Let the baking begin! It is time for our annual Christmas cookie bake off. Always one of the highlights of my trip home. It is supposed to start snowing today, which will make it really feel like Christmas.

The recipes have been selected, all the necessary ingredients shopped for, the tools have been brought out and I will just wait for my sister to get home from work. We will start baking right away. Some of the dough has already been made and others not.

I have never seen toasted almond flour or hazelnut flour…hmmm what delicious cookies will we make from this? I have no idea…but I do know that we will be making biscotti’s and pignoli’s, the latter which is an Italian cookie and an absolute favorite of mine!

Sugar cookies to decorate, thumb print cookies to fill, cookies to roll out in our hands, some with the rolling pin. Too many cookies and not enough time!

Sylvester was keeping an watchful eye on me as I finished up my packing. I miss you kids and hope you are behaving for Rose!