Lemon Bars, the Christmas Cookie Edition

We went to the Christmas Fair in Bordeaux today.

I didn’t take a camera so I have no photos.

It drizzled all the while we were there so we didn’t spend a lot of time.

As we left I realized that the only things I bought were food.

I went to the Christmas fair and bought groceries.

There’s something wrong with that…..

It did, however, give me some Christmas spirit.

Christmas spirit = Christmas cookies.

These are our favorites. I don’t make all of them every year, just 3 or 4 of them.

I thought I would post them early enough that you can add one or two to your own list.

Lemon Bars

Total time: 55 minutes

Ingredients:

Crust:

Instructions:

Cream ingredients for crust using a stand or hand mixer.

Pat firmly into 8 inch (20cm) square pan, building up edges a bit

Bake at 350F (180C) for 20 minutes

Beat rest of ingredients together until frothy

Remove and allow to cool.

Cut into small squares

Caramel Refrigerator Cookies

Triple Chocolate Chunk

Ginger Chocolate Chunk

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk

Zimsterne

All of these, except the Lemon Bars, freeze well. I normally freeze half as soon as they cool. We eat he first half then take a ‘cookie break’ before thawing the rest.

Last update on December 10, 2014