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It's almost Christmas, which means it's also Christmas cookie time. Last year one of my grandmothers was in the hospital for a while and couldn't do her usual cookie making, and the other one's health hasn't been that great either, so I wound up baking most of the cookies for both sides of the family. Nana said that I did an okay enough job that it would be my responsibility again this year. On one hand I enjoy it but on the other I'm kinda in a funk and don't particularly want to eat the cookies myself, which is putting a damper on things.
Last year I did sugar, gingerbread, double chocolate macadamia nut, oatmeal-craisin, and peanut clusters. (The gingerbread wound up being a whole saga, although probably only to me.)
This year I'm planning on doing peanut clusters, double chocolate macadamia nut, sugar (although whether I'm doing icing decorations or dipped in chocolate remains to be seen), gingerbread (different recipe, like I said it was a saga), cinnamon apple-butter spritz, and maybe chocolate spritz and/or pecan pie thumbprint cookies. I tested those two recipes over the past few weeks and others seemed to like them, so we'll see if I have time.
Nana wants me to come over and help her make a few of her own recipes, but my sleep schedule hasn't been super permitting. The grocery store near me is 24 hours, so baking is one of the things I can do by myself at 3 in the morning. Plus, I don't really have the precision that she has when it comes to rolling things out, and I hate being yelled at for not doing things her way. (I spend the entire holiday season braced for being yelled at, not my favorite time of the year.)
Last year I did sugar, gingerbread, double chocolate macadamia nut, oatmeal-craisin, and peanut clusters. (The gingerbread wound up being a whole saga, although probably only to me.)
This year I'm planning on doing peanut clusters, double chocolate macadamia nut, sugar (although whether I'm doing icing decorations or dipped in chocolate remains to be seen), gingerbread (different recipe, like I said it was a saga), cinnamon apple-butter spritz, and maybe chocolate spritz and/or pecan pie thumbprint cookies. I tested those two recipes over the past few weeks and others seemed to like them, so we'll see if I have time.
Nana wants me to come over and help her make a few of her own recipes, but my sleep schedule hasn't been super permitting. The grocery store near me is 24 hours, so baking is one of the things I can do by myself at 3 in the morning. Plus, I don't really have the precision that she has when it comes to rolling things out, and I hate being yelled at for not doing things her way. (I spend the entire holiday season braced for being yelled at, not my favorite time of the year.)
