Baker's Dozen: A Batch of Sweet Links

Image: Raptortoe.comHappy Freaking Christmas Eve! Let's get the party started with a batch of sweet links (hint: for those of you who are mathematically inclined, yes, there are more than usual):

 
My favorite Christmas Cookies: Killer Dinosaur Gingerbread Cookies (pictured top)

SnowCats: Alpine Kitty Cupcakes!? Adorable!

Sweet Discovery: Cake Gumshoe Bobby shared a sweet find which is proving intriguing: the pasticciotti, a single-serving custard-filled tart which can be found at Florentine Pastry in Utica, NY.

Red-Hot: Betty Crocker tells us what's trendy this holiday season.

I'd stop the world and melt with you: sweet love for Melt Bakery!

Christmas Pudding Mash-Up: a Pudding Chomeur recipe via TastingTable.

Oh, Fudge: Two sweet and slightly unexpected varieties, including Tahini and Drunken Cranberry. Yum!

Seriously Sweet: Snapshots and recipes from the Serious Eats cookie swap!

Blue Christmas: Blue Glutinous Rice Cakes Recipe.

Seeking Surefire Sweetness? These sugar cookies are King Arthur Flour Guaranteed!

Sweet Obsession: I have a strange obsession with Sioux Falls, SD. Here are the winning holiday cookie recipes from the sweet city!

Coffee-Flavored Corn Cookies? Color me intrigued, Caroline Russock!

Vegan...peanut...butter...fudge? I'm down.

Soapy Cakes? No, not really...just cakes cleverly made using soap MOLDS! Very cool, Brambleberry!

Let it dough, let it dough, let it dough: Christoph Niemann is a genius, and this is probably my favorite Christmas cookie link, thing, recipe, idea, whatever, EVER.

 

Comments

[Lisa@ButteryBooks]

My boys would love that dinosaur cookie. I wish I had time to make them before tomorrow! Merry Christmas!

[Patti Portenier]

Those dinosaur cookie's R the Cutest, Sce I had my car accident I don't ge to bake like that anymore. So I LOVE looking at what eeryone gets to do. U R Lucky toB able to still dothose things. "MERRY CHRISTMAS.." & Thank You for sharing w/Us All.

[Camilla]

Hi there, love this post! Lol. Very nice, you are amazing Jessie!

[Jane]

Wow! LOVE those dinosaur cookies! Actually all the recipes on that blog look great!

[christine]

OH MY GOODNESS! thank you for the dinosaur gingerbread link! those would be an amazing present. and vegan peanut butter fudge?! man, jessie. you really know how to pick 'em :) i love your sweet links.

[cara_mia]

I'm not sure if they are called by the same name, but Villa Italia ( http://www.villaitaliabakery.com/ ) in Schenectady, NY sells pasticciotti as well - in vanilla or chocolate. I'm pretty sure that Bella Napoli ( http://www.bellanapolibakery.com/ ) in Latham, NY does, too, but I'm not 100% sure. If you want an Italian sweets smorgasbord, the Grand Buffet ( http://209.236.68.47/~ontheweb/iacc/pdf/italianbuffet.pdf ) at the Italian American Community Center ( http://www.italianamerican.com/ ) in Albany, NY (Monday nights) or at Mallozzi's ( http://www.mallozzis.com/ ) in Rotterdam, NY (Wednesday nights) include an Italian desserts buffet table by Villa Italia.