My grandmom here is a baker galore…Every Christmas she bakes up a storm for her 3 daughter’s families. Here is the list of what she used to bake her cookies and breads this year:
1 kilo = 2.2 lbs
Cookies, about 20 different types:
10 kilos of flour
8 kilos sugar
10 kilos butter
60 eggs
12 chocolate bars
3 kilos crushed walnuts
700 grams shredded coconut
4 packages powdered chocolate
4 large jars of jam
Vanocky (a traditional Czech Christmas bread)
4 kilos flour
1 kilo butter
16 eggs
The amounts of cookies floating around are amazing- I was given a shoe-box stuffed full to take to the office…for just this week. I get another for next week…
Forgot to mention, the above was just ONE special order for the holidays. You should have seen what we had to do last January when the First Lady came to the grand re-opening of our library.