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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I expect pitchforks to come out for this comment, but could it also just be that Christmas cookies aren't that good?

I am admittedly a "meh" baker, much prefer cooking to baking. But when we are given assortments of cookies this time of year (for which I thank people profusely and am very much grateful for their kindness), there's honestly rarely anything I'd actually like to eat? I feel terrible because I know how much effort goes in, but I'd rather have your standard chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin than all these fancy-looking ones. It's like there's an inverse relationship between looks and taste.[/quote]

A lot of holiday cookies are not at all fancy. My holiday baking list:

Gingerbread with royal icing
Shortbread with royal icing
Spritz with sprinkles (very similar to shortbread recipe but slightly different formulation so I can use them in the cookie press)
Molasses spice cookies with orange sugar
Peanut butter kids cookies

I love a good oatmeal cookie and will sometimes throw in an oatmeal (sans raisins, my kid hates them) to this mix just to mix it up.

None of these are hard to make or particularly fancy, you can get fancy with frosting or sprinkles or you can literally just slap it on.[/quote]

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