Holiday Baking 2025

I’ve already made my annual gift biscottis (chocolate-almond and cherry-almond) as well as chocolate-dipped sourdough shortbread (easy) for one of DH’s good friends and a large pan of Russian Tea Cakes, spritz cookies, and red- and green-sugarcoated ginger crinkles (all easy) for our friend who is in a care home to share with the other residents there.

No more baking for me. (Do you know how hard it is not to nibble when the house smells like a bakery?)

ETA: I forgot. I spent all of Tuesday helping my 88-year-old mom make her annual deliciously moist brandy-soaked fruit cakes:

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