First, I did a round of common American cookies to consume during the Christmas period....not to mention that they were all by popular request from last year, as well!
Fat, Fluffy Snickerdoodles. Wildly sought-after in spite of the fact that they're a simple cinnamon sugar cookie!
Classic Peanut Butter Blossoms. A Hershey's Kiss melting into the center of a sweet and savoury cookie.
Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. Enough said!
The following day, I moved on to making a round of brownies and cupcakes for smaller, more manageable treats after the Christmas feast. Everything was well-received but I'd say people were most excited about the festive brownies.
Triple Chocolate Peppermint Brownies. Decadently chocolately, melt-in-your-mouth brownies with a layer of peppermint buttercream between chocolate layers.
Chai Spiced Cupcakes with Snickerdoodle Frosting. Legitimately taste like chai tea buried under creamy cinnamon frosting.
Funfetti Cupcakes. Vanilla cake, vanilla frosting. For the fussy relatives. I substituted hundreds and thousands for funfetti.
My pièce de résistance, however, was the cake I made for Boxing Day.
Spiced Chocolate Rum Cake. A delicious chocolate cake spiced with rum, allspice and cinnamon, slathered in a decadent chocolate buttercream and covered with Maltesers. I added extra Hershey Kisses to mine, and it looked like this after I coated it with an edible golden spray:
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| Not too shabby! |
I'd be very interested in doing a recipe swap and seeing what you cooked or baked during your holidays, so please click on the comments and link to me some new ideas. I hope you like what I posted, as well -- let me know!
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