Christmas Cookies

Last week I baked a ton of Christmas cookies to give as gifts (and to eat).  I will write more about each type of cookie and post photos of each later, but I have to go bake for my New Year's party, so I don't have time right now.

I baked 5 different types of cookies:

Cakey chocolate chip cookies--Yummy chocolate chip cookies that are cakey rather than gooey.  I've made these once before, but this time I made them miniature.

Chocolate brownies--I know these aren't technically cookies, but I cut them into small pieces, so that counts, right?

Cream cheese mints--This is my own recipe, I don't think I've posted it yet, I'll add it later.

Orange butter cookies--These are made with the same basic dough that I used for the almond cookies that I made for my cousin's bridal shower, except I used orange extract instead of almond extract, dyed them green instead of purple and shaped them like Christmas trees instead of flowers.

White chocolate, cranberry, pecan, oatmeal cookies--These were really excellent, the cranberries added a little tartness to the otherwise sweet cookies.

Stay tuned for photos and more details!

Biscuits

I made these biscuits for Thanksgiving dinner, but I've been so busy writing papers since then that I am only just posting them...sorry!

Anyway, they were really good buttermilk biscuits.  They were particularly yummy with cranberry jelly, turkey and mashed potatoes layered on it.  I love Thanksgiving food!

Interestingly they aren't baked in the oven but are actually cooked on the stove in a skillet.  Ideally it should be a cast iron pan of some sort, but I had to make do with a normal pan.

Pumpkin Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce

I made this in lieu of pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving.  It tasted almost exactly like pumpkin pie filling but creamier.  Actually it really was like pumpkin pie filling but creamier...after all it was ice cream.  The chocolate sauce added a really nice touch.  The chocolate sauce accented the seasoned pumpkin ice cream...but then again I'm someone like me who thinks everything should have chocolate on it!

By the way, I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to post this, I know Thanksgiving was almost three weeks ago.  I have been writing papers and studying for exams.  I still have two exams left, but I will bake something this week and post it, I promise!