Carmel Corn
This is a very yummy recipe, well worth making!

1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
pinch of cream of tartar

Put above ingredients into saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat. Stir and then boil for 5 minutes without stirring.

Remove from heat and add;
1 tsp soda

Stir well and pour over;
about 20 cups of popped popcorn (in a large oven safe bowl or roaster).

Stir in and put into preheated 200 F oven for one hour stirring every 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Shortbread
An easy good tasting recipe. This is a Christmas tradition must!

1/2 cup corn starch
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 cup flour
3/4 cup butter

Blend above ingredients to make a dough. You can either roll it out and cut out the cookies or make small balls and press them down with a fork. I suggest if you do the latter, you cut up a cherry and put a piece of cherry on top. I frost the cut out cookies with a butter icing and decorate. It is time consuming but they look so nice.

Put unbaked cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake in preheated 350 F oven until edges of cookies just start to brown.

Sugar Cookies
I got this recipe from a friend, Anne, on the Kingston Peninsula. It is the best sugar cookie recipe!

Cream together;
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar

Add and beat in;
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Mix in;
1 1/2 -2 cups flour (use only as much as needed) (flour for rolling should be included in this)

Roll out and cut into Christmas shapes. Sprinkle with coloured sugar. Put onto greased cookie sheet. Bake in 375 F oven for 8-10 minutes.

Candy Cane Cookies
These cookies are a bit a of a nuisance to make but are always a huge hit with the family.

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
Beat until light.

Add and beat in;
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp peppermint extract

Add and mix well;
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt

When dough is made divide into half, putting one half aside.
Colour second half by kneading in red food colouring.
Take a small ball of each and roll each to cylinder shape. Press white and red together gently and roll out to a bit longer than finger length. Twist so it looks like a candy stick. Roll lightly in coloured (I use red) sugar. Put a crook on the end and put on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 355 F for about 12 minutes. Let cool before removing from pan.