Bakers Royale

More cookies for your holiday cookie exchange and for my participation in the 1st annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap coordinated by Lindsay and Julie.

I’m not a huge macadamia nut fan, but throw it in buttery, chewy dough filled with shaved white chocolate and white chocolate chunks . . . and you will see me eating one after another until I realize I should probably stop after downing half a dozen.

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I know these are untraditionally shaped for this cookie, but I hate it when I box up cookies and they all look like. With that, I always try to make at least a few different shapes and colors to keep my cookie boxes exciting-because like it or not, appearances matter. But what matter more is the taste and these Pecan Sandies have been mixed and baked into a buttery crisp and crumbly cookie that melts in your mouth. For added texture and some embellishing I added a chunky sugar rimming to the edges.

Pecan Sandies

Can someone tell me who has pressed the speed-it-up button on the calendar? How is it that it’s already December 7^th? I’m a bit panicked since I don’t have Christmas cards sent, much less written.
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I’m all over the place with desserts lately, aren’t I? But you should know by now that I switch between whimsical and rustic desserts like the Kardashians go in out of the news. These are easy to make and even more fun to receive, because-who doesn’t like a bit of whimsy during the holidays? For shipping, I would suggest finishing the meringue  cookies with something less fragile like a red M&M or Sixlet, rather than the piped chocolate stars.

Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies

Meringues are one of those desserts that I always associate with the holidays, even though I don’t eat them. Nope, this is one of the few desserts that I don’t like. But guess who does?

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