Cool things and Christmas cookies

This weekend was pretty busy. My family and I built our annual gingerbread house for the contest here. Wow. I'll be blogging about that this week. Amid a sea of sugary dust and flour, we managed to build the house in 3 days. This sounds great until you see the house and realize we're crazy.

Also, I got featured in a Woman's Day blog, Snack Smart. Every Friday they feature a snack idea from food bloggers. Abby contacted me and asked if I'd like to participate, so I said yes! Pretty neat.

And now for Christmas cookies. Here's a round up of some Christmasy cookies I've blogged about in the past. Some of them are recipes I've recreated, some are recipes from cookbooks.

• Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies


• Gingerbread biscotti


• Lime wreathes, aka ciambelle


• Chocolate chiperoos


• Coconut chocolate biscotti


• Peanut butter espresso cookies