Put on your oven mitts – its holiday baking season! We all deserve a little yuletide cheer, so fill up a tin and treat your loved ones (and yourself) to these delicious cookies, cakelets, and bars.
Just make sure you have a glass of milk handy.
Gingerbread Cookie Foxes
With warm spices, dark molasses, and only a handful of ingredients, these gingerbread cookie foxes are a classic addition to any cookie platter.
Lemon Curd & Thyme Thumbprint Cookies with Streusel & Vanilla Icing
With a crumbly streusel topping & stripes of vanilla icing, Lemon Curd & Thyme Thumbprint Cookies are sweet & tart – like bite-size lemon meringue pies.
One bite of these Double Mint Chocolate Chip Crinkle Cookies and you'll be in love! Theses easy cookies are just the right balance of sweet mint and fudgy dark chocolate.
Rainbow Cake Funfetti Petit Fours with Vanilla Fondant Icing
With two layers of rainbow cake, a bright fondant icing, and oodles of colorful sprinkles, these bite-size Funfetti Petit Fours are ready to celebrate! Sponge cake adapted from various versions of Molly Yeh’s Funfetti Cake Recipe.
Mini Orange Scones are made special with a heaping spoonful of marmalade and a dash of whiskey. Bake up a batch with a side of tea, jam, and lemon curd for a very special brunch.
With a sugary glaze and full of citrus zest, these Meyer Lemon Lavender Cake Donuts are a bright and beautiful addition to any brunch or afternoon tea.
Looking for more holiday baking ideas? I’ve got at least one new cookie recipe up my sleeve for this month, and until then, check out this recipe round-up I curated a few years back – all those cookies still look as good as ever:
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