Day eleven:::Cookies!

Christmas means celebrating:

Jesus
love
peace
joy
and
c 0 0 k i e s ! ! !

We made cookies 3 times this past week!
Hello! This is my season to shine.
Cookies.
COOKIES!
I love them.

the Hunk rolls, measures & cuts dough
for our gingerbread house

First, there was the gingerbread.
There was dough left over
after making the house
so we made little gingerbread men.
Yum. And like I said before,
just once a year is it tasty.
:)

Our Buggy brought home a cute one from preschool.

I am LOVING my celebration cookie bugg apron
and bugg mugg
from my dear friend, Sandie.

LooooOOOOooooove it!
Thank you, sweet friend.
SO....
back to cookie business.


The thing that sets cookies apart from
Christmas cookies
is the extra magical special flavor & sparkle.
Dressing up a simple cookie to put
a jingle in your jolly belly.
Something that says,
"mmmmmmm-merry Christmas!"
And when it comes to chocolate cookies,
(my fave)
MINT must be heavily involved.

I made a chocolate dough
(my sister's secret recipe that I finally fanaggled from her)
and mixed in white chocolate chips.
Just before baking,
I added peppermint bits to the tops.
Merry, eh?

I took these lovelies to the family Christmas party
last night.
Chocolate crinkles are great as is.
But plant a Hershey's mint kiss on top
and you add a holiday BAM! to your palate.

I mean it.
BAM!

If you add the kisses
before
taking them off the cookie sheet,
they make a gooey pretty puddle
of minty merry madness.

Santa's belly is full & jolly!