Christmas Cookies!

Christmas Cookie Time! Love, love Christmas cookie time! It is entirely possible I got a little carried away with this years cookie production line, but can you blame me? Look at how adorable my helpers were and as an added bonus it was actually a blustery winter-ish day outside. For the record though, my little helpers cookies went straight from their floury hands to their own mouths. Just as a disclaimer. I would never deliver Abi's "naked" cookies as gifts!

They made really darling cookies! I happened across a new cookie dough recipe thanks to my Internet idol, The Pioneer Woman. She hosted a baking weekend at her home and the guest baker was Bakeat350.com. Her vanilla almond cookie recipe is so amazingly good.... reminded me of cookies from when I was about the size of them...

Ellie and her creations.

Nearly naked Abi and her creations.

And time to eat! Later that afternoon when the big kids came home they each got to decorate cookies too, but I totally dropped the ball on documenting the occasion. That means later in life Emily will certainly call me out on not including her just because I am lacking the photographic proof. I am just sure of it.

Remember that comment earlier about getting carried away? Just sayin'. For posterity here is a list of the 2010 cookies:

Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookies

Oreo Yummies (thanks a TON for that one Merritt)

Rum Balls

Peppermint Oreos

Chewy Gingerbread Men

Chocolate Peanut-butter Surprises

Sugared Cranberries

and the ever famous - Chocolate Peanut-butter Sandwich Cookies I shamelessly stole from Erin!
Merry Christmas!