Here we go again! Snow is falling and I am getting ready for New Years Eve. We will be celebrating tonight with a small group of friends at a house party. The food will be good and we always have fun. It is sad that the holiday season is coming to an end. But I am looking forward to a new year. Let's hope 2010 is a good one! 
I had a lot of will power right up until Christmas Day. I was able to bake batches of cookies, breads and dip almost anything in chocolate without over indulging. I am not sure where my will power went, but it hasn't come back. I had to sample the brownie pie, the blueberry pie, the chocolate peanut butter balls, the grape nut ice cream ( I could do a blog just about that!), the chocolate birthday cake (my sister-in-law is a Christmas baby), the cherry winks and finally the egg biscuits! I did not eat all this in one day, mind you. Tomorrow, my will power better be back! I have to get back on the good eating wagon! How boring is that! 
Merry Christmas!
I wish I could say that this is the last batch of cookies and chocolate covered pretzels but that is not the case. The oven is preheating and I am getting ready to make Peanut Butter Blossoms and more Raspberry Thumbprint cookies! 
I have been baking since I was 14 and I have never made a Gingerbread cookie or for that matter any kind of rolled out cookie. They were so easy and so cute! I will be making more of these next year. I will definitely have more candy for decorations
My daughter said the Thumbprint cookies were like little danishes. A cookie for breakfast, what a fantastic idea! 
Please help yourself to a little chocolate treat, or two. There are chocolate covered Oreos, a few pieces of cranberry pistachio bark and Butterfinger bells. I made this little box of treats for a friend. I made quite a few treats this weekend. A few more assorted cookies and I will be done with all the baking and chocolate covered treats.
Not a lot of words needed here, this little sign says it all. 
I made a little JOY banner for the window over the kitchen sink. I am keeping the decorations simple this year. Our tree looks really pretty, there are a lot of ornaments on it this year, lots of white ornaments. I did not do that on purpose, it just worked out that way. But the weather has been too cloudy to get a great picture of the tree. It is gray again here today, but this is winter in New England. I also like gray days. Well, I am off to the market to get the ingredients to make "The Barefoot Contessa's" macaroni and cheese. Yum! Then watch a few football games and wrap a few presents.
Thank for visiting!
