Santa Lucia Cookies: Yum Yum!

These cookies are perfect when paired with a cup of milk or hot cocoa!

This is one of my favorite yearly traditions to do with my daughter. Every December 12th we make Santa Lucia cookies for the next day. This year she brought some to school to share with her class. We found the recipe here, but added more cinnamon and vanilla and instead of nuts on top we melted dark chocolate as a finishing touch.

A Sweet Tooth Christmas Treat

Christmas cookies and treats are always one of my favorite aspect of the Holidays. It's such a great time of year to try new recipes, enjoy the more than usual amounts of sugar and to share those creations with those we love. Here's a start to my Christmas Cookie List for 2013, some recipes are new and others are tried and true favorites that can never be forgotten. I bet Santa would enjoy these too!

Snickers Brownie Bites

The Novice Chef

These are amazing in hot cocoa!

Chocolate Dipped

Chocolate Cake Balls - drizzled with cream cheese frosting

Winter Wonderland

Ginger Whoopie Pies: We added ginger to spice up a regular vanilla whoopie!

Homemade cupcakes filled with fresh strawberries before being baked!

A little bit of summer in the middle of winter!

Melbas

How cute are these?!?

Put a cake pop stick in a marshmallow, dip the marshmallow in melted semi-sweet chocolate, let the chocolate settle and then add the eyes (these are found at most stores in the baking aisle), 2 pretzels for the antlers and the red cinnamon for the nose and let it completely dry standing up (you can do this my making holes in a cardboard box to keep them stable).

Gingersnaps ~ A Christmas Favorite!

Cream Cheese Cookies ~You will adore these!

The traditional cut-outs. ~ What's Christmas without cut-outs?

Happy Baking from the Ladies of Provocative Manners!