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I can't help it. I always go overboard on the holiday baking.
Even with the promise of a cookie exchange with the talented bakers at my office, I still can't hold myself to baking just a couple different treats.
This year, perhaps my most restrained of recent memory, I only baked chocolate crinkles, peanut butter blossoms, sugar cookies and made caramels, turtles and kahlua. My husband also made his Mom's orange bread… for good measure and because he was missing the flavors of home.
I brought only the chocolate crinkles and peanut butter blossoms to the office exchange this afternoon…. Now, I have mints, truffles, biscotti, chocolate peanut butter pinwheels, spritz cookies, cherry cheesecake cookies, bourbon balls and more. Here's a shot of the spread just before we started swapping cookies.
There is no reason I should be consuming these treats, but it makes me happy to have a tray full of goodies to share with friends and family.
What treats make it Christmas at your house?
Lorie Hutson writes and edits stories for the Food section of The Spokesman-Review. She hoards cookbooks and food magazines, but loves sharing great recipes and restaurant tips.
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Carolyn Lamberson is an assistant city editor for The Spokesman-Review. She's a foodie who has no time to cook. Still, a girl can dream ...
Ruth Reynolds is a copy editor at the SR. "I would bake and cook more than I do if I didn't have to keep cleaning off my kitchen counters. My favorite kitchen appliance is my rice cooker. No. My immersion blender."
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pianijennifer1540 on December 25 at 7:34 a.m.
At Christmas I always go overboard with my holiday baking so I can share the goodies with friends and family. Nothing beats the old favorites, but I always try a few new recipes each year. I am the happiest person around when I am making up my cookie trays, all wrapped up in pretty cellophane and bows. I live in Venezuela, and here they do not have the tradition of holiday baking like we do in the US. I love being able to share something special (and delicious!) with others, and in that way I am continuing with a very wonderful holiday tradition!