‘Tis the season for treats – because it’s cold outside (good baking weather), because the holidays are coming, and because we are in month fourteen thousand of this pandemic year. (And because we got over a foot of snow here in Boston last night/today.)
I’ve been doing a bit of baking myself – mostly scones and superhero muffins – but have recently found myself the glad recipient of cookies made by friends. A girlfriend handed me a container of margarita shortbread cookies (with plenty of citrus and salt) on a recent walk in Cambridge. The following week, another friend texted to say she’d dropped off a tin of cookies (above) on my front porch. It contained crinkly chocolate cookies dusted with powdered sugar and, underneath, some classic sugar cookies. I stretched them out over nearly a week, to make them last.
The loneliness is hitting hard this week, but I am – as always – grateful for kind gestures from friends, which add sweetness to my life in more ways than one.
Christmas cookies are perfect for combating feelings of loneliness – well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Merry Christmas xx
I agree! Merry Christmas to you. x
Tis the season for yummy baked goods and generosity! Last night I bought 2 Christmas tins to fill with cookies for neighbors down the street. A batch of chocolate chip cookies are in the freezer ready to bake and I’m anxious to try Claire Saffitz’s new recipe for Oat and Pecan Brittle Cookies. Yum!
Oh yum! That all sounds delicious.