One of my fondest Christmas memories is decorating Santa and Christmas tree-shaped sugar cookies with my mom when I was ten years old. They were supposed to be for a holiday bake sale, but they were so delicious that we ended up eating half of them before we were even finished frosting them. Consuming that much sugar in one sitting was amazing, of course, but it is the fun I had just spending time with my mom that really made that day so much fun. Christmas baking with your children is a great way to bond with them during the holiday season, and make memories that both of you will treasure for a long time.

Bonding Over Cookies

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Have you ever taken the results of your family’s Christmas cake recipe out of the oven and been disappointed? How can the same recipe created year after year always come out differently? “Why didn’t my cake BAKE correctly?”

I’m here to tell you that the problem with most home baking mistakes isn’t in the BAKING, it’s in the MIXING of your cakes that most mistakes are made.

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Food is probably one of the most pleasant gifts people can receive during Christmas season. Aside from being a potential staple item on the table during Christmas Eve, Christmas food gifts can reflect good taste to gift-givers. Although it is still months before Christmas time, it’s never too early to think of the food items you can give out as presents.

As early as now, you can look for special sweets, tarts, candies, breads and bottled treasures in specialty stores or you can start learning how to make special homemade cookies that you can give to your spouse, friends, relatives, teachers, clients, associates or officemates.

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