Christmas Open House Showcases Homemaker Creations
Frederick County Homemakers held a Christmas Open House at Winchester Hall with the theme Making Your Own Christmas. Volunteers demonstrated decorations and cookie baking, drawing visitors to display tables featuring shaped dough treats and festive confections.
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Frank J. Keefer
Theodore Reeder
Braddock Homemakers Club
Homemakers' Open
Winchester Hall
Frederick County
North Pole
Homemaker Cookie Ideas and Variations From Open House
A home kitchen feature outlines Special K cookies with 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter 2 thirds cup sugar and vanilla one egg and three cups Special K. Variations include chocolate nut and peanut butter styles plus no bake oatmeal cookies and ice cream wafers with simple steps and bake times.
Cherry Chip Cookies From Open House
Butter cream cheese and cherries are mixed with egg and flavor then sugar flour salt and baking powder are added. Oats folded in bake 375 for 10 to 12 minutes yields about four dozen cookies. Christmas Gumdrop Cookies combine shortening and sugars with flour salt soda and baking powder then eggs and coconut are added.
Cookie Santa Claus Train Cookies Learn Christmas Baking
A festive recipe feature offers two cookie projects. The first creates locomotive shaped treats with gumdrops oats and vanilla, while the second makes Christmas cookies with oats cherries pecans and red green colors. Baking at 350 degrees for 15 minutes yields about five dozen train cookies.
P Nuttiest Of Christmas Cookies From A Basic Dough
Classic peanut butter dough yields pliable cookies for many shapes and decorations. Recipe covers variations such as wreaths, filled centers, and chocolate dipped options with nuts and coconut.
Sweet Orange Cookies for Christmas Treats
A simple cookie recipe yields about four dozen treats. Cream butter with sugar and orange rind then add vanilla and egg. Mix in dry ingredients, shape spoonfuls on sheets, bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 13 minutes, and cool on racks for storage.
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Santa Claus
The Art of Drinking Wine at Francis Scott Key Hotel
A vintage guide to selecting and serving wine enhances meals. It advises pairing by dish and wine type, notes weather effects on European wines, and urges using proper glassware and temperature. A December 11 Wine Tasting at Francis Scott Key Hotel introduces the hotel’s wine service with Elwood K. Wolfe as lecturer.
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
Elwood K. Wolfe
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House of T. Jouvet
Almasden Vineyard
Bourdy Vineyard
Riderwood
Baltimore
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President’s House
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