Christmas cookies.... MMM

This year I decided to make bake my gifts.

Nigella inspired me, and once I started... I really couldn't stop.

This is her Nigella Christmas edition. *LOVE* love, love!

 
So, I took it all the way, right down to the hand made labels, boxes, tissue paper and christmas tins.
I made Nigella's chritsmas cookies (below) and added crushed peppermint on top.
The traditional sugar cookies, some vintage lavender shortbread (recipe given to me from the lady at "The Vintage Gardener" in the distillary), Nigella's cream cheese brownies (p. 194 "How to be a Domestic Goddess" and you will be if you make these, they are to die for), the most amazing Christmas Granola ever (Nigella's recipe again, of course), the lovely Nigella's "Peanut Brittle with Art and Soul" (I substituted maple syrup for golden syrup and I added almonds and cranberries at the end), and for Christmas Eve I made my first triffle. It was naturally, Nigella Lawson's "Boozy British Triffle" and it was quite lovely!

Would I do it again? Yes... despite the appearence of a bomb blowing up in my flour bag and creating a man-made quake in my tiny kitchen, with a bit more planning and some more recipes under my belt I will forge ahead. It was fun and people seemed to genuinely appreciate and enjoy the treats. So, I will bravely attempt this again... next year.

The grand finale!

Triffle, boozy baby!