Jackie’s gone Christmas cookie crazy 2009!!!

I had a bit of spare time and a lot of extra chocolate this holiday season so I started dipping and whipping up a storm of Xmas cookies. When I finally finished and I looked back at the boxes of over twenty types of goodies I’d made, the thought did cross my mind that I might need some sort of intervention. I also decided that next year, if I am feeling cookie compelled I would get some elves —if it’s good enuf for Santa… I shared them, I traded them, I gifted them and even had some hand delivered to Trinidad. Needless to say I spread them around and made a few folks very happy.

Baked Goodies:

Stained Glass Shortbread: candied ginger, currants, cranberries and apricot shortbread
Prosperity Cookies: turbinado sugared chocolate dollar signs so all who eat them embody more sweeter profits in 2010
Peppermint Topped Chocolate Candy Canes: chocolate dipped, cinnamon chocolate shortbread with a little crushed peppermint “snow” on top
Xmas Trees Sandwich Cookies: raspberry jam filled w/ chocolate garlands, tiny candy canes & gingerbread sprinkles and ivory balls
Lemon Curd Stars: luscious lemon curd in delicate shortbread (not pictured)
Espresso Dusted Chocolate Cinnamon Stars: cinnamon chocolate shortbread drizzled with chocolate and dusted with espresso sugar
Heavenly Hazelnut Squares
Viennese Crescents: classic buttery almond cookies rolled in powdered sugar
Pistachio Snowballs: same as Viennese crescent, but with pistachios

Chocolate Goodies:

T.J.‘s Peppermint Joe Joes
Christmas Crackle Crunch: crushed sugar wafer and peppermint candy in semi-sweet chocolate
Nutter Butters
Xmas Grahams
Xmas Sugar Wafers
Xmas Sprinkled Pretzels (not pictured)
Xmas Tuiles
Candy Cane Marshmallow Pops
Xmas Sprinkled Marshmallow Pops (not pictured)
Toasted Sesame Chocolate Lace
Pistachio & Cranberry Bark
Peanut, Pretzel, Raisin, Marshmallow Rocky Road

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