T Stands for Cookies

Last Saturday it was snowy and so that made it a good day to stay home and play in the kitchen. It was cookie baking day.

You can see my diet coke in the background. 

And  I'm showing you a little drink since it is also Tuesday,it is time for T. Stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth's  and join us for T or whatever else is your drink of choice. 

 I began by making the dough for some hazelnut crescents. I think it was Susi who showed some of these last year. They looked so good I went and found a recipe to try them. I was lucky to find a recipe in a cookbook I had.

 And I tried a new recipe for these soft gingerbread circles. These were fun to make. You roll them into a ball, press with a cookie stamp, bake, and then drizzle some sugar glaze over them. I love how they shine.

 Then I made some shortbread. 

 I had some peppermint bark and put it in to flavor these.

Finally I tried making some German springerle. I used what the cookbook said was the original way they were made, without butter.  Some of you might know that better than me as I have never made or tried these cookies before.
I found the dough a little hard to work with, but I did manage to get them rolled and made.

 Last year for my birthday my hubby got me one of these fancy carved rolling pins. On my birthday we had gone to a baking store (my pick not my husband's) and they had these rolling pins marked way down. My birthday comes in March and people aren't looking for rolling pins to make holiday cookies then. That's ok, it, doesn't spoil and I have it now for holiday baking. :) The hubby bought it for me since he said I would never buy myself one. Plus he knows how much I like animals.

Here's the final cookies. I am happy with the imprints. Next time I am going to try a different recipe though.

So have a cookie (or 2) along with a cup of coffee or tea. Or milk and water if you prefer. And if you're in the chill and nasty weather that we are going to get, maybe even a cup of coco to warm you up.
Happy T day everyone.