Christmas Cookery

Two of my favorite things are Christmas and magazines, so the ultimate combination is of course Christmas magazines. I spend a alot of time sitting on the couch reading said magazines and planning all the things I think I am going to make, often there is small problem of actual execution, but my intentions are always good. This year there was even more contemplation than usual as I was chained to the couch feeding my newborn little girl, but I did manage to get a few things made. I was especially inspired by two NZ magazines this year, the Christmas issue of the Australian Womans Weekly that was beautiful and full of lovely recipes and the Your Home and Garden magazine which had some beautiful craft ideas that I have filed away in the one day when I have an organized life section of my brain.
I found these tins at the Warehouse and thought they were perfect for giving presents away in


These Christmas truffles were among the easiest and ymmiest Christmas food I have ever made/eaten

We had lots of fun making and decorating cookies for Santa and his reindeer on their stopover at our house.




We made these Christmas cookies for Ben's classmates and packaged them up, I had so much trouble with the cookie cutters and the dough, I think it must have been the Auckland humidity.




For some reason we also had a lot of pirate events on too, so it gave us a chance for some pirate dressups and some pirate baking, was a very piratey Christmas at our house!