The holiday season is the biggest baking season of the year. Even people who haven’t turned their ovens on in 11 months will still usually bake up a batch or two of holiday cookies! It’s important to have your pantry well-stocked for the season and a Holiday Baking Gift Pack from Rodelle is just what you need to get through all the baking you have to do this month. The set includes Rodelle’s new vanilla bean paste, as well as vanilla extract, chocolate extract, almond extract and unsweetened baking cocoa – and I have two gift packs to give away to two lucky readers!
To enter the contest, just leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite holiday baked good is – whether it is a Christmas cookie that you’ve been baking for twenty years or a coffee cake recipe you just added to your repertoire for holiday entertaining. The contest ends Sunday at midnight (12/14/2014) and two winners will be randomly selected from the entries. Don’t forget to fill in your e-mail on the comment form (it will not be made public), as that is how I will contact the winner, and good luck!
Here are a few chocolate and vanilla recipes to kick start your holiday baking:
Heather Harris
December 11, 2014My husband is a huge sucker for my mom’s wheat thin cookies. Wheat thins, peanut butter, and almond bark. I can’t make them the same!
kristin
December 11, 2014I love my mom’s cereal snack. It’s like chex mix, only so much better!
Kelly D
December 11, 2014I like gingerbread cookies.
LeAnn
December 11, 2014I love pfeffernüsse cookies!
Lindsey
December 11, 2014Molasses spice cookies
Amy @ What Jew Wanna Eat
December 11, 2014Chocolate rugelach!
Winnie
December 11, 2014Nutella sandwich cookies
Krysta
December 12, 2014A bunch of cookies! There’s my grandmother’s sugar cookies, as well as mint spritz cookies… I tend to vary up the rest. 🙂
Diane Lynch
December 12, 2014Salted darkchocolate pecan bars!
Eileen
December 12, 2014My favorite holiday treat is almond cookies. So yummy!
neonmoon10
December 12, 2014Pumpkin pie!
ladywild
December 12, 2014gingerbread men
Sarah H.P.
December 12, 2014I love chocolate crinkle cookies for the holidays!
Stephanie-Oh
December 12, 2014Definitely “Butterball” cookies. They have been a family favorite for as long as I can remember (and I’m 62!).
Peh H
December 12, 2014Russian tea cakes / Mexican wedding cookies.
Jacob Elwart
December 12, 2014Gingerbread cookies
miss tk
December 12, 2014chocolate mint cookies are my favorite treat!
Erin
December 12, 2014My favorite to eat are molasses cookies, but I’m also looking forward to making my grandma’s cut out cookies with my kids this year.
Justin S
December 12, 2014A good old-fashioned Buche de Noel. I don’t make them often, but they’re a big hit at parties!
Katy
December 12, 2014I love making spritz cookies with my kids 🙂
Kelly
December 12, 2014peanut butter blossoms
Levi
December 12, 2014Chocolate chip bourbon bacon cookies.
Ines
December 12, 2014A turkey that is baked counts as a baked good? XD Yeah, I love my mum’s turkey. And since in Spain we don’t do Thanksgiving, we eat turkey for Christmas (in my family at least).
If that doesn’t count, well, then… I guess my favorite baked good are my peppermint brownies (new year’s eve dessert).
Karen
December 12, 2014I usually make double chocolate chip cookies (secret ingredient is instant chocolate pudding), I’ll be making Mexican wedding cookies, and at the moment I have oatmeal scotchies in the oven.
Cheryl
December 12, 2014I make a sweet yeast bread, kind of like Portuguese Sweet Bread, which I shape into a wreath. Always popular with the whole family and great as a different gift.
stephanie
December 12, 2014I like any cookie with jam!
Erin Ellis
December 12, 2014I really love Orange Cranberry Bread at Christmas time. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
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Katie Rose
December 12, 2014seven layer rainbow cookies!
Amy Williams
December 12, 2014It’s not the holidays without pound cake
Lisa
December 12, 2014I love cranberry orange cookies at the holidays.
Jessie C.
December 12, 2014I love soft and chewy molasses gingerdoodles.
Sondra
December 12, 2014Decorated sugar cookies are my favorite.
Chyana
December 12, 2014Toffee and Russian Tea cakes
Sara Cook
December 12, 2014I love making shortbread and sugar cookies 🙂
Cindy
December 12, 20147 layer bars and cutout sugar cookies
David
December 12, 2014My favorite are opatmeal scotchies, but that is primarily because I can eat handfuls of butterscotch chips while we make them.
itzia
December 12, 2014i’m kinda obsessed with these mexican hot chocolate cupcakes, so i’m making those!
jen
December 12, 2014i looooove cookies of all sorts – gingerbread, sugar, chocolate crinkle.. <3
Jennifer C.
December 12, 2014Spritz cookies!
cindy noel
December 12, 2014Definitely chocolate crinkle cookies!!
Amy
December 13, 2014I really love these brown sugar cut-out cookies that my family makes from this cookie book. I love sugar cookies and since these are cut-outs they are super buttery and great to make with holiday cookie cutters :). It’s def not just my favorite holiday cookie but just my favorite cookie in general :).
Katie S.
December 13, 2014Peanut Butter Blossom cookies
sara
December 13, 2014standard favorite snickerdoodles!
Amy Z.
December 13, 2014Gingerbread cake!
Natália Valente
December 13, 2014I love having what in Brazil we call fatia de parida. And brigadeiro!!!!
Stacy
December 13, 2014My grandmother’s peanut butter blossoms!
Em
December 13, 2014My favorite baked good are kourabiedes, Greek Christmas cookies!
Annette
December 13, 2014My favorite holiday baked good is Banana Nut Bread. It’s been a tradition since I was a child to make and/or receive these.
cheryl
December 13, 2014Favorite is breakfast banana cake!
Wanda Patterson
December 13, 2014I love my moms nut rolls. Christmas is always special but the rolls bring back the memories.