It’s Christmas cookie time

[Food Network Fan]

It’s Christmas cookie time

01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

By Gail Ciampa

Journal Food Editor
It may seem like nothing to add five new cookie recipes to one’s Christmas repertoire, but it is. The choices of what to bake are limitless and it can almost paralyze a cook to decide between recipes.
Do you want to make thin, delicate cookies which you drape over a wooden spoon or rolling pin to finish? Is chocolate to be a theme?
Will nuts be a big part of the cookie tray? Are filled cookies on the menu? Bar, drop or rolled, that is another question?
I looked through cookbooks, new and old, magazines and online and was tempted by so many I started making lists. Then I signed up for e-mails of the Food Network’s 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. I looked through my food editor mail and found recipes mailed by trade groups and companies.

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I subscribed to the 12 days of Christmas Cookies on the Food Network too.

[BerryBaby]

I signed up as well. Only found one that sounded different to me. It is the recipe from Poland for Mazurkas. It has dried apricots, dates, cherries, raisins and candied orange peel. I'll let you know how they turn out.

[BerryBaby]

Just made a batch of my traditional Chocolate Rum cookies..the house smells very sweet. Christmas tree and cookie smells together...ahhh, I love the holidays!

[Food Network Fan]

I am still a bit on the qweezy side from being sick, and now my hubby has it. I am not sure if I could find any scents pleasant right now, but hopefully everyone will be back in good form this weekend. The weather is supposed to turn bad... rain to snow, probably too wet to make candy. I will get the cookies going hopefully. I see from UPS my replacement vanilla is out for delivery so it should be here soon.