Rachael's sister, Maria, is joining her via Zoom from their mother's house, and Rachael is showing off the cookies her sister dropped off the night before. She made Rachael's favorite — classic Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies, as well as two personalized treats. "Ginger Bellas" are a gingerbread cookie in the shape of Rachael's new pup, Bella Boo Blue, and she even made a dog-friendly peanut butter cookie for Bella, which Maria calls "Bella Butters."
"They're my dog in ginger bread dough with blue eyes! They're amazing," says Rachael about her "Ginger-Bella" cookies. "My sister is the cookie queen."
Maria also demonstrates how to make Holiday Spritz Cookies and Holiday Teddy Bear Cookies. (Her kids' favorites!)
"[Baking] quiets your mind, and you get to do this artwork that you get to eat! And, I love butter; it's the food with the most butter in it," explains Maria on why she loves to bake.
"Maria loved butter so much that Mommy used to keep the butter in the freezer, so it'd last longer, and Maria would take it out like a popsicle, and literally suck on a stick of butter," Rachael says with a laugh.
