I look forward to the holiday baking season every year. Even though I bake all year round, there are some holiday flavors – like peppermint mocha and eggnog – that I just love and only get to enjoy around the holidays! Whether you bake every day or only around the holidays, it is important to have your pantry well-stocked for the season and a Holiday Spice Baking Gift Pack from Rodelle is just what you need to get through all the baking you have to do for the rest of the season. The set includes Rodelle’s wonderful Wassail Mix, as well as pure vanilla extracts, cocoa powder and the biggest, most impressive cinnamon sticks you’ve ever seen. The cinnamon can be freshly ground using a microplane to add a potent cinnamon flavor to your baked goods or you can use them to garnish a punch bowl filled with homemade spiced cider or mulled wine, made using the wassail mix.
To enter the contest, just leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite thing to bake during the holidays  is. Do you stick with classic sugar cookies or go all-out with an elaborately decorated yule log? The contest ends Friday at midnight (12/11/2014) and one winner 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!
And try these recipes for some holiday baking inspiration!
- The Best Homemade Eggnog
- Eggnog Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Vanilla Bean Holiday Mendiants
- Chocolate Peppermint Layer Cake
- Christmas Sugar Cookies
Update: This giveaway is now closed. A winner will be announced shortly!
Tricia
December 7, 2015Cookies….all types….
Mandy R
December 7, 2015My favorite thing to bake during the holidays is dark chocolate pecan shortbread. So, yummy without being too sweet.
I made it with Rodelle’s baking cocoa last time. Totally upped my game! That stuff is great!
Sally
December 7, 2015Gingerbread – both the cake and cookie versions are popular at our house. And gingerbread balls with chocolate chips.
Jen
December 7, 2015I love baking rugelach each year, and chewy ginger cookies!
Bethany
December 7, 2015I have a chocolate peppermint poke cake that I get a LOT of requests for! I can’t even try anything new because everyone loves it so much!
Patty
December 7, 2015Any kind of cookie
Jen
December 7, 2015I love to bake cranberry orange bread!
LeAnn
December 7, 2015Pffeffernüse cookies!
Patty
December 7, 2015Gingerbread, both cake and cookies.
Talina
December 7, 2015Cinnamon Buns!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Lisa
December 7, 2015Peanut butter fudge and gingerbread cookies
Franny
December 7, 2015I love sugar cookies! And chocolate chip cookies, because they’re good anytime.
Dana S
December 7, 2015peanut butter balls!
Amanda
December 7, 2015I make these chocolate chip cookies every year that come from a Pillsbury cookbook from 1968 – best cookies ever. This year I’d love to try my hand at baklava, it’s become a recent obsession.
Colleen L
December 7, 2015I love to make snickerdoodles!
Sarah
December 7, 2015Gingerbread and mint swirl cookies.
Jess
December 7, 2015I love making chocolate fudge!
Bianca @ Sweet Dreaming
December 7, 2015i go all out with as many different kinds of cookies as i can!! definitely includes some decorated gingerbread men and reindeer!
Beccalecca
December 7, 2015Cookies! Any kind, but definitely frosted sugar.
Michelle S,
December 7, 2015I love making sugar cookies!
katie
December 7, 2015I’ve been baking a Buche de Noel since I was a kid. It’s a Christmas Eve dessert tradition!
Maureen
December 7, 2015We bake with eggnog because my husband absolutely loves the stuff. I make eggnog bread, eggnog cookies and eggnog cheesecake bars. I usually end up shareing most of it with many other people.
Eva @ Eva Bakes
December 7, 2015I love baking white chocolate cheesecake!
D Schmidt
December 7, 2015I love to bake Shortbread cookies for my friends and family.
terri
December 7, 2015There’s a cookie that my mom always made at Christmas…making (and eating) them always makes me feel like a little kid again
Jennifer
December 7, 2015I like baking cookies of all types. I aspire to do those super decorated sugar cookies, but my patience for decorating usually ends after about 2 cookies. Oh well.
Katherine
December 7, 2015My favorite is spicy gingersnaps!
Karen S
December 7, 2015Nanaimo bars!
Alyce
December 7, 2015My mom and I always make a wide variety of things. Decorated sugar cookies are always a must. Polish kolacky are another one of our favorites.
Sarah C
December 7, 2015I love to bake chocolate chip cookies, even at Christmas!
Katie
December 7, 2015I love making cinnamon rolls!
Shari
December 7, 2015We tend to do more candy-making than baking — fudge, something called Forever Ambers, chocolate bark.
Nancy H
December 7, 2015Anything new! I love chocolate/mint combo.
Cheryl Newton
December 7, 2015This year, to honor my mother, who died Christmas Day 2014, I’m making her gumdrop fruitcake. People get scared when they hear “fruitcake,” but it’s delicious!
Shaina
December 7, 2015I love making coconut macaroons and any kind of holiday-inspired cookies!
Katie
December 7, 2015I bake a lot of different things for Christmas…and try new recipes every year… but I always make sugar cookies. Love the decorating part 🙂
Larry
December 7, 2015buche de noel
Kristin Glad
December 7, 2015i love to bake anything gingerbread. Cookies, houses, lattes, cakes, etc. So yummy!
christina p
December 7, 2015We love making all types of cookies.
Blessie Nelson
December 7, 2015I actually make my one year matured Christmas fruit cake with rum soaked fruits!
Lindsey
December 7, 2015Spice cookies
Janice
December 7, 2015It’s a must that I make shortbread, butter tarts and matrimonial bars.
felicia
December 7, 2015I love gingerbread so I take this chance to make every type of soft, spicy gingerbread I can!
sprite
December 8, 2015Spritz cookies, sugar cookies, thumbprint cookies, no-bake cookies…
Caley
December 8, 2015We have a must-make list of cookies and desserts, which is fun, but sometimes it feels like I don’t have the freedom to make anything new, haha, because people expect their favorites 😉
Iris
December 8, 2015I make a lot of cookies, gingerbread are my favorite ad coconut thumbprints are a close second.
Elli
December 8, 2015Love snickerdoodles
Michael
December 8, 2015Stollen but without tons of sugar.
Joshua
December 8, 2015I love to make cut out sugar cookies to be decorated with my daughter, but my personal favorite are the chocolate and white chocolate covered pretzels. Yum!
Nupur
December 8, 2015I’ll be making several batches of my almond biscotti- simple, classic but the one cookie everyone seems to rave about.