Gift Giving: Baking Christmas Goodies
It has been a busy week! Tomorrow I am very excited to have the opportunity to get together with Ashley from Reflecting on the Simple Things in Life and cook up some yummy recipes to share with friends, family and neighbors. It should be a lot of fun and I am sure we’ll have some funny stories to tell and pictures to share. I have all my recipes marked and a table full of ingredients to pack. The girls are licking their lips thinking about all the amazing goodies that are going to be created tomorrow. They have been asking for two weeks if the “baking” day was here yet.
Here is what we are looking forward to baking tomorrow:
- Homemade Peppermint Oreos
- Puppy Chow
- Bon Bons
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Chocolate Pretzels/Snowmen
- Chocolate Crackle Tops
- Cinnamon Stars
- Super Chocolate Cookies
- Sour Spirals
- Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
- Candy Cane Cookie Cups
- Oreo Truffles
- Orange Dreamsicle Cookies
- Berry Shortbread Dreams
- Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
- Sugar Cookies/Bears
- Cheerio Christmas Trees
Several of the recipes I have never tried, however, they all appear to be fairly easy to make. It will be interesting to see what we can accomplish in a few hours and if we have any hiccups along the way. No matter what happens it will be a day full of fun and memories. Since the oven will be full of baking goodies we decided to give ourselves a break from cooking a meal for everyone and will be ordering pizza for dinner.
While we are busy in the kitchen cooking the men will be helping entertain the kids, enjoying some time gaming together among other tasks I am sure they will be delegated to do. They don’t get together as often now with all the busy family schedules so they are looking forward to some fun time too. The kids are really excited about having some time to play together while we cook. Although I have been told from my girls that they want to taste every recipe to make sure it is good before we give it to anyone else. So now I am off to pack up the ingredients, sprinkles and all, so we can eat dinner at the table tonight. I look forward to sharing our adventures with you next week!
