By Heather @Heather723
Dec 22, 2020
There are a lot of things to love about Christmas, and cookies are certainly one of them. In fact, today is National Cookie Exchange Day!
But which holiday cookie is the best?
“Today” set out to find out just that with their “Ultimate Holiday Cookie Bracket” pitting eight holiday favorites against each other to determine the champ. And not surprisingly, the Sugar Cookie came out on top beating Shortbread in the final round, with 63% of people choosing the Sugar Cookie as their fave.
In the spirit of Christmas Cookie Swaps and the Ultimate Holiday Cookie Bracket I thought I d share the recipes for my favorites. I got these recipes from my grandmother, who I m pretty sure got most of her recipes from the back of a Land O Lakes box.
One of the main objectives of the Wahpeton Breckenridge Area Chamber of Commerce is to promote the cities we love to live and work in. We know we have amazing communities but how do we showcase that to others who do not live here or who are not familiar with our area? How do we encourage others to move their families and start new businesses in Wahpeton and Breckenridge?
One of the ways the Chamber helps to promote our communities is through the events that we participate in each year. Blue Goose Days, Borderline Chalkfest and Headwaters Days are three of the larger events we participate in and are designed to draw people to our community. We also assist in smaller downtown events such as the yearly Wine Walk, Java Jump, Shoppers On The Hunt, Small Business Saturday and the Holiday Cookie Crawl. All these events create a buzz in our community and get people interested in what we are doing.
Perfect harmony
The four singers stood at the front of the sanctuary safely distanced from one another and stared out at row upon row upon row of empty seats inside the Linworth United Methodist Church on the Northwest Side.
Sweaters replaced their ordinary blue choir robes, and a series of cameras took the place of an audience.
Sidney Conn, who was singing alto this night, grew frustrated that her duckbill mask designed especially for vocalists kept slipping. And tenor Austin Wood had already recorded a solo of Ave Maria
in Latin
twice, so he feared his voice was tiring.
Meanwhile, director of traditional worship Christine Hiester conducting from a socially-distanced spot about eight rows back waved her arm frantically to get the attention of longtime accompanist Tom Cook, who needs his reading glasses to see his sheet music but was having a difficult time spotting his cue from so far away at his organ bench.
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C. H. O. I. C. E. S. Community Teaching Kitchen
This week on The Local Take, I speak with Chef Ashley Keyes, the executive chef at C. H. O. I. C. E. S, the Center Helping Children End Obesity Successfully, about healthy holiday side dishes. I asked her about any favorite childhood holiday food memories. She spoke about the food her grandparents served.
Chef Ashley shared 3-holiday side dishes with us. I will be preparing the roasted green bean dish
(at 12:53 in YT video) that includes mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, and peppers on a sheet tray. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt pepper, and garlic roast until the veggies are less firm, and serve. This will be my version, but you can find all of the recipes, including a turkey breast, on the CHOICES Youtube page - click here. She also shared a sweet potatoand apple dish (