Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas. I love the food, the family, the decorations, the tree and the rituals. What doesn't excite me as much now as it did when I was younger is the gift giving part. I enjoy the giving much more now than the getting -- carefully choosing a thoughtful (yet moderately thrifty) gift. I come from a big family, so shopping for 9+ people just in the immediate family can be quite the chore. I am not going to think about that today though -- that's still a good four months away.
I want to get back to what I am been dreaming about all day --- cookies. This year the hubs and I will be entertaining the in-laws. This is exciting in the fact that for the first year ever we get to buy a Christmas tree. For other reasons, this will also be a very new and exciting holiday season for us. More on that to come at a later date. Since we'll be hosts for a few weeks, we are going to have to do more than just decorate a Christmas tree and make coffee filter snowflakes. And, baking is the perfect way to fill the time.
The in-laws are from Spain, so I have been thinking about the most traditional Christmas cookies to make. I am open for suggestions (so please leave me some love), but here is my short list of "must-have" sweets:
- Ginger snaps
- Festive sugar cookies with colorful icing
- Pizzelles
- Gingerbread House
- Fudge
- Cocoa cookies with peppermint
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