Ma Savage's Christmas Cookies

December 15 2010, 4:29pm

"Not to bring up any painful memories," writes Jason, "but last year, around this time, you promised to share your mom's christmas cookie recipe with us. I would love to try it out if you're okay with sharing the recipe. If not, it's okay. I just thought I'd check and see." I'm delighted to share my mom's Christmas cookie recipe. She made these chocolate snowballs every year when her kids were young. Once her kids were grown, Ma Savage shipped tins off to us if we couldn't make it home for Christmas. Now I make them in December and ship tins off to my siblings on mom's behalf. They're easy to make and a great recipe if you have little kids: there's a step where you roll the dough into balls, a perfect job for little (freshly washed) hands. The recipe—which I usually double or triple—is after the jump. I made some earlier this week, had a little sob, and got some tins off to my sibs. I'm delighted to share mom's recipe with you, Jason, and with other Sloggers. Enjoy. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]