I have just taken another batch of christmas cookies out of the oven. So far I've made some sugar cookies, some 'honig kuchen' (my mom's honey-cookie version of gingerbread), a few plain and some with jam, and some Pffefernusse (i don't think these 'pepper' cookies have an english name). I think I will mix up a batch of jam thumbprints with coconut and call it a day. Oh but I have a really good recipe for chocolate cookies too....hmmm
I love christmas baking but I have been too busy the last few years to do much of it. My apartment-sized oven and galley kitchen in Toronto were not designed for baking anything but frozen pizza.
One of the things we invested in as a wedding gift was two Silpat baking sheets. At $20 each they are quite expensive but if you bake they are well worth every cent. Skip parchment paper and greasing and flouring and buttering cookie sheets, this is the answer. Nothing sticks -- I haven't had a broken one yet.
A few fortunate friends and relatives will be the beneficiary of homemade cookies this christmas, that is if there are any left by then. Here's wishing you a season's good eating.