Final tally

I finished up my Christmas baking/goodie making this afternoon. I was thinking about making another batch of peanut brittle, but I decided against it. I usually have extra anyways.

Here’s the final tally of what I made:

• peanut butter cups: 8 dozen + 3
• chocolate covered cherries: 8 dozen + 9
• pecan tassies: 9 dozen
• no bake cookies: 2 dozen + 6 (I actually made a 2nd batch, but they didn’t turn out. I ran out of butter and had to use margarine. I don’t think I boiled the sugar mixture long enough. They never set up properly. 😥 )
• butter cookies: 3 dozen + 9 (I used a bigger cookie scoop this year, so bigger cookies but not as many. But I’m fine with that.)
• peanut butter blossoms: 8 dozen + 4
• peanut brittle: 1 batch

The chocolate covered cherries are new this year for me. I think they’re going to become a new fixture in my baking tradition. They turned out really good. The recipe was easy too.

Last year I made truffles. I didn’t get around to making them this year, unfortunately. They’re easy to make, but I just never bought the ingredients or took the time to make them. I kinda wish I had. But oh well. I’ll make ’em next year.

I’ll be giving some of this stuff to Robin and hopefully Mona and Allen too. The rest will go home with me for Christmas. And leftovers will come back for me to snack on (I’ll leave some with the fam, but bring some back for me too … I did make ’em after all). Depending on what is left, I might even take some to work with me after Christmas.