Day 1 … Cream Cheese Wreaths

Here we go … Day 1 of the 12 Days of Cookies, 2017 edition also known as “One Dough, Twelve Cookies.” By now, maybe you’ve made a batch or two of the basic butter cookie dough from the last post or have considered it. This is good. This is very, very good. It’s a simple dough with just 6 common ingredients that you probably have in your house, right now at this very minute. You could make a batch of dough today! Then you could start right off with a childhood favorite of mine: Cream Cheese Wreaths.

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getting over the bah-humbug … The Christmas Cookie Primer

It’s Christmas cookie time.  You know it is.  I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas cookies and I don’t think I’m alone on this one.  It’s that time of year when all my good intentions go out the window because there’s just too much to do and not enough time to do it.  It happens like clockwork and yet always catches me by surprise when I find myself completely overbooked and overwhelmed.  Then, because I don’t have enough going on, I realize I have those holiday cookies to bake but I have to say, I make some damn fine cookies.  I think my friends would agree. Well, I hope they do otherwise I’m going to have to reconsider my gift list.

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