santa, reindeer, the whole hog and the man in the moon.

Santa, reindeer, the whole hog and the man in the moon.

Nope, not characters from a spicy pizza induced dream. Just the sporadic ramblings of my pre-holiday morning.

Ok, let me backtrack to where this twisted tale started.

I was arranging my vintage light bulb santa heads gazing at my well placed mantle reindeer...when ...ah ha! I, in a moment of grandiose brainstorms...and feeling a little moxie I decided to saunter a mile and a half down the road to the reindeer farm ...on a mission for spectacular photos of antlered beauties.

Cold was I.....but I pressed on....knowing what a feather in my cap these images would be on next years Christmas cards.

Thou shy and unassuming....(As you can't tell by the photos)...these deer don't disappoint.

What dazzling ,velvet-rubbed branched crowns they don!

Onward and homeward I set my path. A silly grin pasted on my face...or be it frozen on?

Anywho, As I neared home and easily distracted by pretty things.....I snapped a spectacular side portraiture of one of our mammoth piggies.

The whole hog as you will.

And as in any true Simpsons or Seinfeld episode....stories never end where they started.

So , famished as I was and realized I should have carb-loaded before this workout...I headed straight for one (ok, maybe 2) Man in the Moon cookies.

I love life's little journeys...the things you see beyond your four walls and p.c.

As a little treat....here's the world's best(self annointed by moi...yeah , that's right) Cookie Recipe.

If you haven't a Man in the Moon cutter...you're on your own! Any will work....

The Cookie

cream togeter:

1cup butter
2/3 cup sugar

beat in:

one egg

combine and add:

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 cups sifted flour

mix until ingredients are well blended

Chill dough 3-4 hours

before rolling.

Preheat oven to 350

Roll out and cut

Bake for about 8-10 minutes each

or slightly browned

The Frosting

3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar

1 tbl butter

1 tbl milk

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp lemon juice

melt butter, combine all ingredients

beat until smooth

SLATHER on cooled cookies!

Enjoy...and no, you don't have to share.