Christmastime

This year I decided to try my hand at baking cookies for selected friends. On the tray are butter cookies, brownies, chocolate cranberry tarts, apricot almond cookies, butter crumb cheesecake cookies and cherry mints.


The light fixture is a favorite of mine from my Mother's dining room.

Cranberry Tarts

In early November, I took some cranberry tarts that I made to a Thanksgiving potluck. Last week, I read that an almost identical recipe for cranberry tarts won honorable mention in the Chicago Tribune Christmas cookie contest. The difference was a chocolate cream cheese filling and white chocolate drizzled across the top.

Mmmmm. Guess what I am making for Christmas?