I had a great Christmas and hope all of you did too, for me it's not so much about material things as much as it was making things for others which was very enjoyable. I have a request for some more of my famous homemade cookies and candies by family and friends, which I have promised to do this week. I love to spoil people with treats so they must taste good. When looking for the best recipe, I try several until I get the flavor I want then I mix the recipe up my way and make it my own. But if the original can't be beat then I use it and file it away on my favorite holiday recipe lists.

Today I made Snowballs which are better known as Nut Crescents sans the nuts because I am out of them after all of my holiday baking plus some of the people eating them do not have all their teeth.  The other recipe is a peanut butter cookie which is too sweet for me, it only has 3 simple ingredients and I just don't like the bland flavor of that one. I am definitely scratching that one off my cookie list. 

Both of the recipes come from Taste of Home. (For photo credit follow the link attached to the photo.)

Best cookie recipe ever!

Nut crescents get an excellent 5 star rating! I don't give 5 stars lightly but this is probably one of my most favorite cookies. My sister begs me to make them every year. I sometimes substitute the vanilla for almond extract and of course I use almonds in place of the pecans or walnuts when I use the almond extract.

Snowball Cookies a.k.a. Nut Crescent Cookie Recipe

Eh...

Hmmm...so so! I am diabetic so I don't like my cookies to have that sugary blast to them. This one does unfortunately even if you have a sweet tooth, do you really want to just taste a peanut buttery sugar flavor. I'll give this one a 3 star and that's being generous. It is a good cookie but not the one I want to give to others.

Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Now I am going to cuddle up on the couch with a book I am reading and crochet a little of a camo-style scarf for a young girl who loves Duck Dynasty and hunting. My better half made her a jewelry hope chest for her father to give her because he is very sick and can't give her anything this year. He hinted that he'd love a keepsake box like that himself. We are going to work that in when we can.

My New Year's resolution is just one thing make something every day of the year. Anything. Just be creative or work on a crochet piece.  I sit in front of my computer procrastinating too much. I want to make things to sell, I give away everything and I need to make money like everyone else. So got to tighten down my boot straps and get busy working for money...it's less stressful to work for others when its not expected but that doesn't pay the bills.