Just hear those sleigh bells ringing...

[tiny_dancer]

I love this time of year, because it's Christmas Dessert Trial baking time. Every year my mom makes an absolutely insane cookie tray (view evidence), and while we always have the basics like biscotti, rugalach and chocolate sambuca crunches, we like to switch up some recipes every year. Today I made a batch of chocolate chili pepper cookies, and a

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[kit_a_licious]

I'm so jealous... now I want to start baking.

[jehscribbler]

My stomach is growling and I'm starving, just looking at that picture of all those scrumptious cookies! (Scrumptious is a great word, in any language.) Mark's Mom always made bunches of cookies of all different types at Christmas up until just the last couple of years. We try to bake some cookies, but don't get as many made as we used to, when I wasn't working full time. And my Mother used to make several kinds of cookies at Christmas time. When I was still at home I liked to experiment with a new recipe each year, too.
An English exit exam, huh? Seems like with four advanced English courses under your belt, the question of whether you can handle the English language would be one of those "duh" questions!

[snowangel_2003]

Yummy! So, would it be okay if I came over to your house for Christmas?

[blueophelia]

Dude, your cookies sound awesome! Could you post recipes for a few of them?

[tiny_dancer]

Absolutely! I'm off on Friday, so I break out mom's good ole cookbook and type out a few of them. Are there any in particular you want? Rugalach, shortbreads, chocolate sumbuca cookies, chocolate chili pepper, kourabiedes?