Christmas Cookies!

A local cat shelter makes up trays of Christmas goodies to give to a few vet clinics around town that help them out throughout the year. This year they asked if I would be willing to donate some goodies. Since I had my brand new copy of Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar in my hot little hands I jumped at the chance.

First up, the Lazy Samoas. I've never had a Samoa before, but I really liked these. I'm not even a huge coconut fan and I thought they were pretty good. My dough was a little dry though which made making the hole in the middle a tad problematic. I ended up just making a tiny indent in some of them, not the finger-sized hole that the recipe recommends.

I also made the Nutty Wedding Cookies. These are really good if you are looking for a cookie that is not sweet. I think my Grandma would like them for that very reason so I set aside a few to freeze for her tin of baking I make her every year. Like the recipe says, they are messy though. It's difficult to eat them without getting powdered sugar everywhere.

I also made the Chocolate Dipped Macaroons. Would you believe I've never had a proper macaroon cookie before? I liked these a lot...they reminded me of those Ruffle cookies my Mom used to buy. I tried to find a picture of the cookies but my Google skillz apparently aren't working today. Anyhoo, once again, these are not very sweet. Which led me to set aside some for my Grandma.

I also made some fudge. I made that recipe last year and I love how simple it is...no candy thermometer needed. It's quite rich, but that's the way good fudge should be.