Grandma Got Runover By a Reindeer!

T// Christmas Sugar Cookies with Homemade Royal Icing!

My first Christmas Sugar Cookies! Slaved all day baking and trying to cut out shapes with a steak knife, so is the life of the baker with no cookie cutters. Ended up with whimsical triangles decorated with icing as Christmas trees, actual Christmas tree shapes, candy canes, and one star/snowflake. The icing process was definitely the highlight. Had an afternoon bake-off with my momtoday; we made a combined total of 4 types of cookies, 6-7 batches total.

It's that time of the year.... PEANUT BUTTER WALNUT TIME!! (again)

T// Walnut Peanut Butter Cookies Part II

So I decided to dedicate the day to baking and settled on my good ol' walnut peanut butter cookies once again and something a little festive (see next post). I'm one of those people who get giddy-like-a-kiddy around Christmas time, so tying those little bows on my cookies at the end, reminiscent of gift-giving, made my tiring day slaving over my kitchenaid and the oven worth it. =)

Finger Lickin' Good! (Yes. It's REAL chicken.)

T// Popcorn Chicken!

My rendition of finger lickin' good popcorn chicken, made with REAL chicken breasts. I decided to serve it with a side of Spicy Mayo and Plum Sauce just to spice it up and forgo the usual ketchup. Delish!