thumbprint cookies

This past weekend I had a cookie baking marathon with some friends,

so prepare yourself for a flood of cookie recipes over the next few weeks!

Thumbprint cookies are an old classic, and super fun to make. 

When else are you encouraged to literally stick your fingers in your food?

Christmas is coming!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now that Turkey Day has come and gone, 

I can officially start celebrating Christmas! (I refuse to be one of those people who starts at 

Halloween, I enjoy Thanksgiving too much to let it disappear.) However, I did a little early 

holiday shopping, and I'm already really excited to start baking Christmas cookies and treats!

I realize not everyone celebrates Christmas (you can still bake cookies though!) and not everyone

gets absurdly excited for the holidays like I do... for instance, my cat Beau: