Christmas cookie boxes are done and mailed… at the last possible minute. I also didn’t have time to get any holiday tins until this weekend, so I was limited to smaller tins. That means I had to do two tins per box… at last minute shipping… Tom’s heart attack in 3… 2… 1…

But it’s done. Next year I plan to be more prepared and get them out one week in advance. YES, YOU HEARD IT HERE.

I’m a lot happier about this year’s selection of cookies than I was with last year’s. Last year I was a lot more experimental and ended up with things I was really unhappy with and did not travel well. I did package up some chocolate shortbread which I am really nervous about traveling, but overall everything should be fine. Here’s the list of goodies I made this year (most of it can be found on AwK if you’re looking for ingredient listings):

Rocky Road Bark
Chocolate Shortbread
Grasshopper Squares
Chocolate Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies
Poppy Seed Thumbprints
Double-Chocolate Cherry Cookies

I always have this nervousness that everyone’s going to hate what I sent, or maybe I didn’t send enough… Don’t know why I do that to myself.

Now I just have to make sure I have enough stuff for Tom’s family on Thursday…