I have been "a little" busy... :)

Yes, I have been just a little busy these past couple of weeks. Fourteen different kinds of cookies, double batches of each kind- baked more than 1,400 cookies all total in less than 10 days. My family does think I am nuts. And i do admit it, I am nuts- especially for nuts (11 out of the 14 kinds of cookies I made have nuts in them- almonds, walnuts, pecans, peanuts, pignoli, you name it). Here are a few pictures:

Assorted cookie platter for my friends at work:

Russian tea cakes (my favorites)- tons of walnuts in these!

Creme de menthe cookies:

Peanut blossoms (also known as sweet spots):

Italian wedding cookies:

Thumbprint cookies with raspberry preserves:

Spritz cookies:

Pignoli cookies (gluten free):

Nut tassies:

Rum balls:

Kitchen sink cookies:

Forgotten cookies (meringues with chocolate chips and walnuts):

Almond-cranberry biscotti:

Chocolate-walnut biscotti:

Eggnog sugar cookies:

My Christmas cookies packaged for gift-giving: family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, teachers, mailman, crossing guard, garbage collector... all on the "nice" list :)