Excuses, Excuses

14 Dec 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Christmas

I know there’s no excuse for not blogging since Halloween (!), but I’ll try anyway:

Not so long ago, I turned to my husband and said, “Wouldn’t it be great if we gave everyone jars of homemade cookies for Christmas?”. He, the husband who believes in his wife’s baking skills to no end, agreed wholeheartedly… which is why I’ve been slaving away in my hot kitchen (what was I thinking when I painted it red??) these past few weeks, baking up a storm. A storm of Christmas Cookies.

Two of the cookies, I selected from my trusty old Rose’s Christmas Cookies, which is my most overused cookbook ever: Scottish Shortbread and Mexican Wedding Cakes (oh my god delicious). And, of course, my very own World Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies. What a combination! Buttery, crunchy Shortbread… melt-in-your-mouth (and sometimes in my very warm hands) Mexican Wedding Cakes… and the star of the whole affair, the perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie.

Sadly, not everyone on our list is getting cookies this year. I just can’t handle too much baking. But the ones who are getting them… well, they’re to blame for my lack of blogging. I’m hoping it will be worth it.