I wanted to do something with candy eyes for quite some time. I had some leftovers from my Halloween Monster Cookies and I did not want them to go bad. You know – an open bag of eyes does not stay fresh for too long… juuuust kidding ;) A friend of mine was asking for funny Christmas cookies, so I made these Double Chocolate Speculoos Reindeer Cookies. That’s all ;)
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Is Christmas around the corner for you or still light years away? Here in Germany, you can buy Christmas cookies since late August already. We don’t have a “Thanksgiving season” between summer and Christmas ;P The first time I heard “Last Christmas” from Wham! this year happened quite some time ago… a sign for you to get the Christmas presents ready ;)
For me personally, Christmas season started beginning of October. I met with some blogger colleagues on an event in Hamburg called “Lidl-Backstube”. Christmas songs were playing constantly, mulled wine and loads of Christmas cookies like my Macadamia White Chocolate Kisses. From that point on all was about Santa and the jolly time of the year ;)
Are you ready for some nuts? Maybe some Christmas cookies with pecans and chocolate? Sounds good? Well… surprise, surprise! I got something for you with those ingredients. Delicious Pecan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies in da house! If you want to make some cookies for Christmas, these are the ones to make. Seriously ;)
Are you ready for some chocolate? I bet you are! I hardly know anybody that does not like chocolate. It’s the best! I mean you should not eat toooo much at once, but if you eat a little here and there it’s absolutely fine! This Cherry Chocolate Mousse Cake is made with loads of cherries so it’s actually a healthy fruit cake, right? :P
Which Christmas cookies are your favorite cookies? Cinnamon stars? Vanilla crescents? Or maybe sandwich cookies? There are sooooo many to choose from! ;) I always have problems deciding what to take when offered a variety of Christmas cookies. Of course, I always take at least one of each (if nobody sees me). When it comes to Christmas cookies, I really like the ones with a filling a lot. Jam filling?! OMG. So good! I guess you know now, why I made these Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies ;)
Happy 4th Advent Sunday! Have you been shopping already and got all the gifts you want and need? What about your dinner plans for the holidays? What are you going to cook? I am still deciding on what we are going to have for dinner. I know, I’m a bit late, but at least the dessert for one of the days is fixed: Christstollen (Christmas fruit loaf) dumplings with vanilla sauce. So good!
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;)
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