cam: christmas cookie staple

Christmas is hands down my favorite holiday. What could be better than food, family and festivities?! Despite Christmas being about a week away, it hasn't truly felt like Christmas yet. And I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. My apartment is decked out with a baby Christmas tree, Christmas cards hanging on the fridge, Christmas candles, Christmas lights (that have been hanging since last December...but hey, who doesn't like the ambiance of those twinkly little lights?) but I still can't wrap my head around the fact that Christmas is right around the corner!

To help remedy that this weekend, I made some of my rosemary shortbread cookies. I've made these every Christmas for the past three years and they are always a hit. Not too sweet, perfectly flaky, and so different from the rest of what you're used to eating during the holidays. I love decorating sugar cookies, but they're never that good to eat once you're done decorating. But these--these are good to eat.

I use this recipe and use a little less flour than called for (maybe 2 2/3 cups instead of 2 3/4 cups) because the batter can get kinda dry and be difficult to work with.

Chopped up rosemary.

I like using the Christmas tree cookie cutter because it makes the rosemary look like pine needles.

Enjoy!

As a pre-New Years resolution, I am trying to be better about blogging. I apologize for the 6-month hiatus!!

-Cam