The Great Christmas Baking Frenzy 2021

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Below is the list of cookies I intend to bake for Christmas this year. I'll keep up this sticky post until I'm done and will change the names of the cookies already baked to coloured bold font as I go. (When it says new, it means I'll bake those for the very first time, so wish me luck!)

So, here is the plan:
1. Spitzbuben
2. Peanut-chocolate cookies
3. Cashew-carrot cookies - Mini orange tartlets (I've changed my mind) - new!
4. Cashew cookies with white chocolate
5. Cashew-cranberry cookies - new!
6. Cashew-coconut balls - new!
7.spikesgirl58's double ginger cookies
8. Ingwer Kracher (basically ginger meringues)
9. Ginger-hazelnut cubes - new!
10. Ginger-cashew cookies - new!
11. Coconut-ginger stars - new!
12. Coffee hearts - new!
13. Nut-nougat cookies
14. Nougat talers - new!
15. Maple-pecan cookies - new!
16. Nut-nougat cookies with pecans - new!
17. Banana cookies
18. Cardamom-pistachio cookies - new!
19. Almond-pistachio cookies - new!
20. Chocolate pretzels with pistachios
21. Poppy seed stars with jam filling
22. Marzipan pretzels
23. Almond-chocolate cookies with red currant jam filling
24. Hazelnut talers
25. Orange hearts
26. Almond-chocolate stars
27. Coconut cookies with candied fruits
28. Walnut talers with jam filling - removed from the list
29. Walnut cookies with marzipan and jam filling
30. Coconut crescents
31. Chestnut fingers
32. Karlsbader Krapferln (a hazelnut cookie with jam filling)
33. Hazelnut stars Hazelnut hearts (I've changed my mind)
34. Cinnamon stars
35. Princess-Krapferln with marzipan and coconut - new!
36. Pecan-caramel cookies
37. Cookies with white chocolate, almonds and pine nuts
38. Orangenbusserln - new!
39. Macarons, filled with white chocolate ganache - new!
40. Macadamia cookies - new!
41. Kirschwasserwürfel - new!
42. Hazelnut cookies
43. Pecan-Marshmallow cookies - new! - NEVER AGAIN!
44. Almond-orange Financiers
45. Chocolate-hazelnut Financiers
... and counting

The recipients so far are: 8 different families (those of my ex-colleagues and friends), plus 3 neighbours... and counting. Plus ourselves and any visitors who might be able to drop in.

Let the madness begin! The madness has begun!