For nearly 30 years, the Cookie Connection tradition has brought Christmas cheer to the homebound or those unable to bake. This year, however, the tradition changed due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Sweet Christmas cookie tradition connects members of Alexandria community
Catholic baker’s sweet treats make occasions ‘a little more meaningful’
Free time in lockdown and a labor of love meant a lot of time for a baking entrepreneur to spend time around a table, with her family, crafting ‘Simply Yummy’ cookies.
Benedictines say their fresh-baked spice cookies have ‘heavenly’ scent
St. Hildegard of Bingen was a Benedictine abbess born in Germany at the end of the 11th century. She penned a recipe for “Cookies of Joy” in her medical work “Physica” sometime between the years 1151 and 1158.