If candy cane confetti hits the kitchen like a festive windstorm of merriment, do you… a) finish the email you’re writing, b) freak out and call the Krampus Control Hotline, or c) bake a batch of chocolate cookies and use them as pillows to catch all the fun? I opted for “c” mostly because “c”… Continue reading Chocolate Peppermint Party Cookies
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Christmas Cookie Countdown: Boozy Butterscotch
The sugar plums dancing in my head are turning in their tutus ‘cause they’re all tapped out. But they left some butterscotch morsels, doused in a good tempest of butterscotch liqueur in their place. And as we all know, the show must go on, bottoms up, cheers, down the hatch, nom-nom-nom. To make the best… Continue reading Christmas Cookie Countdown: Boozy Butterscotch
Hot (Mess) Cocoa Cookies
My sleigh swerved off course and landed in a sticky river of chocolate and marshmallows. That’s why I only have one “Hot (Mess) Cocoa Cookie” to show for it—one that’s intact, that is. The good news: the rest of the cookies in the batch are still super good, though most of them stuck to the… Continue reading Hot (Mess) Cocoa Cookies
Rudolph’s Wild Night Cookies
Wish I could say Rudolph got lit and made these cookies, but he didn’t. I did. And I wasn’t lit. I can’t blame Rudolph, and I can’t blame booze. This is my best. And while it won’t win any baking challenges, it’s pretty good and festive and so, ho, ho, ho jolly. Not to mention,… Continue reading Rudolph’s Wild Night Cookies
Caramel-Me Away Cookie Countdown to Christmas
Here we come a caramel-ing! Rivers of snow-white sugar—hailing from a wild night at Santa’s workshop—hit a Pacific Northwest bomb cyclone, and shorted out the electricity in at least twenty different counties in Western Washington. Luckily, the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team is handy with a bucket and spoon, ready to catch falling confections, stuff… Continue reading Caramel-Me Away Cookie Countdown to Christmas
XOXO with Sprinkles on Top
Leave a trail of broken garbage disposals, hearts…and cookie presses. That’s the wisdom I received from my grandmother—wisdom for living my best life. Okay, so my grandmother said no such thing. But that’s the grandmotherly advice I’d give if I were to ever give grandmotherly advice: break every garbage disposal and cookie press in the… Continue reading XOXO with Sprinkles on Top
New Christmas Cookie Ball Game
Sugar cookies get plastered at my house this time of year, and I’m tired of it. Not plastered in the sense that they raid the liquor cabinet (though I do usually set them right next to the rum balls, which give off heady fumes). No, they stick to the sides of the clear cookie jar… Continue reading New Christmas Cookie Ball Game
It’s-a-Marshmallow-World-in-the-Kitchen-Cookies
A floofy flurry of festive marshmallows invaded the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Headquarters, and I knew just what to do with them. I stuffed their cute little faces inside hot melted butterscotch chips and peanut butter to create a cookie for the holidays. The cookie is actually called a confetti square, and the recipe I… Continue reading It’s-a-Marshmallow-World-in-the-Kitchen-Cookies