Handwritten Holiday Treasures

The ‘Main Dish’ (aka Culinary Center of Kansas City owner/founder Laura Laiben) spent the morning making a triple batch of her mom’s famous Christmas Fruit Cookie. 

No, it isn’t written in acceptable recipe format. But she knows how to read it after many years of use. And Yes, it should be passed down to her own children – albeit with more directions.

How many of you work from handwritten family recipes for Christmas treats that you cherish?

We would love to have you share yours! Email a pic of the recipe (and even better, the outcome!) to marti@kcculinary.com and we’ll post a few of them.

p.s. Here’s how the Christmas Fruit Cookies come out. And they’re always gone in a hurry!