If there’s one word to describe my family’s Christmas cookie traditions, it’s “putzy.” The chocolate coated haystacks of chow mein noodles? Putzy. The cornflake wreaths with green marshmallow fluff
and cinnamon candy ornaments? Putzy. The disks of dough that chill in my grandma’s fridge overnight? A way to make things less putzy. The Spritz cookies that break the press annually? My grandpa actually had a few different choice words for that one. And what is all this putziness for? It is for the festive trays we assembled and distributed to neighbors and family friends. After all,
sometimes it’s easier to take pains for others that we wouldn’t take
for just ourselves. I think a Christmas cookie tray says a lot about the family that makes it, which is why it’s so fun to see what others bring to the table.
Writer Mollee Francisco connects with Lunds & Byerlys content manager Katie Tomsche to learn more about Tomsche’s
cookie tray traditions (and glean a few new recipes to boot). In my family, the Kopiecki cookie
