The Sugar Bar

Have I ever told you about that little voice in my head? We’ve all got at least one of those, now and again. And now, this isn’t the voice that tells me to flip on Cartoon Network and indulge in a whole afternoon (about 5hours) of Ben 10. Gee, did I just let that out on the world wide web? Bummer. Nah. It’s the other voice that spazes out, goes well shrill and jittery in front of sugar. The general mood this year: cranberry, rum, chocolate something or other cookies? Annoying little voice-bitch in the head: EEEK. Sugar…cookies. Sugar! Lots and lots of merry sugar!

3 days to Christmas, everyone! And as the photos are proof of it, I caved and made roll-out sugar cookies! I should have made them so much sooner; but always, better late than never. This year, we’re throwing a big dinner for friends of the family and ourselves so it means whipping out the mixing bowls and cookie sheets tomorrow (again) to prepare enough cookies for everyone. Amidst all the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparations, neither my sis C nor I realized that the cookie dough wasn’t going to be enough. Can’t blame us though, as this time near Christmas is manic and everyone’s a tad spacey. I ain’t getting much sleep either. I can safely say I’m sleeping at about 4-5am every ‘night’ and getting up from any time between 9am and 1pm. It is just insane! I don’t think I’m actually alive - I sorta feel a little like a sugar-operated undead. A thinking, dying, essayist by night; just an ordinary girl dreaming about cheese, sweets and dragons when asleep; and, soul-less, dark-eyed female by day.

But today was different. I was pretty much still undercover - soul-less and dark-eyed from about half 9 til 11 this morning but once I got working proper in the kitchen, with Ben 10 on TV, it honestly wasn’t so bad. I have used a recipe by Deeba from Passionate About Baking for Smartie Cookies. (Click the previous link to access her recipe. )This woman is a baking genius. I’ve decided to send this post in to Food Blogga’s cookie event Eat Christmas Cookies, mainly because that was where I found Deeba’s gorgeous cookie recipe. Once I saw her recipe on there, I knew it was the perfect one. She is a domestic goddess you can place your trust in. I’m very excited about this blog event as well, not just because it has been ages since I participated, but I can’t wait to see what everyone’s baked this year. If you want to see the latest entries at Food Blogga’s, click here.To Deeba: a big thank you for the recipe! Well, I pretty much nicked it off your site but it was so good

My sister C and I hardly bake together. Thing is, we’re separated by a whole continent and only get to see each other at Christmas and during the summer break. Also, I’m a little like my mum - a kitchen obsessive. It’s my way or no way at all. Yikes. Great image I’m painting of myself here. But you know what I mean. Today was pretty nice though. My sister was my sous chef and she was adorably good and agreeable. We worked well together. After a few quick instructions on handling the piping bag, she was at it and moving pretty swiftly over the cookies. Thank goodness she was around too as I was at a complete lost as to how to decorate the teddy bear cookies. Cute scares me. Being cute on cookies is a little bit tough. Jokes.

Rather than chat on about boring shit, I’m going to leave you with some photos I took today. Enjoy. And Merry Christmas! Have a great one, eat up, drink up and be merry.

bleeding snowflake in a bowl of icing?