Christmas Cookies

Do these scenes look familiar?

Though taken nearly a quarter of a century apart, the photos should what is often a holiday activity—baking cookies!  The first shows Mary Jane White Hubbard baking cookies in her home near Monroe in 1955 while the second shows Khome Kam and her sister mixing up cookies in 1979. 

There are all kinds of cookies.  My guess is that Mrs. Hubbard is some kind of drop cookie which are sometimes flattened a bit with a fork, leaving the tell-tale tine marks.  An alternative would be to use a cookie stamp, such as this Rycraft stamp with a holly wreath design.

Rycraft cookie stamp

The girls seem to be making sugar cookies or some other type of rolled cookie as the photograph shows a rolling pin on the counter.  The girls would then need cookie cutters, like these two from the Benton County Historical Museum's collection.

 

All this reminds me to get baking.  Now, if only I can find red candied cherries. 

By Martha Fraundorf, Volunteer for Benton County Historical Society, Philomath, Oregon