1st Weekend of Christmas (Dec. 6-8)
#123 Cherry Chocolate Nut Cookies
A soft chocolate chip cookie with cherries in it. This cookie isn't supposed to be red, however I didn't drain the cherries well enough, so it came out with a festive red tint to it. This cookie was hit and miss. It was bland to me, but to some, it was their first choice out of all the cookies this season.
#124 Eggnog Thumbprints
These were Mike's favorite of all nine I made. So much so that he told people they weren't very good so they wouldn't eat them. Me, I didn't like them, but I don't like nuts. This buttery cookies is rolled in chopped walnuts and filled with a butter/powdered sugar/rum and milk.
#125 Two Tone Butter Cookies
Joey has had his first cookie! His reaction: ho-hum. Joey loves all food; well he may not love ALL food, but he eats ALL food. He loves avocado and oatmeal. So he didn't show any particular excitement over this sugary treat. However, the stinker went nuts over Ms. Jamie's (daycare) cookies. Her husband (my cousin) was holding Joey as he (my cousin, not Joey) was eating a cookie. Joey lunged for it and looked rather disgusted at my cousin when he didn't share. I guess I'll have to find a different cookie in my book that Joey is willing to rate 5 smiley faces.
2nd Weekend (Dec 13-15)
#126 Holly Wreaths
This year I baked a couple of batches just to get them out of the way - didn't think they'd actually be too good. This was one of those batches. I used my cookie press - love that tool, makes baking go quickly. Someone actually thought I bought those cookies, couldn't fathom how I made them. Granted, it was a middle aged man who probably doesn't spend much time in the kitchen, but still; he called me an artist. In the picture, these are the cookies with a red hot on them. I was supposed to attach the red hot and green cherries (as leaves) with a drop of frosting; which I did, but I only had yellow frosting - so it doesn't look quite right.
#127 Surprise Package Cookies
People are so suspicious. People who know what my project is all about, are still so wary. This phenomenal cookie had me wrapping an Andes mint in regular cookie dough. On the top of the cookie, I took melted andes mint and drizzled it all over. People wanted to break the cookie in half to see what was inside; I think that takes away the fun so I didn't let them do that. Granted people have things they don't like - as long as coconut wasn't the surprise, as long as peanut butter wasn't the surprise, as long as mint wasn't the ... whoops.
#128 Nutmeg Sugar Crisps:
See #126 - another one I just needed to get done. They're very plain. Made with powdered sugar along with the usual suspects in a cookie with just a bit of tartar and nutmeg added.
3rd Weekend (Dec. 20-22 - though I started preparing Th. night)
#129 Angel Wings
This is the cookie I should be called an artist for; fussy preparation. First make the dough, divide it into 4 balls, refrigerate overnight. Roll ball in sugar, roll it into a rectangle, sprinkle with cinnamon, mark the middle, jelly roll each side into the middle , freeze. Slice and bake. Yes, that was probably tedious to read, but they were tedious to make. I compare the taste to the cinnabon cereal (which I love).
#130 Chocolate Mint Crisps
This also needed advanced preparation. I broke my rule here a little bit. I baked the above batch on Friday (and you saw how much went into baking those) and I prepared this batch on Friday as well. But I didn't melt down, so we're all good. These are a chocolate cookie with melted Andes mint spread on top - yummy.
# 131 Meringue Kisses
So this is when my body melted down, I got the flu and I was in danger of not finishing my 9 batches. It was the weekend we were leaving for IN as well. Saturday night, after trying to pack, clean, finish wrapping, and hopefully get to this batch - my body gave out. So I did what any reasonable person would do - I brought the ingredients and recipe with me to IN - that's what any reasonable person would do, right? This is what we call dedication. I'm glad I made these, they're another favorite. It's kind of self-explanatory - meringue wrapped around a chocolate kiss. It's all good.
I'm all caught up now for 2013. Usually after the holiday season I take a week or two off from baking; not sure when I'll be back. Happy New Year!
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