Christmas cookies from the BonBonerie.
On the way to the BonBonerie.
There are certain things I always feel like I have to do to get ready for the holidays: put up holiday lights and candles, decorate a tree, hang up stocking, get a red amaryllis. And I love to make cut out and iced Christmas cookies.
On Saturday, I made a batch of sugar cookies with my seven-year-old niece Katie. Actually, I cheated a bit and used a pre -made sugar cookie dough. But Katie and I rolled it and cut out snowflakes, Christmas trees, stars, stockings and gingerbread men. Then we decorated the cookies with icing and sprinkles and chocolate chips. Katie loved the whole process. And like me, she’s a big fan of eating cookie dough. So we had fun a lot of fun.
As if that wasn’t enough sweet stuff for one day, I later took my mom and aunt for lunch at the BonBonerie. This charmingly cute bakery makes some of the best pastries you can find in Cincinnati. On a Saturday afternoon, the place was packed and I loved checking out all the holiday sweets. I hadn’t been there in years, so I couldn’t resist sampling and also buying some of my favorite treats, including their cut-out cookies, lemon squares and opera cream cake. It was way too much and I spent the rest of the day in sweet overload, but it was oh so good.
And somehow, it made me feel like Christmas is on the way.
Katie and her cookies.
Gingerbread cookies.
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Maybe you can help me crank some out over the next couple of weeks! Yummy.
I could definitely do that Jodi!
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