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- Guess what today is, y'all?
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Today, we start our 12 Days of Christmas Cookies.
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I can't believe it's that time of year.
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And I had just asked Eddie,
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Eddie, where, where do we keep
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all of our Christmas decorations and stuff?
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He said, "out in the garage, Paula."
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So I asked him to just show it to me
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and kinda see what we've got to battle with in here.
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Look, we haven't even taken up our Halloween yet.
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We're talking about Christmas.
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- [Theresa] Good Lord.
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You might need to move out of the way.
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- [Paula] Okay, we'll move out of the way.
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All right, so, but this is every bit
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of our Christmas right here.
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- [Theresa] Y'all in the way if y'all want people to see.
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- All right, those red boxes over there,
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is that Christmas too?
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- This is outdoor stuff.
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- [Theresa] Kinda goes everywhere.
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- You know, I don't think I can face this today, Eddie.
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So why don't we just go inside
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and start our Christmas cookies.
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What you think about that and tackle this another day?
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- No, I'm not a procrastinator.
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All right, well, we've got all the stuff up
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to start the cookies so I just love this
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'cause I know somewhere in there is my Binmer dolls.
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Y'all, going out in that garage
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and tackling that stuff today, I can't do it.
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How about you, Eddie?
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Nothing like doing it tomorrow though.
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All this stuff came out of a cabinet in the house,
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not out in the garage.
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- Yes, this is not out of the garage, y'all.
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And today starts our 12 Days of Christmas Cookies
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and the first one I'm starting with,
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I've had this in my repertoire for a long time.
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They're chocolate meringue smooches
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and I'm gonna make 'em real small
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so they're just kinda like bite size
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and I do love meringue cookies.
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Now, the first thing I'm gonna do
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is I'm gonna take three egg whites
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and I'm going to beat them until they're stiff.
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All right, y'all, those are stiff enough.
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So what I'm gonna do now
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is I'm gonna add my confectioners' sugar
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and I'm gonna fold it in a little at a time
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and I think I told y'all that these are meringue,
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I think I told y'all that.
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So I've got some chocolate over here
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like six ounces of melted chocolate chips
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and I got to let them cool just a little bit.
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Okay, I swear we added that in two dumps.
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So just gonna fold, fold, fold.
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I'm gonna add our vanilla.
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And then I'm gonna fold in some walnuts.
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You can use any kinda nut you want for this cookie
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but I just really love a walnut.
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And this is saltine crackers crushed.
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So I'm just gonna fold all this together
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and then we're gonna fold in our chocolate
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and we're ready to put 'em in the oven.
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Y'all, I just wrapped a cold rag around the bowl
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so that helped cool it so.
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I'm just gonna fold that chocolate in.
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You don't want it so hot that it'll mess with your meringue.
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I like it streaked like that.
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It's looking pretty good.
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Okey-doke, now, after we get this folded all together,
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we are gonna make, it's supposed to make four dozen
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so I'm gonna be using a half, a half of a rounded teaspoon.
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So you can see they're just gonna be a little,
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- [Eddie] They kind of puff up when they cook though, right?
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Just have to be patient and actually fold,
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fold that together and try not to be tempted
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Now, I'm using parchment paper
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but just in case, I sprayed it a little bit
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so I think I might spray this too.
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That helps it just come out a little easier.
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Okay, to me, that's a rounded one.
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They're gonna look like little kisses.
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Y'all, these meringues are as light as a feather.
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I mean, feel one, Eddie, they don't weigh anything
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so it can't be many calories, right?
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- So did you taste it yet?
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Does it reminds you of Gottlieb's?
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- [Eddie] It does, yeah.
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I know I tried for years to formulate a cookie
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and maybe I did it with this one.
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Okay, so how many did it make?
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You had how many on your sheet?
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- 24. - And I had, I had-
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- 20 so we got to 44. - 44.
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- [Theresa] And I ate the rest of the dough.
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- So 44 and it says, it says it makes 48 so.
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- [Theresa] I've already had my four cookies.
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So we got 44 plus the dough in Theresa's belly.
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What'd you think, Eddie?
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It's a good size too.
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- [Paula] Yeah, you know,
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I thought it was gonna be so teeniny
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but that's a perfect size
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just for a little bite of something sweet.
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- [Theresa] Are you gonna try one?
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- Does a fat puppy poop?
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And they just cook so quick, y'all,
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which I like that you can touch 'em
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and they actually have like a hard surface on 'em so.
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Theresa, I know you had the raw batter but.
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- Oh gosh, these do look like the Chocolate Chewies.
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- I'll be making these.
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I guess I ought to offer Aunt Peggy and Darlene one,
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shouldn't I? - [Theresa] No.
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- Oh, we just gonna eat in front of 'em.
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All right, there you go.
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You ready for a chocolate meringue?
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You looking at me like that for?
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All right, Aunt Darlene.
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I think they're just perfectly yummy.
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Light, just a little something sweet like y'all.
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- [Darlene] Very good.
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- Is done and we'll do day two another day.
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