Anonymous wrote:My kid wanted to bake cookies for school club so I helped do molasses crinkles and brown butter snickerdoodles. 4 batches of cookies later, I'm pretty much done. I did 2 rounds of homemade chex mix (tabasco garlic, and a sweet&savory south Indian version) for neighbor/friend gifts. I was going to do homemade cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning, but the take-and-bakes were on sale and, well, I'm okay with that for this year. We always have way too many sweets and treats, even when I'm not the one making them!

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Anonymous wrote:Tell us about your holiday baking here! Do you make and distribute cookies? What are you making for Christmas dessert? Etc. Let us know.

*I made a gingerbread cake today (Sally's Baking addiction). It's cooling, so haven't frosted it or tried it yet.

*I made toffee about a week ago, and it was good.

*I want to make pecan pralines like my mother did every Christmas when I was growing up. If anyone knows of a good recipe, that would be great.

OP here. Don't love this gingerbread cake. Super disappointing because I almost always love anything I bake from Sally's recipes. It was dry, not spiced enough (even though I added a bit more cinnamon and cloves than the recipe called for), and the frosting was way too sweet. Not all the recipe's fault though -- I think I overbaked it, and I have finally decided I just don't love cream cheese frosting. Oh well, onward.

Here's my go-to gingerbread: https://smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/gramercy-taverns-gingerbread/ and she did a reworking of it with frosting that is too much for me (I'm a plain w/ powdered sugar type), but my guests have really enjoyed: https://smittenkitchen.com/2015/12/gingerbread-layer-cake/

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Anonymous wrote:Tell us about your holiday baking here! Do you make and distribute cookies? What are you making for Christmas dessert? Etc. Let us know.

*I made a gingerbread cake today (Sally's Baking addiction). It's cooling, so haven't frosted it or tried it yet.

*I made toffee about a week ago, and it was good.

*I want to make pecan pralines like my mother did every Christmas when I was growing up. If anyone knows of a good recipe, that would be great.

OP here. Don't love this gingerbread cake. Super disappointing because I almost always love anything I bake from Sally's recipes. It was dry, not spiced enough (even though I added a bit more cinnamon and cloves than the recipe called for), and the frosting was way too sweet. Not all the recipe's fault though -- I think I overbaked it, and I have finally decided I just don't love cream cheese frosting. Oh well, onward.

Here's my go-to gingerbread: https://smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/gramercy-taverns-gingerbread/ and she did a reworking of it with frosting that is too much for me (I'm a plain w/ powdered sugar type), but my guests have really enjoyed: https://smittenkitchen.com/2015/12/gingerbread-layer-cake/

Anonymous wrote:I have made ginger snap cookies, Christmas frosted sugar cookies (the cut out kind), and going to attempt to make a Buche de Noel on Christmas Day for dinner. A bit nervous about that one. Send tips my way or if you have a tried and true recipe for one

Anonymous wrote:I love to bake but I don’t actually do much at Christmas. Too many other things to do and eat.
I do make truffles every year and give to friends. And this year I made linzer cookies (with a fabulous cranberry raspberry filling) and ginger cheesecake cookies. And today I made cranberry orange bread to give for gifts. I’ll make another batch over the weekend for a neighbor and maybe even to eat myself!
Come January when things are quiet I’ll make a batch of cut out cookies— mittens, snowmen, and snowflakes.
The thing I have long wanted to make and never have is a stollen. Maybe after the new year.