Oh, darling readers. I wish I could give you all a big old holiday hug right about now. In fact, even if we were all snowstorm-stranded in an airport together, I'd say we'd all hit the nearest airport pub, pull up a bar stool or two and end up having a grand old time chatting about cookies and the events of the year. And to help me show my love for you all, CSN Stores has offered me another sweet $100 gift card to give away to one of you. You deserve to go bananas buying new kitchen stuff for yourself. Seriously.Naturally, I wish I could give one away to every single one of you, and one day I hope to reach that level of Oprah-dom. I dream of being able to say, "Every! Body! Gets! A! Giftcaaaaarrrd!!!" But for now, this will have to do. And it's really quite easy to enter, guys. I mean, it's creeping up on Christmas, here. Let's take a load off.
***This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for entering!***
Thanks to CSN Stores for sponsoring this sweet giveaway!
I am baking Spicy Hot Chocolate Pie for my family Christmas, and Apple Cranberry Pie to give to friends.
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ReplyDeletePeanut Butter Hershey Kiss cookies to make my family happy! :)
ReplyDeleteNot much baking going on this holiday season, unfortunately. I'll just be making some cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning. Maybe a batch of gingerbread cookies too. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWoo! I'm not really sure what I"m baking yet, maybe some more gingerbread. Definitely some more candy - hopefully fudge!
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I'm taking a stab at homemade apple pie for Christmas day desert and banana bread with dark chocolate chips for presents. Drool...
ReplyDeleteI made Martha Stewart's Surprise Cookies (a fudgey chocolate cookie w/a half marshmallow placed on top and frosted w/chocolate frosting and chocolate sprinkles--the key is to under bake them). My kids LOVE them. Also made Cuisine at Home's Butter Pecan Brittle Bark w/Fleur de Sel Sea Salt (omitted the cinnamon and nutmeg)--Delish!
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Lots and lots of 5 flavor pound cake!
ReplyDeleteLots and lot of 5 flavor pound cake!
ReplyDeleteI'll be making my favorite mint chocolate snow-top cookies today with my kids - and I'm super excited about it! I would send some to you, but they would pale in comparison to the goodies that already come out of your kitchen. :) Merry Christmas!
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I attempted Cake balls which were a challange to dip but oh so tasty. And as a tradition I make corn flake wreaths with red hots. Easy and everyone loves them!
ReplyDeleteI hope to make Sex-In-A-Pan (aka Mississippi Mud) for my Boxing day dinner. I am sooooo looking forewards to the hit of creaminess and chocolate that goes so well with all the cool whip.
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What!? How cool! And thank you! I am baking cookies, cookies, cookies. Sooooooo many cookies! Seriously. It's bad. ;)
ReplyDeleteginger molasses cookies, peanut butter bacon cookies, chocolate peppermint cookies, and the husband is making bread pudding!
ReplyDeleteI'm making puppy chow... does that count?
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ReplyDeleteShawna, I am going to make your wonderful yeasted waffles for Christmas morning. Thank you for sharing and the best to you and your family for the new year.
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I'm making kolackys. I have lots of family that request them.
ReplyDeleteI plan to make cookie dough truffles and peppermint bark! tracietrump@yahoo.com
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ReplyDeleteI can't decide on what I'm baking yet. I know it will definitely have mint and chocolate in it.
ReplyDeleteI've been baking for a couple of days now. Can't wait for this season to be over. This year I am making about 4 batches of sugar cookies from Baking From my Home to Yours (love that book), a batch of the NY times chocolate chip cookies, a batch of my favorite oatmeal raisin cookies and about 3 dozen pieces of sweet bread. I'm also making tamales but that technically isn't baking.
ReplyDeleteCan you say busy...but I love it!
I like POC on FB! (agomez9@uh.edu)
Two more baking extravaganzas and one can be delivered the day after Christmas this year!
ReplyDeleteThis week cookies and after Christmas I'm winding up to do a 200 guest dessert reception for my friends wedding. Got any ideas? :) I'll tell you some new equipment could indeed come in handy for that! And I have liked you on Facebook for months now...gotta keep up somehow, and you just bummped me over the edge of signing up for twitter too :) So now I really won't miss whats going on in your kitchen!
ReplyDeleteI'm baking Chocolate Snowballs, Chocolate and Mint Sandwich Cookies and classic Sugar cookies. Mmm!
ReplyDeleteI am now following you on Twitter! (@fitbecca)
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm already a fan of POC on Facebook. Thanks for the chance at winning!
ReplyDeleteWhere do I begin. I've been baking for a couple of days now. As I type this there are about 6 dozen cookies waiting to be frosted. So this year I will have baked about 4 batches of sugar cookies from the book Baking from my Home to Yours (love this book), a batch of the NY times chocolate chip cookies, a batch of my favorite oatmeal raisin cookies, and about 3 dozen pieces of sweet bread. I'll also be making tamales, but that technically isn't baking.
ReplyDeleteThis is by far my busiest baking season...but I love it.
I'm already a fan of POC on FB! (agomez9@uh.edu)
baking…pecan tassies, buckeyes, chocolate + espresso cheesecake, rugelach, linzer tarts, cowboy cookies, sweet molly's cookies, salt & butter breakaways, white chocolate with pistachios & cranberries brittle, toffee brittle!
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happy & joy filled holiday to you & yours!!
I want to know more about this Spicy Hot Chocolate Pie....
ReplyDeleteI've made marshmallows, dipped some in chocolate, made some into s'mores. Chewy ginger cookies, double chocolate mint cookies, cut out cookies w/ royal icing & some with buttercream, maple nut creams, chocolate dipped macaroons, peanut butter filled ritz dipped in chocolate, then pretzel rounds w/ hershey kisses & m&ms. AND I've not been eating any of it. Tomorrow begins my holiday eating!
I just baked some sugar cookies with strawberry jam filling! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI'm baking warm apple crisp. It's my trusty old standby, and everyone loves it (it's a good thing, too, because I really can't bake anything else). :)
ReplyDeleteI follow you on twitter (@inklingpaper). Thanks for the extra entry!
ReplyDeleteI am baking lots of gingerbread this holiday, and pecan pie for x-mas dessert. Plus whatever else we decide to make! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm just about to get started on an apple pie with lattice crust for my parents!
ReplyDeleteI like you on facebook AND follow you on twitter! Kgera@Stanford.edu for fb and @katiegera on twitter. Great giveaway!!
I'm baking sugar cookies with my boys.
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I didn't do as many cookies this year as normal, so people are getting "Forget your Resolution" cookies in January. But for Christmas Eve dinner, I am baking an eggnog custard pie.
ReplyDeleteMy usual Christmas cookies, but this is the second year I'm adding homemade caramels to the list. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteCookies and caramels! YUM!
ReplyDeleteCornbread from the King Arthur Flour book, and Panera's Kalamata Olive bread. Totally seasonal...
ReplyDeleteNot sure what I'm baking yet, but I think I'll do something special for Christmas morning
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I'm baking bread.
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I like you on Facebook under the name Mary Happymommy.
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Lemon Bars and Brisket!
ReplyDeletei liked you on fb and commented that i'll be trying to make caramels dipped in milk chocolate. my fb is
ReplyDeleteI bake cookies for family and friends every year. Most of which, were passed down from my Grandma. Peanut butter kisses, butter cream sandwich cookies, butterscotch stacks, coconut crisps and rugalah. I even included your toasted pecan-cinnamon wafers and cocoa brownies made with peppermint. Which I must say, hmmmmm. I have been a fan of you for quite some time on facebook. I just started following you on twitter. @themjco Thanks for all the awesome recipes this year!
ReplyDeleteI'll be baking lots and lots of cookies this year: gingerbread men, espresso chocolate crinkles, chocolate mint sandwich cookies, nutella rugelach and lots more! I'll be sure to keep the family stuffed :)
ReplyDeleteI have already baked snickerdoodles, sugar cookies, gingerbread men, vanilla & chocolate cupcakes, apple pie, and pecan pie. too much baking!!
ReplyDeleteGosh, I don't know. I already made some of Shauna Ahern's smoky bacon ginger cookies (which were AMAZING), but aside from that I'm probably going to do more cooking than baking these next couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteI already follow you on twitter (I'm @sushiday!) and now I'm a fan on facebook too! :)
Great giveaway! I'm baking cookies. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I just finished up a tray of homemade ginger-fig Lara Bars for my sister! Next up is chocolate-dipped mint marshmallows...
ReplyDeleteName the cookie, I baked it this year. As a result my friends, my husband's coworkers, and my kids' teachers are all very happy... and my clothes no longer fit. My favorite is still my grandmother's perfectly simple vanilla pizzelle.
ReplyDeleteYay for giveaways! I am making 3 different ruffle cakes, danish wedding cookies, fudge, peppermint bark and christmas eve mice. WHEW!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to make some torrone this Friday with my family!
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ReplyDeletei'm making thumbprint cookies with raspberry jam and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
ReplyDeleteI've made a TON of peppermint biscotti to give as gifts : )
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win...i will be making all kinds of xmas goodies...Happy Holidays...e*
ReplyDeleteCookies, cookies and more cookies. Plus a few candies and chocolate dipped pretzels. My favorite: Raspberry Almond Linzer Cookies. Kelly
ReplyDeleteDecadent Chocolate Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies
ReplyDeleteWe made some of the chocolate mint squares that you raved about - delicious! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI'm baking cookies and pies :)
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Cookies galore... And fresh, piping hot cinnamon rolls Christmas morning. Lots of work but SO worth it.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to be making some spiced tea-not much cooking since I'm flying out to see my family.
ReplyDeleteI like you on FB (Megan Wilson) and I follow you on Twitter (Cattlecupcakes)
I am baking up carmel and for Christmas morning, Raspberry Cream Cheese Rolls! They have become a family favorite in the last year! I was hoping to get some bread baked up, but too many things to do before Saturday! Winning would make this the best Christmas ever!
ReplyDeleteI am roasting a standing rib roast -- and I've been baking up a storm for everyone else! Including peanut butter balls, brown butter chocolate chip cookies, and a tasty cheesecake!
ReplyDeleteTruffles and an unknown type of holiday bark (candy cane theme perhaps?)!
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All my goodies went out last week, but on the plates I had: chocolate thumbprints, surprise cookies, almond tarts, gingerbread snowflakes, buckeyes and several other goodies. Oh yum!
ReplyDeleteMint chocolate chip cookies and cake balls!
ReplyDeleteI made a Marbled Japanese Cheesecake this year. Here's the link...http://utry.it/2010/12/marbled-japanese-cheesecake.html
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Tonight I am making a Christmas Tree Cake and crossing my fingers it tastes like the one I ate as a child.
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I've baked a batch of gingerbread cookies, and a loaf or two of Stollen.
ReplyDeleteThis year, my cookie selection included gingerbread pizzelles, snickerdoodle blondies, pecan pie bars, cranberry-walnut chocolate cookies, chocolate-dipped orange spritz, peanut butter caramel filled chocolate cookie cups, and almond toffee. And that's just the stuff I'm giving as gifts. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I like Piece of Cake on facebook. :)
ReplyDeleteSpritz, Peppermint Bark, Fudge. Toffee Bars, Peanut Butter Blossoms, White Chocolate dipped Pretzels. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI'm actually baking one of your lovely recipes... your Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Meringues! Also making a Red Velvet Cake for my mom's birthday on Christmas Eve and a tiramisu cake for Christmas day. Have a great holiday :)
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I'm baking snowball cupcakes...yummm
ReplyDeleteWhite cake mix with coconut flavoring and coconut frosting.
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I am making strawberry jello salad to bring to my family Christmas party. BTW, I've been following your blog for at least a year now but have never left a comment. I enjoy your sense of humor and recipes, so thanks!
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I'm baking up some butter cookies! :)
ReplyDeleteI already follow you on Twitter as "calidreamin87"
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I baked magic cookies, mexican wedding cookies, bark and lots of fudge!!
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Lots of cookies! 3 cookie magazines + the internet = too many choices! I had to be told to pare the list down from the 10 or whatever I wanted to make originally! Ended up with: Double chocolate chip cookies, lovely jam and poppy seed thumbrint cookies, ginger cookies, espresso cookies, and chocolate palmiers. For New Years, a Shwarzwalder Kirschtorte (Black forest cherry cake) will hopefully be made!
ReplyDeleteLovely Shauna,
ReplyDeleteI'll be making the recipe you posted for pumpkin choc chip bread for our family breakfast gathering. I also intend to make another batch of it with roasted sweet potato instead of pumpkin, and replacing some of the white sugar with brown, and skipping the nutmeg and ginger called for in the recipe, and just stick with the cinnamon.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, and I'm excited for the new year at POC to see what awesome things you will have baking that will inspire me.
p.s. I am now (finally) following you on teh twitter (@rslancer)
Rod S.
monkey bread... trying it from scratch this year (we'll see how that goes) and my all-time favorite scrape-the-dish-clean cranberry apple pie.
ReplyDeleteChristmas morning cinnamon rolls/chocolate dipped pretzels/ marshmellos. Plus a yummy christmas dinner!
ReplyDeleteI'm cooking up some Rest & Relaxation!
ReplyDeleteI'm already a fan on FB!
ReplyDeleteReese's PB Cup Temptations (a long time family/friend favorite), mint brownies, caramel cake, peach pie and a few other things.
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I'm keeping it simple and making toffee!
ReplyDeleteWell, since my oven chose this week to conk off, I'm not really baking anything! Can you believe it?
ReplyDeleteI'm making Indian sweets over the stovetop though!
I like you on FB
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Twitter too! Can't believe I didn't follow you until now. Sometimes we just need a push ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm personally baking chocolate chip cookies, my mother baked pumpkin bread, and my mother-in-law is baking cheesecake and coconut cream pie!
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I like you on FB (Elizabeth M.)!
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I follow you on Twitter! @FakeGradSchool
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Brownies, an contemporary version of green bean casserole, blueberry muffins,and tequila shrimp.
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:) KB
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Would love to win!! Would love to win!! Just liked you in Facebook (Monica Elizabeth Pinto). What to bake...I think I'm making cupcakes this afternoon...or maybe some cookies....hmmm I do have a bunch of apples in the fridge...guess it's gonna be an apple pie!!
ReplyDeleteI am baking up some chocolate-peppermint cookies and a pear and almond-cream cake. (: merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteNothing says Christmas in our house like 7-in-1 bars. We refer to them as 1001 in 1 bars but that's because we're silly. I know it's a stupid simple item but we only have them once a year and LOVE them.! Also, love your site--I'm following you on twitter and on facebook!
ReplyDeleteI baked a croquembouche for christmas.
ReplyDeleteI also liked your blog on facebook.