Bakergirl: Holiday Baking List.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Holiday Baking List.

Last year my family & I helped put together a bunch of fancy Christmas cookie trays to take to the elderly and widowed people in their church. What you see above is only about half of the 35 dozen cookies we made in five days.

And we're doing it again.

On top of that... it's no secret I love to bake and this is one of my favorite times of the year to do it. If you show up on my doorstep, I will probably give you cookies. If you're my friend, I'm probably making them for you for Christmas. If I'm dating you, go away! I'm always making you cookies. If you invite me somewhere, yeah. Cookie trays are going to follow.

I'm kind of scared of this list.

Peanut butter cup treats- I ate these for breakfast all of last December. Love.

Raspberry almond thumbprint cookies- my all-time favorite Christmas cookie.

Mexican wedding cakes- a classic.

Decorated sugar cookies- my favorite part of making these the decorating. One word: sprinkles.

Peanut butter blossoms- another classic.

Chocolate almond cracker candy- made three or four batches of this last year. They were a HUGE hit.

Cranberry-orange sugar cookie sandwiches- a favorite I haven't made in a few years. Definitely not because I ate a huge plate of them a few New Year's Eves ago...

Fluffernutter chocolate gobs- my new favorite cookie recipe from 2011.

Salt river bars- perfect for cookie trays.

Peanut butter balls- bite-sized peanut butter-Rice Krispie-chocolatey things.

White chocolate raspberry cheesecake cookies- another favorite from 2011.

Chocolate-covered buttercream cherries- these take a bit of prep work, planning, and patience but are so worth it.

Graham cracker s'mores candy- this stuff is dangerously addicting. I might even festive it up a bit with some mini Christmas M&Ms.

Gingersnaps and snickerdoodles- more Christmas classics. I make both of these every year.

Some kind of Christmas bark- peppermint? Toffee pretzel? Chocolate chip cookie? Undecided.

Homemade Twix- similar to the salt river bars, but not.

White chocolate mocha cookies- I really want to add peppermint chips to these.

Cinnamon streusel pecan coffee cake- coffee cake and Christmas. It's like a thing.

Cinnamon pinwheels with maple-coffee icing- fancy, but without all the work. Love.

What am I missing? What's on your list this year?

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Fifi · 695 weeks ago

Want to send some cookies to Australia?
Because i think im your biggest in the whole of the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE!!
So so so glad you're back :)
Fifi. xx

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Bakergirl 72p · 695 weeks ago

Thank you! :)

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Fifi · 695 weeks ago

I just realised my above comment sounds a bit stalkerish..... I promise you im not!! :P

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Bakergirl 72p · 695 weeks ago

And I totally approve of stalking.

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Jess · 695 weeks ago

I knew we were kindred spirits - your first two cookies are the top two on my list to make every year! The raspberry almond thumbprints have been on my cookie trays for years (and I LOVE them) and the peanut butter cup ones were added last year when I realized I love them even more than peanut butter blossoms (and they're easier to store in cookie tins!).

I also make gingerbread men every year, and then the other three (I usually make 6 different kinds each year) get switched up depending on my mood. Last year I made salted caramel thumbprints and Candy Cane Kiss Cookies that I think they will be making an appearance again this year. I think for my 6th kind, I'm going with How Sweet's Hot Cocoa Cookies. I can't wait to start baking!

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Bakergirl 72p · 695 weeks ago

Salted caramel thumbprints sound amazing! Do you have a recipe? I'm obsessed with anything salted caramel right now. And those hot cocoa cookies are delicious! I made them last year too.

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Lindsay Ann · 695 weeks ago

Great roundup! Check out our Holiday sweets to see what we're baking up over at the Dollhouse Bake Shoppe blog: http://blog.dollhousebakeshoppe.com/search/label/...

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libbybouma 4p · 695 weeks ago

I was just thinking today what cookies I wanted to make... there are TOO many good ones to choice from!

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Wendy · 695 weeks ago

Can you post a peanut butter ball recipe? I went to a bris a few weeks ago where they had these (with the rice krispies). I think I ate 10? I spent the rest of the evening thinking about hurking b/c I just about made myself sick.....but they were so good and so worth it. I am trying to get the hostess to get me the recipe from her friend who made them, but I am less friends with the hostess (she hosted the bris for a friend of mine)...whew, that was a lot of info.

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Bakergirl 72p · 695 weeks ago

I haven't made the peanut butter balls yet, but definitely will be posting the recipe when I do. They're pretty the best things ever.

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Rebecca · 695 weeks ago

Ooh! My peanut butter ball recipe is like, peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs and powdered sugar mixed together and rolled in chocolate. They're the best thing ever. Also, these http://www.adustingofsugar.com/2010/12/rainbow-co...

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Bakergirl 72p · 695 weeks ago

Oooh, with graham crackers! This sounds so good/genius.