The actual Christmas cookie list

 

 I like to make a note of how closely I stuck to baking the Christmas cookies I've planned at the beginning of  the season.  Recall, at the beginning of December,  Mr. T (who now does almost all of the cookie baking) had expressed the thought that he would like to add one or two new recipes to the mix this year.  

He also suggested that perhaps there might be cookies that I would like to make personally.   So I added on my old favorite Pepparkakor, which are cut-out cookies, which he has never tackled.  I added on for his benefit the Double-Drizzled Pecan Cookies, the Peppermint Snowballs, the Gingerbread Brownies (all recipes I've made in the past) and the Chocolate-Dipped Maple Logs (which I thought I had never baked, but apparently in 2007 I did).  None of these cookies were baked, however, except for the last-mentioned Maple Logs.  I baked them myself for an informal cookie swap early in December, and they were wonderful.  I also made the Christmas No-Bakes as he has never tried that technique.

For those who are wondering, here's the link to the Christmas no-bakes.  I have dressed these up in all kinds of ways.  This year I skipped the marshmallows, drizzled the cookies with white chocolate and sprinkled with red or green sugar.  Don't think I got a photo.

Mr. T baked two other varieties -- for one, Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, a recipe shared with him by this year's cook at the camp where we volunteer.  Micah devised the recipe himself, and the cookies were a hit at the fall retreats.  After acquiring the recipe, Mr. T was determined to bake these for Christmas.  They are not a Christmas cookie in my book, but he did bake a double batch, I believe.  

The other recipe was Gingerbread Coffeecake Cookies, which I blogged about here.  Oh, were those ever scrumptious!  

I think that does it for the actual Christmas cookie list.  Candy and kitchen gift lists to follow ...