As with my simpler decorating this year, my Christmas baking is back to the old favorites. The cookies I grew up with and the cookies I made for Daughter Sarah when she was small.
Daughter Sarah's favorite cookies -- the cutouts. With the Christmas tree cutter (I think, perhaps, because that cutter made the biggest cookies!) Simply done with a sprinkle of green sugar.
Bourbon bites -- not really a cookie but a small cake filled with golden raisins, nuts and bourbon. Topped with a candied cherry, they're a yummy Christmas treat.
Most of our cookies are given away to friends and shopkeepers and those we wish to remember with a little gift during this holiday season. We, do, however, save some to have with our afternoon tea.
It's Tuesday and that means that it's time for "Three or More" -- visit Tam at The Gypsy's Corner to see what everyone has three or more of. I'm thinking that perhaps my three kinds of cookies may be the most delicious "Three or More" this Tuesday!
The Peffernusse (or peppernuts). A spicy little cookie that has an anise flavor. Anise oil -- not extract -- goes into these cookies but, alas, no pepper! They're small cookies and they go so good at tea time!
Daughter Sarah's favorite cookies -- the cutouts. With the Christmas tree cutter (I think, perhaps, because that cutter made the biggest cookies!) Simply done with a sprinkle of green sugar.
Bourbon bites -- not really a cookie but a small cake filled with golden raisins, nuts and bourbon. Topped with a candied cherry, they're a yummy Christmas treat.
Most of our cookies are given away to friends and shopkeepers and those we wish to remember with a little gift during this holiday season. We, do, however, save some to have with our afternoon tea.
It's Tuesday and that means that it's time for "Three or More" -- visit Tam at The Gypsy's Corner to see what everyone has three or more of. I'm thinking that perhaps my three kinds of cookies may be the most delicious "Three or More" this Tuesday!
15 comments:
They look delicious, Martha! Glad you save a few for yourself ;)
They all look yummy!! I love anise flavored cookies, but I just buy the store type. And I love the tree shaped cookies probably for the same reason Sarah does!!
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Jane
Your cookies look so good. I've been baking too. I look forward to Christmas Cookie marathons every year!
All your cookies look delicious!
Your cookies look delicious! My grandmother always gave us Peffernusse for one of our gifts. I just love it's rich flavor. She would make a long roll and cut it into bite size sections. We'd eat them all night long! Thanks so much for sharing!
One of my favorite Christmas cookies is an anise-seed cookie. I think that the recipe came from Mexico. Like you, this year I've returned to my old favorites. Shortbread and gingersnaps are made and my daughter will make sugar cookies. Tonight's project, though sweet, is not a cookie. It's an old fashioned ketchup to go with our Christmas Eve Tortierre.
Hi Martha,
These cookies look delish! especially the bourbon bites!
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Lynn
Martha.....Your cookies look so delicous.I bet those people look forward yearly for your cookies.
Thanks for sharing.
Your Peffernusse remind me of the wonderful Christmas baked goods we used to enjoy whilst living in Bavaria, such sweet memories.
Merry Christmas from Normandy
Maggie
Your sprinkles are perfect:)
Those look so yummy!!
Those cookies look so good that I can almost smell them! You're definitely going to make some people happy. I hope you have a Very Happy Christmas Martha!!
So yummy! You've got me in the baking mood now. :)
Oooh... delcious post!
hahah... the real sugar plums.....not like my sugar "plumbs" ...like he has been doing the past week over here.
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