Keeping Creative Kitchens--Christmas Cookie Lineup

The Christmas season is always so busy, and I am always worried about things that won't get done or will be forgotten. My project this weekend is to get the decorations up and to start the Christmas baking. I always do some "annual" favorites and I hope to throw in a few new ones this year. My mother-in-law got me a Christmas Cookie Cookbook and I hope to make one or two recipes out of that this year. Those are to be determined. But here's the lineup of this year's Christmas cookies!

1) Chocolate Chip-- (so familiar, so traditional, so yummy!). My chocolate chip cookies are NOT chewy, because that's how I like them, but they are oh so good.

2) Pineapple Drop--these are my favorite cookies, and I only make them this time of year. I have had to start putting in pineapple extract to help beef up the flavor because it seems that canned pineapple has lost its overall flavor!

3) Pizelles--a traditional Italian flat cookie, these are ALWAYS part of our Christmas cookie lineup. They take forever to make, but I love them.

4) Peanut Butter Kiss--My father and husband's favorites, my favorite part is unwrapping (and eating) the kisses while I wait for the cookies to bake. I hope to have Morgan help roll the cookies in the sugar this year.

4) Butterscotch Crunchies--not a cookie, but always made at Christmas in our family. Some people call these haystacks. It's melted butterscotch chips, chow mein noodles, and peanuts mixed together and left to cool/harden.

5) Peanut Butter and Chocolate Fudge--again, not a cookie but another treat that only is made during the holidays. My parents make the smoothest fudge around! I hope I can get mine close this year.

Cookies 6 and 7 are going to come from my cookie cookbook. I may make a few other kinds, but I think I'll only have time for what is listed this year. Besides, cookie making does not help me do well on Weight Watchers!

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