Christmas Cookies

OK.... While I'm on a roll here... I might as well add a long overdue post about Christmas Cookies. This year, the combination of Veronica being out of state (in Louisiana) and a well timed weekend snow storm, meant that I had two full days of baking prior to Christmas. I anticipated the snowstorm, not by shopping for bread, milk and eggs, but for butter, sugar and eggs. Except that I went through two pounds of butter on day 1 and had to brave the drifts to walk the four blocks to the grocery store for another two pounds of butter for day 2 (and some cocoa powder and other items).

Two days of baking. Eight batches of cookies.

Here's the list:

Pecan Sandies from Smitten Kitchen
---Love these! Really great texture and flavor
Chocolate Espresso Sandwich Cookies from Joy the Baker
---Not particularly espresso-y, but amazing! Not very sweet. Like oreos without the chemicals.
Salted Chocolate Vanilla Bean Cookies from Joy the Baker
---I'm not sure if I like the chocolate or vanilla side better. Mine weren't as attractive as Joy's but they were delicious.
Chocolate Toffee Cookies from Smitten Kitchen
---Super chocolatey and nice chewy texture.
Linzer Cookies from Martha Stewart
---A bit frustrating, but delicious and festive. Cookies soften quickly once the jam is put between them (about a day)
Sugar Crusted Ginger Chewies from Joy the Baker
---Chewy and gingery, but not astonishing
Cowboy Cookies from Martha Stewart
---Ok. Crispier than I like. Great way to use up miscellaneous items in pantry (chocolate chips, coconut, nuts, etc.)
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from Abby Sweets
---After making peanut butter cookies with a friend last year that ended up more like peanut butter pancakes, I looked around A LOT before finding these. They were GREAT!

All of these were good. The Cowboy Cookies and Ginger Chewies were probably my least favorite, but only because by comparison they weren't as stellar as the others. They were still really good.

The cookies that I most WANTED to make but DIDN'T: Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies from Joy the Baker and Maple Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies from Noble Pig. Maybe next year.