Holiday Baking!

Christmas... the most wonderful time of the year! And I'm at it again, baking old favorites like gingerbread men, frosted lemon-sugar cookies; and I'm making some new favorites, like a recent recipe I found for Hermit bars that taste just like the fruit bars I loved eating as a kid that came from our family's favorite bakery, Smith's. Here they are:

These are so good with their chewy texture, just the right amount of spices and raisins.

I bake this lemon-sugar cookie every year, but this time I made them all in miniature size--what fun! They are just right to pop one in your mouth. Bite size! I frosted them with royal icing and added sprinkles. That's all. 

Cookies all nestled in their cozy tin waiting to go to neighbors! Sugar cookies with nonpareils, orange-cranberry cookies, Hermits, and lastly, Krumkakes. 

This is my old favorite Krumkake iron I used to make my Krumkakes, which are Scandinavian waffle cookies spiced with cardamom and served around the holidays.

They are a delicate, delicious cookie that can be eaten plain, or stuffed with whipped cream, fruit, or custard... or anything else you want. Ice cream would be good, too!

Gingerbread people are a "must" to make every year! They're so fun to make and smell up the house real good. All that cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and molasses. I just love these!