December 17, 2009

Homebaked Christmas Goodies (2009 Edition)

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I have spent the last few days busily working away in the kitchen. While it has been a lot of work (especially all of the clean up), I have enjoyed it because I was working on my annual goodies for CCD teachers, church staff, some of the people at Eric’s work (his boss, the employees that report to Eric, and one communal one for the other managers), and whomever else is in our life in any given year who seems to fit into the group of people that we give this type of gift to. For instance, this year also included our tap/ballet teacher.

We had such a good time delivering all of the goodies today! I love knowing that I am giving items that I took the time to make myself, and I like knowing that I was often thinking of those who would be receiving them while I was working on all the baking. (I have to admit, during the longest stretch of working, it was also made a little easier with my iPod and the Relient K Christmas album.)

This year, I packaged everything in 8×8 foil baking tins that came with covers. The contents this year included:

- Spritz cookies that were in the shapes of flowers/stars (take your pick) and Christmas trees (I used a cookie press on these)

- Cherry chip cake balls

- Chocolate truffles (I rolled each of these in either nonpareils, rainbow sprinkles, coarse blue sugar, or red sanding sugar)

- Peppermint Bark

- Fudge with walnuts

- Pine Bark (aka Cracker Candy)

- A baggie full of Holiday Snack Mix

I just love picking out the variety of things that I will pack up in the goodie baskets each year, and I really love the joy of delivering them! To me, giving home baked goodies are not only a finer thing, but they’re a frugal option when you need to give out many gifts.

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