Cookies! Cookies! They are EVERYWHERE!!

So what do YOU do during Thanksgiving break from school? I bake Christmas cookies :::snort::: I wanted to take the opportunity to get as many as I could in the freezer while I didn't have anything else on the agenda. I baked for 8 hours yesterday and 10 hours today. Well, baked and cleaned up. Here's what I have to show for my hard work :)

I completely forgot to take pictures of the 11 dozen Snickerdoodles and 9 dozen butterscotch chip cookies I made. I also forgot to take a picture of the caramel cream cups AFTER the icing rosettes. But you can imagine how beautiful they look :::snort::: I also made 4 dozen soft ginger cookies, but I forgot to upload that photo!

15 dozen buckeyes

10 dozen PNB kiss cookies
9 dozen PNB Reese Cup tarts
7 dozen meltaway pecan balls
Triple batch of chocolate chip cookie dough
Waiting to be placed on the hot stone! I scoop them onto cutting boards and the last min. the other tray is baking, I plop these onto the stone. You can't want to scoop them right onto the stone and let them sit, because they will melt! And I can clean the mixing bowl and get the next type mixed up! Multi-tasking!! I am a SERIOUS, OCD baker :::snort:::
Out of the oven
13 1/2 dozen chocolate chip

13.5 dozen caramel cream tarts

The pre-baked tart shells

Caramel filling

I forgot to take a picture with the icing rosettes on top.

7 dozen meltaway pecan balls
While I baked on Monday, the boys raked. It was GORGEOUS here! Sunny in the morning and temps in the 50s. It was not great cookie baking weather, but I put on Christmas CDs and had a great time!

I still have Lemon Bars, Melting Moments, Oatmeal Crispies, Chocolate Fudge, Hedgehogs, Strawberries and Mountain cookies to make in the next couple of weeks.