Cookies or candy

[Sheila]

I have spent the last 2 days baking cookies to give as gifts. My idea was the 12 days of cookies...a different one for each of 12 days.( I really love baking) Well, the pralines were a diaster, so it is changed to 11 days of CHristmas...it has a quirky ring to it .

That being said my question is "What is cookie or candy must you have during this season?" I love these chocolate brownie cookies I made but made a new lemon cookie that may be the winner..not too sweet. My mother's divinytis the best, but

I must have........whatever someone else bakes/makes. I burnt myself out on the whole baking thing. I used to spend my entire Christmas vacation baking. Then my kids finally outgrew it and so I stopped. Once and a great while I'll beg GTTBD to make a batch of "mock peanut brittle". It's so good it's addictive, once you start eating it you cannot stop!!!!! So he makes it we both eat some and I find some one to give it away to very quickly.

Your lemon cookie sounds good. I may have to beg you to share your recipe for that one.

 

[audie]

in my book, nothing beats peanut butter fudge and mexican wedding cakes. yummy !

 

[Rita]

We usually make carrot cookies w/orange flavored icing (my favorite) and the traditional sugar cookies - I let the Jackie and friends make them now.

 

[Sheila]

in my book, nothing beats peanut butter fudge and mexican wedding cakes. yummy !

I love mexican wedding cookies too!!!! Mmmmmmm.....!!!!!

 

[Ocean Lover]

I love mexican wedding cookies too!!!! Mmmmmmm.....!!!!!

Are these the same as russian tea cakes or butter balls? They are sooo good w/ coffee in the morning.

 

[CastlesOfSand]

Aren't rum balls those round, chewy (even yucky) things? Maybe I've never had a good one before!!!!

NOOOOOO Rum balls are good! I'll see if I can dig up a recipe I have used in the past! It's been awhile since I made them.

 

[Rudyjohn]

NOOOOOO Rum balls are good! I'll see if I can dig up a recipe I have used in the past! It's been awhile since I made them.

That would be great. It seems I'm the only one who thinks they're gross.

 

[CastlesOfSand]

That would be great. It seems I'm the only one who thinks they're gross.

Hmmmm ... maybe ..not enough RUM !!!!

 

[Mermaid]

Does anyone make biscotti? I make a recipe from Bon Appetit a few Christmases ago. It has cinammon sugar on it. It's easy to make and even a bad baker like me can't mess it up. And it tastes heavenly!

 

[DD]

We (my daughter, my friend and I) have a cookie baking day and a candy making day.
We make: Lemon Bars, Oatmeal Cookies, Shortbread and Cocoa Shortbread. This year, we are also making brownies with lots of nuts.

Candy: Divinity, Fudge, Peanut Brittle, English Toffee, Peppermint Bark.

We make lots of everything and then split it all up and give as gifts.