Holiday Baking

The holiday season is over, but I can still enjoy my baked goods if only in photos. It's so satisfying to see the results of your hard work and also to remember how your goodies disappeared at the holiday parties.  Here's what I made this past holiday season.


Sugar Cookies and Gingerbread Men
I made some Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies with green and white sparkling sugars.  For the gingerbread men I cheated a little (too lazy to fight with molasses this year) and used a Betty Crocker mix for the cookies, but still made the icing from scratch.  These are always so fun to decorate.  My favorite is the evil one.

Ube Macapuno Cheesecake Bites
I decided to experiment with my favorite cheesecake recipe and give it a little Filipino twist.  This was my first time using ube powder.  Perhaps I didn't use enough powder or the coconut and graham cracker crust were over powering.  It didn't taste very ube-ish, but it was still super yummy and I'll definitely try making it again.

Peppermint Brownie Bites
Took my favorite Ghirardelli brownie mix from Costco and sprinkled some crushed candy canes on top.