Originally published in Yellowstone Valley Woman.
Baking Up Holiday Cheer
When the Wollman sisters gather to bake together, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. While that’s true every day, it’s even more so during the holidays. For them “It’s the hap-happiest season of all.”
On a fall Saturday morning, sisters Miriam Stahl, Junia Wollman and Tammy Huseby gather in Laurel in Tammy’s kitchen sharing the sentiments of the Andy Williams song with their hearts glowing with loved ones. Sisters Helen Stahl and Marlene Martin couldn’t join in the fun, but their mother, Susie Wollman, sat at the dining room table within earshot of the activity, proudly watching her family kick off the holiday baking season.
The sisters were making her apple pie recipe, her molasses cookies and the family’s favorite chocolate chip cookies. “I told my girls how to do everything,” Susie, 84, shares with pride as she physically can no longer participate…