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Can you believe we're on day 4
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for the 12 days of Christmas cookies?
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And, ooo, I'm gonna be making some good ones today.
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And look, as soon as I say cookies,
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who walks in but my cousin George,
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who has the sweet tooth like this big.
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I can't keep cookies when he's around.
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He's here visiting with his mama, my Aunt Peggy,
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and he loves it on the days that I shoot and make cookies,
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- [George] I'm just kind of waiting right now.
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I wish you would get to it.
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- I can't believe I say, "Cookies,"
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and you just magically appeared. (laughs)
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But before we get started, y'all,
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I got a early Christmas gift
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If you have never been to Williamsburg
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and had the opportunity to watch a real,
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what would you call 'em?
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Eddie, what would you call them?
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- Like reenactors or- - No.
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I mean they do, Williamsburg reenacts,
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but they have- (George speaking indistinctly)
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But why is the word escaping me?
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- Ironsmith. Blacksmith. - A blacksmith. Thank you.
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Thank you. I just couldn't think of that word.
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But these people are from Ohio
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and it's Lockhart Ironworks LLC.
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Like I said, I think I said Ohio, right?
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- And they sent me these most beautiful
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hand forged, I guess you would say.
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- Love the handles. - I know.
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I think they do custom.
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I think they can do anything that you want.
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And they're pre-seasoned
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They said, "You can use this for everything."
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And it's great for cobblers, that would be wonderful.
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And you know, they're easy care.
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But I just wanted to thank Doug and Birdie
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for sending me this beautiful set of handmade cookware.
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Again, I wanna thank Doug and Birdie and the whole family.
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But now it's time to get onto our fourth cookie
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for the 12 days of Christmas.
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Where's my butter dish?
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- [Eddie] Oh, over there on the counter.
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- Can't do without my butter dish, y'all.
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You know I'm gonna get on that butter and all that.
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I'm gonna get it all.
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So we got two sticks of butter in these cookies
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and we are making gumdrop cookies
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and we were lucky enough to find gumdrops that are spiced.
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Oh my gosh, I love the red ones.
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And, of course, the green ones tastes like mint
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and the red part, the red gumdrops, tastes like cinnamon
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let me move my water,
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the first step, I'm gonna take our flour
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and it's plain flour.
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Soda, baking soda and baking powder
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and that's gonna make some fat cookies.
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So I'm gonna take my whisk.
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And that's almost the same thing as,
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you know, sifting your flour.
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So that works real good.
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All right, so I'm going to take our two sticks of butter,
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our white sugar and our brown sugar
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and I'm going beep this for about three or four minutes
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until it's nice and creamy
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and now I'm gonna add our eggs
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and I'm gonna add it one egg at the time.
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Made it both go in. (beater buzzing)
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Now I'm gonna add my vanilla,
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and I'm going to add a teaspoon,
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a mighty, a mighty teaspoon.
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That wasn't no skint teaspoon, y'all.
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Okay, our next step is we're gonna slowly,
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kinda slowly, add the flour to the wet.
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And you wanna mix it until it's just combined.
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All right, our next step is to add our oatmeal
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and this is a good time to bring your partner in
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And last but not least,
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our chopped up gum drops.
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This is kind of a workout for your arms.
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I'm gonna get strong. (chuckling)
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I am gonna have one muscle arm and one flab arm. (laughing)
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All right, I'm just gonna do this over,
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just so it won't stick and I'm gonna spray
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and I'm going to just drop these by the tables.
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That's probably a nice little tablespoon.
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We want about two inches apart.
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It's gonna be pretty with the colors, isn't y'all?
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- Yes. (Eddie speaking indistinctly)
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- I'm putting these in the oven on 350
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for 9 to 11 minutes, y'all.
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So our cookies have cooled
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and I wanna just tell you a little bit about this cookie.
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You're gonna find that it's not overly sweet,
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and Eddie said it reminded him of a scone.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, a little bit.
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- And it is a little bit like a scone, definitely.
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This would be wonderful if breakfast with a cup of coffee,
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wouldn't it, Eddie? - Yes.
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- So, if you into cookies that are not very sweet,
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And look at these beautiful plates.
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Gail Pitman made these for me.
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I wonder what Gail is up to now.
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It's been years since I have chatted with her,
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but she did some gorgeous work and every one are signed,
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so we'll enjoy putting our cookies on those,
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I hope you're doing well, Gail.
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And let me be the first, maybe,
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to say Merry Christmas to you.
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Me and all my friends wish you a merry Christmas.
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The cookies are delicious.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
