I'm not a huge fan of sweets, and it's rare I will indulge in a dessert after dinner, home or out dinning. Even at a young age...but at Christmas I will admit to indulging in our cookies and family recipes, and other sweets, like yesterdays featured family egg nog recipe. This year I even tried my hand with my late aunt's mince pie recipe. Though I opted to make smaller pies. I even got a crust press to make them look extra special...and they turned out, I'm happy to report very tasty. I had forgotten how good warm mince pie was. On the plate above is a selection of goodies we made over the last week. Starting at the 12 o clock...Mince pie, Pecan and Cashew balls, pecan crescents with drizzled chocolate, Black Walnut balls, Icing Glazed Sugar Cookies, and Chocolate cookies with crushed Peppermint. But the real draw and mass hysertia by friends and family, every year, are my Mother's famous Sandtarts.
She began making them back in November...4 double batches...probably making near 2, 000 cookies!!! I made them a few times, and her method is very time consuming, and one must have the time, and patients to make these things, but I tell you, they are delicious and like eating potato chips. Most say they have had them but never this thin!!
Most of them with exception to family coming Christmas Day and a few friends, they have all been otherwise delivered already. I can recall taking a tin to our beloved Anne Marie and her hubby Todd a few times. She said the tin didn't stand a chance, and they often finished them within a day or two. Yesterday was spent making my grandmother's recipe for Nut roll.
And another of my aunt's recipes...Stollen for our Christmas morning breakfast with coffee.
If this isn't enough, a parcel from Warbucks showed up and these were in it.
Dark Chocolates with a pear Brandy liqueur in the middles...I might add, I nice dose of Brandy too. More later today if I'm not intoxicated or in a sugar coma......
* if anyone wants recipes...happy to share.
