Month: December 2015

• Christmas Cookies, 2015 Theme

  Each year, I try to adhere to a theme (other than just “red & green – it’s Christmas!), and it’s usually something that either connects with me deeply, personifies the year, or is something that has influenced me in some shape or form.  In the past, it’s been Woodland Critters, Peacocks, Feathers or Owls.  This […]

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  December 16, 2015

  Christmas, Cookies

• Christmas Cookies 2015 – Day 6

  OMG. I miscounted! There are 19 types of cookies in the box this year, not 20.  Aaaargh! Oh well.  When all is said & done, I will have made another 5 recipes next weekend to put in the boxes that are being mailed out, but sheesh.  What an idiot.  I was not blessed with the […]

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  December 16, 2015

  Christmas, Cookies, Uncategorized

• Christmas Cookies 2015 – Day 5

  Start Time: 11:00 am Stop Time: 4:00 am Goal: 20 types of cookies, packaged, wrapped & ready to deliver on Wednesday 12/16 Completed:  Extreme Brownie (4x), Gingersnaps (4x), Chinese Almond (4x), Hot Cocoa (4x) So it’s Monday night (technically early Tuesday morning) and I’m done baking!  The house is trashed, but I’m sealing up the […]

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  December 15, 2015

  Christmas, Cookies

• Christmas Cookies 2015 – Day 4

  Start Time: 4pm Stop Time: 8:00 am Goal: 20 types of cookies, packaged, wrapped & ready to deliver on Wednesday 12/16 Completed:  Lemon Sugar Rounds (4x), Coffee Sugar (4x), Pecan Sandies (4x), Oatmeal Raisin (4x) Mixed: Hot Cocoa (4x) Yeeesh.  Day 2 of staying up a full 24 hours and then some.  MOTU had to […]

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  December 14, 2015

  Christmas, Cookies

• Christmas Cookies 2015 – Day 3

  Start Time: 1pm Stop Time: 7:00 am Goal: 20 types of cookies, packaged, wrapped & ready to deliver on Wednesday 12/16 Completed:  Chocolate Mint Swirls (5x),Peanut Butter Toffee Pretzel (2x), Vanilla Bean Shortbread (4x), Chocolate Chip (4x) Mixed: Lemon Sugar Rounds (4x), Coffee Sugar (4x),Pecan Sandies (4x) When the sun is coming up as you […]

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  December 12, 2015

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• Christmas Cookies 2015 – Day 2

  Start Time: 9:30 am Stop Time: 4:30 am Goal: 20 types of cookies, packaged, wrapped & ready to deliver on Wednesday 12/16 Completed: Vanilla Sugar (10x), Brown Sugar Spice Cookies (4x), Blueberry Kingsmen (4x), Paris Shortbread (4x), Cranberry Shortbread (4x), Peanut Butter (4x) Mixed: Chocolate Sugar Snowflakes (4x), Chocolate Mint Swirls (5x),Vanilla Bean Shortbread (4x) […]

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  December 11, 2015

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• Christmas Cookies 2015 – Day 1

  Start Time: 3:45 pm Stop Time: 1:00 am Goal: 20 types of cookies, packaged, wrapped & ready to deliver on Wednesday 12/16 Completed: Vanilla Sugar (10x), Brown Sugar Spice Cookies (4x) Mixed: Blueberry cut-outs (4x), Paris Breakfast Shortbread (4x) Strong start to day 1. I got up early and ran some errands this morning, including […]

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  December 11, 2015

  Christmas, Cookies

• Christmas Cookie Eve

  I’m up later than I want to be, on the eve of cookie insanity… My mind is whirling away tonight, churning on tomorrow’s to-do list, what supplies I still need, lack of fridge space… And I can’t sleep. I thought it would behoove me to turn in early and get a good night’s rest, but […]

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  December 9, 2015

  Christmas, Cookies