It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at The Spring Cottage! We haven’t tackled the tree or lights yet, but the kitchen has been transformed into a baking haven where wooden spoons, jars of flour and sugar, pretty cake tins and cookie cutters both decorate and inspire. For me, home-made treats that comfort and delight are what this time of year is all about. I think sharing what I’ve baked from recipes collected over the years is such a lovely way to spread love to family and friends while connecting with the traditions of Christmases past. Moreover, in the many chaotic moments this season is destined to throw up, my festive kitchen always feels like the perfect island of calm, ever-ready to yield up another batch of pure, sweet bliss.
Which sweet treats make it feel like Christmas to you? Now that I’ve bought these cookie cutters (for $4 at the kitchen store in my Brisbane Holiday Shopping Guide, I need biscuit recipes to try them out on – so please pass on your favourites!
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so cute!! i made reindeer ginger bread biscuits with some of my friends the other day, we used gingerbread men turned upside down!! I made a little gingerbread man too though, I decorated him in a tux. Ginger always equals christmas!
That sounds so deliciously adorable! I haven’t bought any sprinkles or other cookie decorating supplies yet, and I’m not sure whether to stick to a colour scheme or just go crazy with the rainbow brights!
- Catherine
Oh how I love those pastel colours
Thanks for you lovely comment on my blog, and about the cranberries to be honest I just used what we had which were those dried & sweetened “crasins”. If I come across fresh cranberries I’ll let you know- have you tried Farmers markets? xo
I love Christmas cooking, I love doing gingerbread men or stars for my nieces and nephews and simply icing them with white royal icing and covering them in 100′s and 1000′s, just like the ones they use to have at Pizza Hut.
Deanne, I think I’ll try a batch of royal icing… at home in Canada my mom and I usually just use those super retro sprinkles too, but I wouldn’t mind going a little fancier this year! Thanks so much for stopping by The Spring!
- Catherine
Beautiful profile picture, you look lovely.
Sound glad to have found another Brisbane Blogger!
Thanks so much for finding The Spring Chloe!
- Catherine
Ooh nice ! ^^
I love cookies !
I’m gonna bake some for christmas together with my mom
Happy Holidays ^^
xxx, Mri
Home for the holidays is the best! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such lovely comments Mri!
Catherine