Christine wrote:

> Well..it is time for another cookalong, if anyone wants to join in. On
> December 8th and 9th.
>
> There is a reason for this going over two days..and it started with
> me.. I will be making my fruitcake those two days...and a few of us
> started thinking along the same lines. Why not have a baking
> cookalong?
>
> For me, it will be my fruitcake..but if any of you want to fix
> something else, that is fine. A bit of holiday baking...? A
> fruitcake, a fruit bread? Stollen? What do you generally bake for
> the holidays?
>
> Or do you want to try something new to you? Want to try making a
> fruitcake? Want to try making stollen? Want to make something else?
>
> Anyway, this will start the afternoon of December 8th. I will finish
> up my fruitcake on December 9, so anyone that wants to join in..can do
> so both days, or either day.


I'll be making fruitcakes on the 4th, and brandy-spritzing them every couple
days for the next two weeks. I need them to have mellowed for two weeks by
the 19th. I might also make a sacher torte on the 5th, since that's National
Sacher Torte Day.

I'll be working on the 8th, but I might be able to do some more holiday
baking on the 9th. My Christmas desserts will be a cherry-mincemeat pie and
Mexican chocolate pots de creme, but I'm not going to make them until
Christmas Day. I might make cookies on the 9th: I like the cornmeal-ginger
cookie recipe in _Cafe Beaujolais_ as well as the Cook's Illustrated recipe
for butter cookies.


Bob