I love Christmas. Simple as that. I enjoy the decorations, the snow, the awkward family get togethers, and the joy of the reason for the season, Christ's birth. If you haven't read it, I highly encourage you to do so,
Luke 2:1-40 . The story in itself echoes greatness.
One thing that I enjoy most about Christmas is baking cookies to give to others. This year I had only the chance to make 3 different types of cookies. My mom got a head start and got more done before I returned home. I made nutmeg log cookies, cake pops/cake bites, and chocolate malted cookies.
The first cookies that I created were the nutmeg logs, out of the Taste of Home December 2010 Issue.
This isn't exactly what mine turned out to look like, nor is my still life photography that good, but you get the idea. I did mine an inch long and the frosting is a little messier than that. They are quiet tasty if you get my drift.
The next cookies/cake items that I created were cake pops and cake bites courtesy of
Bakerella. They turned out fairly well for my first time. I first had the cake pops where I work in the BEAR Center, now just registrar's office. One of the front ladies created them, and I knew that I had to one day re-create them for myself. I got Wilton's Candy Melts in red and green and white and chocolate cake mix, one I made the cream cheese frosting myself and the other was store bought. (what can I say, I got lazy?).
The green ones are white cake with the homemade cream cheese frosting. I also put some sprinkles on it to cover up my shotty workmanship. Since the candy melts dried quick, on some I forgot to put the sprinkles..Oops! Also my still life photography isn't that great. but you get the idea.
I also created red ones, without the sticks. The red ones are the chocolate cake with store bought frosting. I think they look just a bit better than the green ones, but make your own judgement. The sprinkles again covered up my shotty workmanship.
My sister Katie claimed that the red ones looked like ornaments. When my brother tasted them he yelled with excitement about how well they tasted. I guess it is not what they look like, but what they taste like.
My final cookies: Chocolate Malted Cookies, also courtesy of Taste of Home. The recipe said it would only make about 1 1/2 dozen cookies. I made them smaller and got about 6 dozen cookies.
They don't look like anything special, other than cookies, but I did add a bit more malted mile powder because the last few times I made them the malted milk powder didn't come through at all.
I hope to bake more cookies while I am home for break with the oven as a trusty steed. More blog updates will happen with Christmas break. My next post may be about how an introvert feels when large family get togethers occur. Yikes!
