Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Cookie, Cookie, Cookie Starts With C

As of yesterday the first tins of cookies are stashed away in the downstairs freezer, far away from hungry little hands (can hands be hungry? sure they can, absolutely). These are not the first cookies I've made this season, just the first to make it unmolested into my "For Christmas" stash.

I made Tiffany Snowflakes, which turned out a bit wonky and crooked and my perfectionism was getting all in an uproar, until I realized that my cutter must have gotten squished in the drawer causing the cutouts to be all out of alignment, so I shrugged and made them as purty as I could anyway. I am no great shakes at detail work to begin with...all thumbs, always will be, so I have learned to embrace a certain amount of wonkiness over the years. It adds character, right?



Then I made Spicy Chocolate Love Cookies. Yeah, baby! What do you think Santa will put under your tree if you leave him some of these on Christmas Eve? Something a little naughty, no doubt. ;)



Close up food porn shots:





Mmmmmmm...oh yeah...baby...that's just how I like it. The recipe is a tweaked version of these lovely ones on Luna Cafe.

16 more sleeps...
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    omg. This is true food porn. The snowflakes don't look a bit wonky to me! Pretty pretty pretty. And the chocolate, drool. Gotta catch up here. deb

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  2. MelDecember 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM

    Again, you amaze me!!! You are too humble, and your holiday cookies grow more mindboggling each year. You are my Christmas fairy, thank you for the happy posts! :) Off to eat chocolate and assuage guilt over not baking while snowed in!

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  3. EvangelineDecember 9, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    Oh those cookies are wonky, I just took the photo from a clever angle and chose the nicest ones for the photo op. I also cropped out the COLOSSAL mess in the kitchen. ;) But thanks. The chocolate ones are sooooo good.

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  4. leelDecember 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    omg - the icing on the snowflakes made me squeal like a 5 year old. you do amaze me, oh domestic one!

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  5. BethanyDecember 9, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    Holy moly wonderful. These are ALL gorgeous!!!!!! Wowzers. Very impressed. Love love love the color choises and deisgns too. Wow!

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  6. serenityDecember 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM

    can a person gain weight by looking at nommy cookies??

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  7. NadyaDecember 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Yeah, what's the 'eye candy' calorie count?? These are lovely - love the frosting decorations!

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  8. jill ZaheerDecember 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM

    Those are the most artistic looking cookies- so festive, beautiful in color, in design and picture perfect for the holidays!!

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  9. firstofmanyDecember 11, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    I can almost taste those lovelies! As much as I love chocolate, the Tiffanies are soooooo pretty.

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  10. Caterina GiglioDecember 12, 2009 at 7:25 AM

    love those food porn shots!
    I sooo miss cookies.... and real bread.... and pastries.... and cake.... and pie.... sigh... no more gluten
    guess I will have to relearn baking!

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  11. EvangelineDecember 12, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    Thank you so much. :)

    @Seren You can definitely gain weight just by looking, I am sure of it. But what the hell, it's krees-muss! :)

    @La Dolce Vita That sucks re: the no gluten. My sons have severe allergies to eggs and many other foods. I have had to relearn my cooking and baking several times along the way as new allergies have been discovered. It is tough! But I guess the good news is that there are lots more great products and resources for people on restricted diets (especially gluten free) than ever before.

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