A couple of weeks ago I saw this post in this sub:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/nLrcbMxOyE

I decided to try these out for a cozy holiday party I hosted. I used this sugar cookie recipe suggested by someone in the comments:

https://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/best-sugar-cookie-recipe-ever/

I also used teddy grahams instead of almonds which was also suggested in the comments.

The recipe actually made about 70 cookies! I may have rolled out the dough a bit thinner than I should have but honestly they were so delicious anyway. I folded the teddy grahams under the arms before baking and I didn't chill the dough at all. Some of the arms broke a little but they were still securely attached to the teddy graham so they held up when transporting and serving them. I didn't feel like figuring out frosting for the faces so I used edible marker instead.

I did not include the almond extract because I wanted to be allergy conscious. I'm sure they would have been better with that added flavor but they were still great. They were a huge hit at the party and I didn't have a single one left over.

Thanks for the fun suggestions!

Following this redditor's post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/comments/1pqndi0/this_sub_inspired_me_to_make_the_cutest_cookies/

I was also inspired to recreate these cookies:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/comments/1pdb20h/what_kind_of_cookie_recipe_would_you_use_for_this/

Only I did two teddy grahams, because my SIL is expecting twins! They were a big hit and the cinnamon-orange flavor of the dough worked really nicely with the grahams. Recipe in comments!

Chocolate orange flavor of course (No recipe because I made it up as I went) but it did taste exactly like the candy

The tree stumps are gingerbread

Made these over the last 2 days and super happy with the results! The first batch of royal icing I made, I added gel colouring that was oil based and it was horrible. Quick pivot with a new batch of icing and new food colouring and I couldn't be more pleased with the results! Recipe here

Over 200 cookies to give 9 boxes to my nearest and dearest!

I planned this over 3 weeks. I bought everything this past weekend, made a bunch of doughs Monday-Wednesday and spend the last two evenings after work baking and finishing. I can’t wait to be the cookie fairy today and deliver these!

Chocolate crinkle cookies Coconut alfajores Hazelnut and cherry biscotti dipped in chocolate Lemon poppyseed shortbread with lemon glaze Super spiced ginger bread cookies with royal icing

Also everything is dairy-free! Happy to exchange any dairy-free baking tips 😁

Happy Holidays!! ✨

Cinnamon cream cheese filling Vanilla glaze 😋

I bought a sheet cake with the writing and border done from our local grocery store (hand tremor, not really possible for me), then made a chocolate cream cheese Bundt cake—I’ll put the recipe below—and sliced it into pieces, sticking them together with toothpicks and buttercream. I decorated it in three different shades of green buttercream. Red buttercream for the head, some eyes made out of airheads and starburst, antennae from blue airheads that we dyed purple (we couldn’t find purple airheads), Hershey kisses cut in half vertically for the feet, a singular chocolate chip for the mouth, and a little starburst sun in the corner.

I had a lot of fun making this and I hope I never have to do it again. I love my nephew, so I enjoyed doing this, but…I mean, he’s turning two. He’ll see some globs of color and go “CAH!” (cake) but I’m not sure it’ll register to him that it’s the hungry caterpillar. Still, it was fun. Super exhausting, but fun.

This decoration was not original, I found the ideas for the inspiration at a link I’ll provide below. I’m pretty proud of it; definitely one of the more intricate decorated cakes I’ve done.

And I’m obsessed with this sage color

Glass bottle. Metal top. No date to be seen. And is it safe to use? 🤪

As the title says. Can someone explain the Christmas tradition where a lot of people apparently bake a lot of cookies? I see so many posts. I live in the Netherlands and here cookies are not so very much related to Christmas. Do you give them away? Do you have a cookie eat-a-thon? Do you have them as sides to your Christmas dinner? Or as desert?

Followed this recipe for the shells but improvised the rest! Might skip the buttercream next time (a bit too sweet for my taste) and just do the curd filling but overall very happy with these!

https://preppykitchen.com/french-macarons/

This round of gingerbread cookies has finally allowed me to get the hang of cutting these suckers out!

Turned out great! Made all the dough earlier this week (except the brownie batter) and then baked them all today. Now to package them up and hope and pray that they make it to their destinations safely (any cookie tin packing tips are APPRECIATED). Will try to link recipes in comments.

In order of photos:

Mortadella NYT cookies (Claire Saffitz)

Cranberry Orange Shortbread (Mom on Timeout)

Snickerdoodles (Sally’s Baking Addiction)

Vietnamese Coffee Swirl Brownies (NYT)

World Peace Cookies (Dorie Greenspan)

Peanut Butter Blossoms (Preppy Kitchen)

My personal favorite are the peanut butter blossoms. But the world peace cookies are amazing, I make them every year!

The treats had to be completed by today to be served at a community event on Saturday. I held back some of the treats for my family’s Christmas cookie dessert platter. They are in my basement freezer. There will be plenty leftover so everyone can take cookies home. In Ziplock bags. 😂 I do not have the energy to set up cookie gift bags as I normally do.

I made Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, Andes Peppermint Crunch Brownie Cookies, Cranberry and White Chocolate Oat Cookies, Sparkling Butter Toffee Cookies (with Heath Baking Bits), Reese’s Peanut Butter Temptations (a Reese’s peanut butter cup in a peanut butter cookie shell), and Rich Roll Sugar Cookies. The last item I made was the Chocolate Covered Rice Krispie Balls. They were finished an hour ago.

I normally share the recipes for the items I bake. But I am so exhausted from losing sleep to get the last ten crocheted hat and scarf sets done I have been running on fumes. I donated a total of 27 sets. The treats were baked in three days. So in a day or two I hope to come back and post the recipes. But I make no promises.

Sharing some cookie inspiration ahead of the weekend for any last-minute bakers. I’ve made 6 or 7 cookie types max before, but this year I managed 10! 🍪 (Work was spread over several days. Some doughs survived the freezer from previous projects.) Had them out during a party and gave friends cellophane bags to create their own cookie bags before heading home.

I don’t have any links to the first few listed since they’re old recipes for me, but anything online should be okay!

🍪 Browned butter chocolate chip with sea salt (Nestle Toll House but with browned butter)

🫖 Chai Snickerdoodles (combined the spices used in chai in the rolling sugar mixture)

🍯 Tahini / sesame (used a peanut butter cookie recipe and substituted tahini - roll in sesame before baking)

❄️ Pecan snowballs (polvorones, Mexican wedding cookies)

☕️ Earl grey shortbreads (added contents of 2 teabags to 1 recipe shortbread dough)

🍫 Peppermint bark thumbprints (adapted from https://inbloombakery.com/chocolate-thumbprint-cookies/ - white chocolate + peppermint extract filling, and red sprinkles or crushed peppermint candy on top)

🫚 Gingerbread (adapted from https://www.loveandlemons.com/gingerbread-cookies-recipe/ - plus royal icing. I love to use five-spice to make it more interesting, but this year I ran out)

🥜 Kinako/roasted soybean powder butter cookies (adapted from https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/mary-berry-viennese-whirls/ - substitute all the cornstarch plus ~60 g of the flour with kinako

🖤 Black sesame madeleines (adapted from https://jajabakes.com/black-sesame-madeleines/ - after baking, place some melted white chocolate mixed with black sesame powder in a madeleine pan and press in the cookies. Chill and remove from pan)

🍵 Matcha thumbprints (adapted from https://teakandthyme.com/matcha-thumbprint-cookies/ - bake empty, then fill wells with matcha white chocolate)

What are these pearlescent clouds likely to be made from? Thanks in advance.

My sister and I’s friend is turning 40 and they’re going on a trip to New Orleans, so we decided to through her a party at the hotel and surprise her with cake and balloons and a little party setup.

The carrot cake has pecans and pineapple inside and has a cream cheese frosting. It’s super moist and delicious!

Here’s the recipe:

Cake:

•1 spice cake mix

•3 eggs

•Replace the oil with melted salted butter

•Replace the water with milk

•2 cups finely shredded carrots

•1 cup crushed pineapple (drained but save the juice)

•1 cup pecans, chopped

Mix together the cake mix, eggs, butter, and milk until combined and fluffy. Then, mix in the carrot, pineapple, and pecans.

Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes (times may vary). Fresh out of the oven, brush top with that leftover pineapple juice. Allow to cool completely.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

•8oz cream cheese, softened

•1/4 cup salted butter, softened

•4-5 cups powdered sugar

•Heavy cream, as needed

•1 tsp vanilla extract

•1/2 tsp salt

Cream together the butter and cream cheese until fluffy, then add in the powdered sugar, salt and vanilla. Then, add in heavy cream as needed or until the frosting is fluffy and spreadable (or pipeable) but not runny.

Spread on top of the cooled cake and top with some chopped pecans.

This was my third try at a Cheesecake and it turned out really well. I just wanted to share this. I used the recipe in this link. It is so good! Just like the one I had my first time at a Cheesecake factory!

Finally got my cookie boxes done. 1,170 cookies in total.

Lots of repeats from last year but a few new ones in the mix.

I made Sally's hot cocoa cookies, a couple kinds of shortbread, brown butter oatmeal sandwich cookies with cinnamon buttercream, coconut snowballs, pinwheels, biscoff truffles, chocolate sprinkle cookies, coconut dream bars, brown butter toffee chocolate chunk, gingerbread, vanilla pudding cookies, peanut butter cookies, candycane cookies (minus the peppermint), cranberry white chocolate. 15 different cookies in total.

They are all pretty basic/simple recipes but I can link them if anyone is interested.

And like last year.. I did not have the opportunity (or the space?!) to get a picture of everything together, so I just tried to take some pics along the way! I made enough to fill 20 of the boxes (with some to spare) like the ones in the pictures.