I've got the bug to cook up holiday treats this year. I started by pestering some of my favorite cooks -- begging them for their favorite holiday cookie recipes.
Last night I made "booze balls." This is not a malady; they are a variation of rum balls made with bourbon. I have to say they were pretty good.
On Sunday I made ginger cookies which also turned out pretty good. There was some discussion of whether they should have been softer or crisper but somehow they all vanished from the coffee nook at work.
I realized the other day that I am a Christmas cookies snob. There are certain cookies that we make each year - and they are darn good. Furthermore, chocolate chip cookies with green and red sprinkles do NOT a Christmas cookie make.
Recently someone from Pete's work had sent along some cookies to go with the meal they had made for us. I plate full of cookies is such a happy thing! Sadly these cookies might have been made last year for all of their freshness. Livy and Gunnar got the iced sugar cookies - I had already surmised that they would be lousy. Livy took one bite and said, "She is NOT a good cookie maker!!" Yikes, the snobs have raised a snob.