This is what we have accomplished so far:
We are not done yet. Still in the lineup are the Holly Wreaths and the Neopolitan Rainbow Cookies. Then there is the experiment cookie I’m going to make. Or, make up. We’ll see how that one turns out. If it’s good, it may be another family tradition.
Many of these cookies are tradition. My mom used to make many of them & therefore, they must make an appearance at Christmas. Are there any cookies that are a must have at your house for Christmas; special holiday cookies that are required under the penalty of banishment into a corner with only stale cookie crumbs to eat as punishment if the cookies are missing?
I decided to come back and identify the cookies. Starting in the upper, left – gingerbread men (yeah, self evident). Then we have the chocolate swirls. Next are snickerdoodles (Neala’s recipe) but instead of cinnamon/sugar, we went for colored Christmas color sugar. Then something new: pignoli nut cookies. (They are NOT pine nuts. Not in this house!) In the middle we have Virginia’s oatmeal cookies. Then thumbprint cookies. The Christmas tree cookies are one my mom always used to make. The white ones are mom’s crescent cookies except I have reshaped them and they are now called snowball cookies. Last are the candy canes.
