2021 Co-Worker Christmas Cookies

Baking date: November 19, 2021 (and frozen until decorating); decorating date: December 19, 2021

I made a number of different cookie types this year, including a new sugar cookie recipe, gingerbread cut outs (an old, well-worn family recipe below), and chocolate sugar cookies. One of the best tips I got this year was using powdered sugar when rolling out the cookies and on the rolling pin. It definitely didn’t dry out the dough as quickly as using flour, plus it gives the cookies some additional sweetness. Thanks, Alton!

The shapes I had included stars, snowflakes, stockings, Christmas trees

For my videographer who works from home, I added a batch of dairy-free chocolate chip cookies due to her husband’s allergy. I also made personalized stocking cookies for her and the kids. All the cookies were decorated with royal icing, and a variety of decorating candies and sprinkles. I’m sure one of her kids enjoyed her husband’s stocking cookie!

They look just like regular chocolate chip cookies!

Megan and Jeff

Emma, Quinn, and Logan

Megan gave me the favorite gift of the year – this oven mitt:

One of my staff who was travelling home to Iowa for the holidays got some gingerbread stars, in a decorating design inspiration I saw on the Williams Sonoma website. I added red sugar sprinkles on the red section. I hope I nailed it.

For the rest of the cookies I made for my direct reports and supervisor, I had snowmen and snowflake sugar cookies:

More gingerbread stars:

Gingerbread Christmas trees and stars:

And as my contribution to the holiday door decorating contest at work, I was able to provide homemade cookies (top box) and pup treats (wheat flour/egg/peanut butter/pumpkin purée) in the lower box, for anyone who stopped by:

I hope you were able to find a sweet way to celebrate the holidays with the people you work with!

Homemade Dog Treats

Baking date: December 23…and 24

For my 2018 Christmas deliveries to our sports families, I decided to include homemade dog biscuits for those families that have dogs. I think at least 14 of the families have dogs, and I had found a recipe online I decided to use.

I purchased a bone-shaped cookie cutter and used that for the rolled out dough. I also used a fork to make “dots” on the top of the treats.

I baked them on the evening of December 23 and left them out, in the center of the island counter top overnight. That was a big mistake, because after I went to bed, our counter-surfing Lab Jake decided to eat ALL the dog treats I had made, which was more than 30. So, I quickly regrouped the next morning and baked another batch.

It was a good call to remake them, because the furry family members seemed to like the treats…

 

Merry Christmas, furry family members!!