The holidays are the best excuse for crazy baking. As a tradition, we go cookie crazy the week before Christmas. By the end of our bake-athon, our wrists are sore from beating, mixing and folding, but the end result is always worth it. 6 and 3/4 sticks of butter, 2 pounds of sugar and a dozen eggs (and 2 egg whites) later, we are bouncing off the walls belting out Christmas jingles at the top of our lungs. Good times.
The desert menu for X-mas 2007:
1 sinful pumpkin cheesecake with a whip cream topping
1 swedish tea roll filled with butter, cinamon and marachino cherries
1 batch Christmas snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar
1 batch Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies
1 batch sugar cookies frosted in almond icing
1 batch chocolate ranger bars
And on the side:
Celery, carrots, cucumber and olives with spinach-artichoke dip without the spinach
