In looking for holiday recipes, I found this little circa 1961 gem from Betty Crocker: Bake Up a Story. It’s apparently got quite the wide kitsch appeal since you can buy it all over the web.

On your “Cook’s Tour through Storyland,” you may find “sugar plum dreams.” Make sure you note the color and flavor advice. Wouldn’t want to have a blue lemon cooky!!

Just look at those jewels! You can even make “fancier” cookies, but they still look a little too . . . well, extruded for my aesthetic sense.

I think those sugar plums are marching into those childrens’ heads, not dancing.

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