So this will probably be my last post of 2012. I can't believe Christmas is upon us and I managed to get most of my list done from my previous post.
I baked these cookies: Chocolate Crinkle Kiss Cookies and Cranberry Orange Cookies. It's amazing how much butter is used in cookies, I'm glad I bought extra! The crinkle cookies I had some difficulty with, however. The dough was really soft and sticky so my attempts to roll into balls was not working, so I decided to chill it. Still didn't work. Ugh. So I added more flour. Still a sticky mess. I was frustrated and thought I ruined my cookies. But alas, I used a spoon to scoop and plopped the gooey ball into the powdered sugar and THEN rolled into a half assed ball and baked. It worked. I also skipped the Hershey Kiss part because, well, I don't like them :)
Are you needing some last minute Christmas ideas? I tried to make some gifts this year and it worked out quite well. I'm hoping to do even more next year. If you have a little extra time to put things together, you will save quite a bit of money.
1. Put it in a jar! There are seriously so many good ideas on the web that I couldn't pick just one site so Google: homemade jar gifts. Everything from cookie and soup mixes, to homemade bath salts and potpourri.
2. Put it in a frame! Printing pictures is pretty inexpensive these days. I upload mine to my local 1 hour photo and a 4x6 is only about 13 cents. Buy or make a cool frame and ta-da!
3. Here are 100 more ideas!
What are your plans this Christmas? Feel free to share last minute gift ideas as well, I would love to hear from you. Happy holidays everyone!!
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