Volunteers spent months testing gingersnap recipes. By last holiday season, they had perfected the recipe and found a company in Wisconsin that had just the right blend of fresh spices. Without any help, they sold 200 tins to customers who discovered the delights of eating the cookies plain or dunking them in coffee and milk. Hanukkah tins are silver and are decorated with handmade silver ornaments. Each tin includes a card with the name of the resident who decorated it.
Volunteers donate their services, but artisans are paid for their work.
Deadline for Christmas orders is Dec. 15. Willow River Farms is a nonprofit facility that includes an organic farm and an artisan community. Profits from the cookies and cakes go to special projects of the farms. N.C. They are rolled, cut and packed by hand. Sugar Crisps from an old family recipe handed down for generations were the first product.