"Nexis" > wrote in message
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> Spectacularly fun! :-)
>
> I made French Christmas cookies, as I do every year, both because they are
> a tradition, and because everyone around here began clamoring for them the
> morning after Thanksgiving!
>
> This year, as I have in the past few years, I made the commitment to
> finding a new cookie recipe to love. I did it! They are called cappuccino
> love bites (my daughter said "they're called love bites because you fall
> in love with them!). They are similar in texture to a good sugar
> cookie...you know the kind with the crisp edges and chewy interior? The
> dough is formed into balls and rolled in a combination of raw sugar and
> instant espresso. I'll include the recipe below. Try them, they are soooo
> good.
>
> We also made snickerdoodles, and something my daughter decided should be
> named snickeldoodles. I don't know if ya'll have seen them but they have
> caramels in little bits now (about the size of chocolate chips) so you
> don't have to unwrap them. Well, we thought they looked like chocolate
> chips, so we should have them in a cookie...and snickerdoodles just seemed
> like a good fit :-) They were! We put a few into the center of each ball
> before rolling in the cinnamon sugar.
>
> The last little treat we made was peppermint meringues, which we sprinkled
> with crushed candy canes and dipped the bottoms in melted bittersweet
> chocolate. My niece graciously informed me as they were leaving that she
> left me 3! lol
>
> Other contributions of the evening: 7 layer bars, decorated sugar cookie
> trees (green tinted lemon glaze, yum!), peanut butter white chocolate
> cookies, bittersweet chocolate truffle cookies, Russian tea cakes, and
> almond-oatmeal crescents.
>
> All in all, I declare this year's cookie party a complete success :-) If
> you've never had one, I really encourage you to give it a try.
>
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that's cool...we do the same thing here with family and friends...started
off as a "make something for Christmas" day, kids included; began with xmas
decorations, then one year it was xmas earrings, now for past few years it's
been a cooking day, where we'll make a variety of biscuits (cookies) and
truffle balls

this year it was...

traditional shortbread
lemon coconut biscuits
tollhouse cookies (choc-chip cookies)
white Christmas
apricot and almond balls
choc button biscuits

the kids got to make bead angels, paint xmas door hangers and generally run
my dog ragged <bg>