Mele Kalikimaka and Happy Hanukkah!

If your last name is Wheaton, Goldberg or Altmar...STOP...pretend you didn't see this post!  

I haven't given you these cookies yet, so you're not allowed to look!
UPDATE:  It is now safe for the above mentioned people to look!

Because some of the family was so lucky to spend a few weeks in Hawaii recently, 

I decided to make a bunch of Hawaiian-themed cookies for presents this year.

(Thanks for the idea, Diane!)

I'll tell you what though...it was tough to find these 

tropical cookie cutters in the dead of winter.

My mom and I may have spent about an hour in a big craft store trying to 

bend a cross-shaped cookie cutter into a palm tree...yeah, it didn't work so well.

Thankfully, we finally found all these great cutters at the wonderful 

Carolyn's Cake Supplies and the Kitchen Engine.

Mele Kalikimaka and Happy Hanukkah!

More Christmas Cookies!!

I've been spending my days in the kitchen baking, baking, and baking some more!

These Christmas cookies were so much fun to bake...

although, as silly as it sounds, my right arm was really 

tired from squeezing the frosting bag all day long!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!

Happy Holidays!

Let the Christmas Baking Begin!

This year, all the family is getting COOKIES for Christmas!

 Not only are these presents delicious, they come with a donation to UNICEF!

Happy Holidays!

Phew! Oh and Merry Christmas!

All the Christmas cookies have been baked, decorated, packaged up all pretty, delivered, and are likely being munched on as I type...well, they're at least being gobbled down by those of you who like to eat cookies for breakfast...like me :)  Merry Christmas everyone!!

May Your Days Be Merry and Bright!

I just shipped a whole box of holiday cookies off to Kansas City, Kansas!  I just love how biscuit cutters make those cute scalloped edges!  Too bad I'm in the middle of finals and can't just bake the days away!