber Lager. And of course cabbage rolls. With sour cabbage. My grandmother from Ukrainian recipe. Many holiday blessings to you and your beautiful family ❣️💚🎄💚❣️

@@jbee4874 awww how cool. We just had a Schweinebraten the other day. :) love it. Good luck and enjoy your Schweinebraten. I'm gonna do a turkey for the first time this Christmas. We usually have goose (which is not typically German, more typically my mom plus its very festive) but since I've watched so many videos about thanksgiving+how to prepare a turkey (beckys included) I thought I'll bring a little bit of USA into our German home.

I was thinking the same thing about putting the eggs directly into the batter. We get farm fresh eggs from a friend too and always use separate bowl after one was all blood.

You're the best! thank you!!

You can make a double batch of banana bread and put nuts in one for you. I freeze half of anything I bake to eat later. Love to have freezer bags of a variety of cookies ready to eat.

Love those thumbprints

Same thing with cookies, split the batter, half with nuts, half without to please all tastes.

I've had the problem of under cooked cookies of late.

@@melanieortiz712 maybe try one of those oven thermometers, maybe your temperature is off 🤔

@@JPRN. nah, I just need to get some cookie scoops😋. I make them too big I think.

@@melanieortiz712 lol I never saw a cookie “too big” that I didn’t like🤣😂, good luck with your baking and Merry Christmas 🎄🎅

Oh wow thank you!!

It works for just about any ingredient...I certainly haven't found one that doesn't work.

Yep. I always remember that tip...AS I'm trying to get the sticky stuff out of the measuring cup! 😊

I feel you! My kitchen is teeny tiny and finding flat surfaces is a constant challenge.

I don't have a kitchen except a sink and fridge and a tray table that holds the microwave....lol I am jealous of anyone who has any kind of kitchen....one day.....

More like PALM - YEEHS. ;)

Potato po-tah-to. I put dryer lint inside cardboard paper towel and toilet paper holders.

We call them palmeritas, excellent with a mid morning coffee, I’m hungry now…

Recipes to share?

Glad you like them! Thank you for being here!!

@@AcreHomestead Welcome 😊

Love the tips!! Thank you!🙏👌

My daughter doesn’t like nuts in her quick breads or brownies. I have told her that she can make them however she likes, but if Mom is baking then there will be nuts. She’s a teen.

Great idea!!

Or put a silicone divider between the 2 batches and have 2 mini loaves.

She's like living sunshine on a dreary day! And the mistakes just make her more so.

Yesss!! I make a butter thumbprint cookie with raspberry jam and powder sugar glaze. My family is obsessed with 🤤 I want to take it easy this year too bc I am already making all of Beckys appetizers from her Friendsgiving video and even thought don't watch this video bc you'll want to make everything!! 😂😂 jamit!!

I hope you love them!!

I grew up making cookies, and in my adulthood it's been tamales. My goddaughter & her cousins I want a cookie day with them this season. It's fun to experience and share it with them. Their Moms are tamalera Queens.

@Dian Elizabeth, I’ve made molasses crackles since 1997, a favorite of my oldest son. I am so glad to see a version with butter instead of crisco.

Yes, buttercream colored red or green.

I forgot that they have a chicken pox vaccine now. So sorry you got shingles. I’ve never had it but I know people that have. Prayers for a speedy recovery I have heard it’s no joke!

I know, right?

Yes, a store with some recipes batched up and ready to cook at home, hot sauce and those fire starter things called “Becky’s Burnt Bits” 🤣

"All the things" on an apron please.

Haha. It only happens once. Trust me I know 😉

Wow, thank you! I am so grateful for that!! Thank you for being here!!

Same that’s why I couldn’t believe she was going to do candy afterwards!

@@BountifulHarvestAbby Wow, I forgot about the candy!