Christmas Cookies!!!

14 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Only two weeks left until Christmas! Isn't that great?!? This past weekend, my step-sister and I decorated our Christmas cookies, and I also baked a number of other cookies for Cookie Trays.

We are pros with our Christmas Cookies, we do them every year and we have perfected both the cookie and the frosting recipe.  We also bake and decorate these for a number of other occasions, we had them at my wedding reception, we had them at my mom's graduation party, I made some for Thanksgiving, etc. No, I will not be sharing the recipes here (I'm still have my bakery pipe dream floating in my head). BUT I will share pictures with you :)

 I also baked Spritz cookies, Linzer Cookies, and Molasses Cookies. I might be making macrons a little bit later on, but I'm still not sure about it. Both my Spritz and Molasses recipes come from the Betty Crocker Cooky Book - its the best cookie cookbook ever! Seriously, if you love baking cookies you should get it. The cover has been the same for decades and many of the recipes are old-fashioned, but they are all delightful.

Anywho, that is all! Happy Holidays!

My Favorite Time of Year!

IT IS HERE! IT IS HERE! IT IS HERE!

CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE!!!!

I look forward to the Holiday Season all year! I usually start listening to Christmas music after Halloween, and I never get upset when I see Christmas decorations at stores before November. Ever.

I love everything about the Holiday Season. I love Christmas Music, I love that people are taking extra time to think about giving and helping others, I love that it means extra time with my family, I love that everyone is baking cookies and other goodies, I love the first snow of the year (but it can go away after January 1...), and I love, love, love, Holiday Specials on TV and Holiday Movies!

Another thing I love is putting up the Christmas Tree with my husband. We always watch a Holiday movie and spend the whole evening putting up and decorating the tree (we are perfectionists...). In past years we have watched Die Hard while we complete this beloved and festive tradition (Tim insists that it is a Holiday Movie), but this year we watched on of my childhood favorites "Santa Claus is Coming To Town" followed by "A Charlie Brown Christmas."   

If you haven't watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" do it. Do it right now.

Anyway, I am just bubbling over with excitement and the Christmas Spirit, and I had to share some of it!

 

Happy Holidays from the Hansons!

Up next: Christmas Cookies!