Holiday Cookie Extravaganza '07

This year, I started what I hope will become an annual tradition. I baked cookies - a LOT of cookies - and sent them to friends and family all over the country. Now, I realize that this is not a particularly novel idea. However, when you consider the fact that my family have never been big on gifts, holidays, or traditions, and that I’m the first one in the family to ever do anything remotely like this, you’ll hopefully understand why this was so exciting for me.

I made 8 different kinds of cookies!

1. Peppermint Whoopie Pies

2. Mazurkas (Fruit & Walnut Shortbread Bars)


3. Blondies (I didn’t take any pictures of these :-()

4. Caramel Apple Rugelach


5. Spiced Peach Rugelach

6. Half-Moon Sammies (before I dipped them in dark chocolate - see box below for completed product)



7. Snickerdoodle “Candycanes”


8. Giant Triple Thumbprints


And I even had fun putting together the gift boxes! I bought basic paper boxes and ribbons from Michael’s, and used double-stick tape to decorate the boxes. For the larger boxes, I found some great wine boxes (also at Michael’s) and used ribbon to dress up the tops a bit. Behold:

Welcome!

After playing around with the many other blogging options available out there, I think I've finally settled on a home for my sugary little blog! I've also played around with content - from a catch-all blog, to a food blog that included everything from restaurant reviews to frosting snafus, to what I think is going to be the final rendition: sugar. While I do enjoy all of the other topics I used to try to blog about, my true passion really lies in working with sugar. So far that has meant baking, dessert-making, and cake decorating, and soon I plan to add sugar art to my repertoire. I hope you enjoy following me through my adventures with sugar!