I'm actually not exaggerating here LOL. And that's just the ones I was personally involved with baking, not to mention what the rest of the family made. I counted the sugar cookies yesterday after we frosted ... well, tried to count them, I lost track at 12 dozen. Then there were the 4 dozen PBBs for work, which I already showed you, 8.5 dozen cake balls, and 5 dozen fruity foldovers. I took some pics, so if you're hungry, turn back now & come back in a little bit when I will have nail pics posted & a new tutorial =)
Here are the sugar cookies after frosting ... you can probably tell some of the ones that I did LOL, and they apparently got me in the mood for some marbling on my nails:
My aunt made rosettes - there was another box in addition to this one & she said she'd make more fresh for Christmas Day:
Almond bark with pretzels & peppermint, made by Grandma:
Fruity Pebble/Rice Krispie bars, made by Grandma:
Cranberry walnut bars - also made by Grandma =):
Cake balls =) One of my contributions of course. The green are chocolate cake with mint coating, the red are strawberry/strawberry & my personal favorite combination to date:
Fruity foldovers - kind of a sugar cookie based dough with your choice of preserves inside, this is another of my contributions, and I chose apricot & blackberry gooey deliciousness inside:
Snowballs AKA Russian tea cakes, made by Mom ... I never eat these since they have nuts (I'm allergic):
Cardamom cookies, also by Mom. She had a heck of a time finding cardamom, it was sold out everywhere, and then the sugar sprinkled on top was this super-special kind that was hard to find & as you see not that impressive in the end. To top it all off, the consensus was that these taste pretty much like a snickerdoodle cookie LOL. I think Mom considered these a semi-fail on that account:
Stained-glass cookies, also by Mom. One of her favorites, kind of like fruitcake except it's a cookie ... and another one with tree-nuts:
I don't remember what these were called, but they had oatmeal, corn flakes, peanuts, and peppermint frosting, and this is ANOTHER contribution by Grandma:
So we took all that & made 16 various trays, for family & friends =) Here are a few of them:
Cookie day may be my favorite day of the year, even above & beyond Christmas itself. I literally cannot remember a Christmas without a cookie day, it's always been a tradition =)
Thanks for reading.
~Colette
Here are the sugar cookies after frosting ... you can probably tell some of the ones that I did LOL, and they apparently got me in the mood for some marbling on my nails:
My aunt made rosettes - there was another box in addition to this one & she said she'd make more fresh for Christmas Day:
Almond bark with pretzels & peppermint, made by Grandma:
Fruity Pebble/Rice Krispie bars, made by Grandma:
Cranberry walnut bars - also made by Grandma =):
Cake balls =) One of my contributions of course. The green are chocolate cake with mint coating, the red are strawberry/strawberry & my personal favorite combination to date:
Fruity foldovers - kind of a sugar cookie based dough with your choice of preserves inside, this is another of my contributions, and I chose apricot & blackberry gooey deliciousness inside:
Snowballs AKA Russian tea cakes, made by Mom ... I never eat these since they have nuts (I'm allergic):
Cardamom cookies, also by Mom. She had a heck of a time finding cardamom, it was sold out everywhere, and then the sugar sprinkled on top was this super-special kind that was hard to find & as you see not that impressive in the end. To top it all off, the consensus was that these taste pretty much like a snickerdoodle cookie LOL. I think Mom considered these a semi-fail on that account:
Stained-glass cookies, also by Mom. One of her favorites, kind of like fruitcake except it's a cookie ... and another one with tree-nuts:
I don't remember what these were called, but they had oatmeal, corn flakes, peanuts, and peppermint frosting, and this is ANOTHER contribution by Grandma:
So we took all that & made 16 various trays, for family & friends =) Here are a few of them:
Cookie day may be my favorite day of the year, even above & beyond Christmas itself. I literally cannot remember a Christmas without a cookie day, it's always been a tradition =)
Thanks for reading.
~Colette
I love that. So cute..that stuff all looks REALLY yummy I'd love a plate.
ReplyDeleteI bet it's fun to do too, I think when I have kids I'll do a cookie day :)
Everything looks so good, but my personal picks would be a "fruity fold over" (they look so soft and yummy!), and a "snowball"(I love nuts). I know what you mean about allergies Colette, I have over 20 food allergies (luckily, with the sub lingual drops I take, I can eat most of them without symptoms). I doubt I could have any of them, but it's fun to look! Take care. Michelle
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm. I think I want the cake balls... All of that looks so amazingly yummy!
ReplyDeleteI haven't had rosettes in years. My Mom used to make them. My brother loved them and used to eat them as soon as they were done. He ate a whole batch once without my Mom knowing it. She was not amused and had to make more. Everything looks delicious. I love the Snowballs without the nuts. They just melt in your mouth. I'm leaving now to get to your house!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely family tradition you have :)
ReplyDeleteMy personal favorites are the cake balls (how adorable!) and the fruity foldovers look nice and soft.
Merry belated Christmas to you!
VARNISH ADDICT - It's super fun, for sure start one when you have kids =)
ReplyDeleteMICHELLE - A lot of the time the family will make stuff I can't eat, I just take that as my excuse to bake my personal favorites =)
BLUEYEZ - They went pretty quick LOL
LUCY - The rosettes were nostalgic for my mom & a few others as well, this was the first time I'd even had them though.
CHOCADDICT - Thank you, hope you had a merry Christmas also =)