The week before Christmas I was busy making a wide variety of cookie dough and baking. The recipes are all courtesy of very talented food bloggers who receive full credit with the recipe links below. Every one of these turned out perfectly and some are clearly my new favorites!
Soft Gingersnap Cookies
These were coated in sparkling sugar.
The sparkling sugar gave them a little festive sweet crunch!
Eggnog Snickerdoodle Cookies
A combination of cinnamon, sugar and nutmeg is the perfect holiday taste treat
Cherry Almond Shortbread
Dough balls ready to bake - and oh so good
Chocolate Crinkles -- oops - totally forgot to photograph these at ANY stage (but they are in the cookie platters - covered on powdered sugar goodness...
Peppermint Oreo Truffles
Need to work on my candy dipping technique...
Creamy goodness on the inside.... scrumptious!
Yes they were all fabulous - all soft and chewy and full of flavor. I could not wait to share them with family and friends and they were indeed a hit. I may have finally found a combination of tastes that I can successfully recreate every year (instead of having to dream up a new array every year!)
I was so busy baking that I failed in the photograph department. I didn't get each recipe in all of the same stages - I have some in the dough stage, some freshly baked but there is no consistency except that they are all represented on the cookie platters! (ok - not true either - the truffles were in the refrigerator til the last minute so didn't make the platter photos - photo fail!) Hopefully you can use your imagination - I will do better next year (I hope - no promises!)
If nothing else,I hope that this inspires you to try new things even when you aren't sure of the results. I took a bit of a risk and I am so glad I did!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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