Question of the day - Saturday, December 3rd

Good morning everyone

Sorry this one is a bit late.  I meant to post it last night, but I think I clicked on the preview button instead of submit

Do you bake any cakes or any special recipes for Christmas?

I have a couple that I make every year.

Cherry Peek-a-boo Cake



Matrimonial cake



Apple Danish



And a few others including a secret family recipe for chocolate chip cookies

I usually bake chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies. We're not too big on sweets, and my m-i-l bakes enough for an army, so I don't bake like I used to.

Breton Brittle is probably my favorite thing that I cook only at Christmas....yummy yummy

Usually I just make cookies, but my Mom always made a Jewish Apple Cake for Christmas that was to die for. And Grandma would make her rum cake. I'm going to try to make one of those this year (probably the rum cake  ).

 Oh my gosh did you have to put pics on??  I don't really have time to do much baking but I do enjoy it.x

Around the holidays I like to do various types of truffles/balls (peanut butter, cookie dough, oreo, red velvet are some examples) and candy cane chocolate bark. Yumyum

Don't bother anymore - no one eats the stuff except a couple of us that don't need it and my baking and cooking have been banned as most isn't healthy enough for some people. I just go pick up assorted cheeses and that is that. .

I'm the family's baker now.

Rick needs his Snickerdoodles. Our son needs his Chocolate Crinkles. The grandchildren want their cut-out cookies. So I bake a large assortment of many different kinds of cookies and we share with everybody. Rick and I take cookies into work. I have a list about ten people around the US that we mail cookies to and they always appreciate them.

Today (Sunday) I am baking my basic drop or molded cookies:

Snickerdoodles

Chocolate Crinkles

Pecan Sandies

Chocolate Chip Cookies (a recipe from King Arthur that calls for vinegar....these cookies are amazing)

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunkers

Sesame Coins

Raisin Puffs

Lemon Sponge Cake Cookies

Later on I'll make:

Thumbprint Cookies

Candy Cane Cookies

Snow Flake Cookies (put two together with a bit of chocolate frosting)

Spritz Cookies (with the cookie press...Rick is better with the cookie press than me, so he'll help)

Macaroon Kiss Cookies (I like them better with a maraschino cherry on each cookie instead of the Hershey's kiss; Rick hates them because they're rolled in coconut)

Christmas Cookie cut-outs (from Martha Stewart)

A new recipe that I want to try for Maple Cut-out Cookies (just found the recipe and it's calling to me)

I also make miniature Lemon Cakes (an Ina Garten recipe) that I add to our cookie parcels. Those little Lemon cakes are delicious. And I always make several batches of Almond Brittle, too. Several years ago, I made my first batch of Alton Brown's White Trash and people just raved about it. That goes into our mailing parcels now, too. Homemade Marshmallows (another of Ina's recipes) is wonderful in hot chocolate.....yum!

I love to bake. Usually during December, I'll take a night or two during the weeks and bake cookies. And one of my weekend days every weekend in December will be spent in the kitchen. I'll turn the stereo on and sing along to Aerosmith or Deep Purple (my old rock standbyes) while I'm baking. The night goes by so fast. Rick calls me his Rockin' Baker because I'll belt out along to the songs.

Our Christmas Day dessert is usually some kind of cheesecake because that's what everybody likes. I don't eat cheeescake, so I'll nibble from the cookie tray. Not a biggie.

Here are pictures from cookie baking a few years ago:

Winchester said:

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunkers

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oooooo Care to share this recipe?





I have to bake chocolate chip cookies for every single family occasion. There would be a huge revolt if I didn't. :lol3:

AbbysMom said:

oooooo Care to share this recipe?
I have to bake chocolate chip cookies for every single family occasion. There would be a huge revolt if I didn't.

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I posted it last night in the Cookies section of the Recipe Exchange. And some other cookie recipes, too.

I made chocolate chip cookies yesterday, too! I think it's a law or something that chocolate chip cookies are part of the main food groups!

I'm not a baker at all, never have been but for some reason I have a HUGE craving to do some baking this year, so we'll see I guess.