Es weihnachtet sehr!

[wiseheart]

After a very long time, I suddenly felt like baking Christmas cookies again this year. The Germans among us will know what "Pfeffernüsse" and "Orangenherzen" are - let just tell you that the process includes cutting or rolling every single piece by hand, then baking them, then again painting every single piece with white or dark chocolate icing, then decorating them... In any case, despite utter exhaustion and several burnt fingers (you should check whether you have oven mittens on your hand before grasping for a falling baking tin), I'm very content, and the whole flat is filled with the wonderful scent of oranges, almonds, cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom and so on.

Next phase will come next weekend, when my little Silvan girl (now a head taller than I am) is coming over and we're gonna bake brown peppernuts, vanilla half-moons, chocolate stars and so on. Yum!

Oh, and I've updated "Tales from Halabor", too! Chapter 2 is posted to all the usual places.

Comments

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... I can almost smell those delicious cookies from here.

And next weekend is going to be even better - yum indeed! :-)

[skyfiery.livejournal.com]

Whoa. I want those cookies! *drools*

I was thinking of baking gingerbread people this time for my first time. But the recipes all seem too troublesome to. LOL.

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

Sounds tasty. :)

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Can almost smell them from here!
I confess, I don't bake the ones that much more than eating after they come out of the oven (no talent in the decorating department and far too impatient to wait .... sometimes will ice them with a smear of something lemony or white-chocolatey, but that's it) *g*

[artemis10002000]

Verbrannte Finger, autsch! Wir haben auch fleißig gebacken. Es ist sehr viel Arbeit, aber am Besten schmecken die Plätzchen doch immer noch, wenn man sie selbst gebacken hat, nicht?

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm... I can almost smell them over here. Have a delightful time with your Silvan Elfling!