Cookie Count

In honor of yesterday being the only full day I've spent here and not baked a cookie, I give you an update of what I've done since my injury Wednesday.

Thursday: Baked chocolate wafers for "Oreo" cookies.
Friday: Made peppermint frosting for wafers, sandwiched the cookies and baked some jam thumbprints. Discovered the jam thumbprints were really shortbread cookies with jam. Excited to have shortbread to eat, but concerned the cookies will fall apart.
Saturday: No cookie baking today, remember?

If I get to it, I'll make pizzelles today. Those are the ones that look like waffles and are often anise-flavored. Beyond that, I still have ambitions to make a coconut cookie, and I'm considering making a recipe that turns out cookies with ribbons of chocolate and peppermint (with candy-cane pieces baked right in).

And of course, I need to start getting the other stuff ready for Christmas day. I want to try cocktail meatballs this year. And maybe I should look into getting shrimp or chicken wings, too. But then, I don't want everyone to fill up on appetizers and not eat dinner. Hmm.