On Kim's check-in the other day she posted her beautiful Christmas cookie table and encouraged other Blenders to post their creations and recipes if they were so inclined. Now, my little plate is no where near as impressive as Kim's table, but the recipes are tried and true. I wanted to share them with the community in case anyone was looking for last minute recipes and didn't want to waste time and ingredients on untested recipes.

A successful cookie to me is one that not only tastes good, but keeps well. Soft cookies stay soft, crisp cookies stay crisp. Plus, cut out cookies such as sugar and gingerbread have to hold their shape when baked.

Starting from the top left:

Sugar cookies dipped in poured fondant and embellished with royal icing:

Here is the sugar cookie recipe: https://www.thekitchn.com/best-cutout-sugar-cookies-recipe-recipes-from-the-kitchn-38629

Gingerbread Men and Reindeer embellished with royal icing

Gingerbread recipe (this is a spicy gingerbread): https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/12/spicy-gingerbread-cookies/

Peanut Butter Blossoms with Dark Chocolate Hershey's Kiss:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012939-peanut-butter-blossoms

Rose Levy Beranbaums's Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe (sans nuts) replaced with Red & Green M&Ms:

https://cookingbythebook.com/cookie-jar/chocolate-chip-cookie-from-rose-levy-berenbaum/

Lora Brody's Rugelach via Rose Levy Beranbaum - it's an apricot, golden raisin, and sugared walnut mix rolled in a cream cheese pastry:

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lora-brodys-rugelach-105982

Not pictured are lemon bars from Gretchen's Bakery:

https://www.gretchensbakery.com/lemon-bars/

Pistachio Marzipan Ganache Spirals from Rose's Christmas Cookies Book

Happy Baking All!