Menu Planning Mayhem: Christmas Baking

Dec 5, 2011 by desiringvirtue

Do you ever feel like there are just too many things you want to do during the Christmas season? I DO! One of the things I always feel overwhelmed by is the amount of baking I want to do. Some of the baking is for our own enjoyment, some of it is for gifts, and some of it is for parties, but when you add it all up… it is a lot of baking!

Since we are enjoying some fun Christmas themed MPMs this month, I thought it would be fun to link up all of our holiday baking plans (and if you don’t have a blog, leave a comment with your plans!). Feel free to link up your regular menus as well!

Christmas Cookies

This Christmas I am planning to use a cookie stamp for the first time ever. I am pretty excited because this will be an easy project for Elliot to help me with. -and they are sure to be really cute. I am going to do a whole post on this when I actually make them (I am still waiting for my stamps in the mail).

The makers of the cookie stamps have many recipes to try out, but I think that I am going to choose two or three to have a nice variety to give as gifts.

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Apple Pie Cookies

Do these not look precious! When I saw them pinned on Pinterest, I knew that I would have to bake some for Christmas. I can’t decide if I want to make them for a party or get together or just for us. I am not sure if they will keep well or if I will need to eat them immediately. I am pretty sure that the moment they come out of the oven they will be gobbled up! Also, I am thinking I may try pre maid pie crust as it would take this recipe down from a 10 in difficulty to maybe a 4 (…ok the 4 was random).

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

But these don’t look like just any old chocolate chip muffins do they? No, they look like puffs of heaven waiting for me to eat them (oh yeah, and my family too of course). I think that I will make these for breakfast on one of the mornings Richard is off.

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Cinnamon Baked French Toast

This is a Pioneer Woman recipe that I think I am going to make for Christmas Morning. We have church this Christmas Morning, as it is on a Sunday so Breakfast will need to be low maintenance. Most of what I make is going to be prepare ahead items. This one totally qualifies and is sure to be yummy.

So, this is my plan for my Christmas baking; the things I most want to accomplish. Anything else will be “in addition to” what I have listed and I am not going to stress out about it.

So, what are our plans? What baked goods will be filling your kitchen with heavenly scents?

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Join us in the Menu Planning Mayhem by linking up your baking project or your week’s menu below or by sharing it in the comments! If you are joining the mayhem, be sure to snag a cute button to link back to the menu planning fun!

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