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I make chex mix after Christmas. We have a week with everyone here and sick of sweets.

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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!

I want some Chex mix. I’ll have to try and make some today. The stuff that you buy is just nowhere near the same.

+1
Chex mix is a great idea for us savory types on this baking thread.
I'll try to score some of these to swap out for the very unpopular pretzels:
They never have them at the grocery stores but I have seen them at cvs I think.

I made some at thanksgiving and it wasn’t as good as I remembered. I found the bagel chips at grocery store.

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Anonymous wrote:I bought a bunch of cookie ingredients but now I don't have the energy, maybe I'll do it after Christmas.

DH made fudge from a giant tub of marshmallow fluff, overcooked it, and now I don't know what to do with two big trays of brick hard fudge. I asked him to just make half at a time but ....

OMG, same. I was just staring into my kitchen wondering if I could manage to get up and make the easiest-to-make cookies. I think it's a "no."

Anonymous wrote:I have been having health problems since Thanksgiving, so I’ve only managed chocolate raspberry crumb bars and lemon cream cheese cookies this year. You do what you can.

Anonymous wrote:I made cardamom cherry walnut rugelach (tastes good but looks messy, jam leaked), my times guchujang cookies, Mexican wedding cookies with dried cherries and pistachios and a variation of chocolate chip cookies with white chocolate, dark chocolate and hazelnuts. Hazelnut butter in the dough as well.

Also made an orange almond cake and making this tomorrow:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017758-sticky-cranberry-gingerbread?unlocked_article_code=1.-08.Y7ff._c1NPvQ2k9Yt&smid=share-url

And just finished Browning 12lbs of Swedish meatballs.

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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!

I want some Chex mix. I’ll have to try and make some today. The stuff that you buy is just nowhere near the same.

+1
Chex mix is a great idea for us savory types on this baking thread.
I'll try to score some of these to swap out for the very unpopular pretzels:
They never have them at the grocery stores but I have seen them at cvs I think.

I made some at thanksgiving and it wasn’t as good as I remembered. I found the bagel chips at grocery store.

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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

I'm going to do Sally's Baking Addiction Buche de Noel next week for an after Christmas party that I'm hosting. I just made her Chocolate Cake Roll and the Buche de Noel is almost identical, except different flavors/ingredients. When I unrolled the cake after it cooled, it did crack. But once I frosted it with the chocolate ganache, it covered the imperfections. So I would imagine the same would be true with the Buche. I used a towel instead of parchment paper when I rolled it. And go slowly when unrolling.

Anonymous wrote:I bought a bunch of cookie ingredients but now I don't have the energy, maybe I'll do it after Christmas.

DH made fudge from a giant tub of marshmallow fluff, overcooked it, and now I don't know what to do with two big trays of brick hard fudge. I asked him to just make half at a time but ....

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a good roll out sugar cookie recipe? I usually do the all recipes one, thinking of trying Sally's Baking Addiction this time, but would love a recommendation.