I can't really say if it's a typical "nesting" behavior of certain pregnant women, but I'm sure enjoying baking in every form these last couple weeks. Let's see, so far I've successfully made:*7 dozen whipped shortbread (last Tuesday)
*1 tray peanut butter marshmallow squares (Wednesday)
*6 dozen gingerbread crinkles (Thursday)
*2 more trays peanut butter marshmallow squares (Friday) --for an Xmas party last Saturday!
*6 dozen linzer cookies (today, see pictures)
*4 dozen dark chocolate orange truffles (today)
*3 dozen almond lace cookies (today)
And an added bonus is that 6 dozen of the whipped shortbread turned into 12 half dozens of multiple other baked varieties last Thursday after a cookie exchange! Yum yum yummmmy!
Still on my list:
*honeycomb toffee brittle
*traditional shortbread
*star and tree shaped sugar cookies
...with the potential of 3-4 dozen of my linzer cookies turning into more variety tomorrow evening if I decide to venture out in the arctic-wasteland aka Rochester, MN. The HIGH today was -4F (that's -20C for all you non-Americans!)
I do love the feeling of accomplishment after simply blending a few simple ingredients, setting the timer, and pulling out the finished beauties at the right moment. Not to mention how great it is to know that our nearby family's and friends' gifts are being taken care of more than a week before the big day! It feels nice to be on top of things for once.
I hope you're enjoying your own variety of baked goodies too!
4 comments:
Wow! You've been busy! And you're making me hungry! :)
I haven't started my Christmas baking yet! Yikes! Sure is good weather for it, though!
WOW. I thought my mom used to do a lot of baking... that's intense! Congrats! Maybe I'll have to reroute my flight path and fly by your house to snag some of those tasty goodies :)
Mom said she's saving some of the xmas baking to do when I get home so I still get to be part of the holiday tradition... woohoo!
Last year I baked a lot (but not so much as you did) and this year I like more to do some handicrafts...
And today I prepared a Vanille-Kipferl dough I'll bake tomorrow. Those are my favorites. It's my third cookie session this year. The first cookies I made were Spekulatius and the 2nd time I made some cookies that looked exactly like yours in the pictures above. I just had a cranberry hiding in the jelly in the middle of each cookie.
WOW! You go girl!!!!
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