I baked Christmas cookies to take to my parents’ traditional Christmas Eve party this year.

Christmas Cookies

Allyson helped mix the dough two nights ago (we refrigerated it), and I rolled, cut, baked, and decorated the cookies this afternoon. I used the sugar cookie recipe I posted in the fall, and decorated the resultant cookies with melted dark chocolate and homemade icing. I waited until the cookies were completely cool to brush the chocolate on, and I waited until the chocolate had set before adding the icing. It helped to put the tray of cookies into the fridge in between. I used a silicone brush to coat the tops with chocolate, and, after the chocolate set, I used a sandwich bag, with the corner nicked off, to pipe the colored frosting on top of the chocolate.

I think they look pretty good, for a first attempt. Allyson may be making me into a baker yet!

Merry Christmas, everyone!