"Serving The Country"In the State Dining Room, Assistant Pastry Chef Susie Morrison stands in front of a table laden with gingerbread cookies and pastry tubes filled with colored icing, awaiting a mob of excited kids from military families, invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to be the first to view this year's holiday decorations. Morrison and Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses decorated the cookies with the kids; Mrs. Obama stopped by the table to "ooh" and "aaah."
The easy-to-do recipe is here; the cookies can be eaten or used as ornaments, depending on how long they're baked. Check the sidebar for more White House recipes.
*Photo by Edide Gehman Kohan/Obama Foodorama