Vicki

I seriously thought the basil amount was going to be too much, but it wasn't! I didn't have lemon juice, so I used lemon pepper and skipped the pepper part of the recipe. BEST marinade I've ever had. I marinated overnight. I've done this twice now... yum!

I have made a couple of times, once as directed. The second time, I made my own gravy from the sausage drippings and we preferred it that way. I also like gravy, so I used more than what the recipe called for in the dish itself, and then had some on the side for after it was cooked. Thanks for sharing!!!

We love this recipe so much - we just make drop cookies at other times of year. I love the look of them for Christmas in the Candy Cane shape, but hate the taste of peppermint, so these are a much better cookie in my opinion than the peppermint flavored ones. Also - for rolling, once I get in the groove, there is no problem... I do rolls of white and rolls of red about 4-5" long, then put them together and slightly roll together to blend, then just roll one end only to start the swirl and bend the top at the end. My notes on the recipe is to make a double batch minimum at Christmas because my husband will eat most of one batch in a day.

My husband has been looking for his grandmother's recipe for over 10 years. He found this and it's perfect! He's so happy he found it and they are DELICIOUS! Thank you for posting the recipe!