I'm so glad I figure out how to bake this year. I think I'm going to bake every year and hand them out as little gifts. I used up over 5 pounds of flour, over dozen eggs and at least 16 bars of butter. Baked for three nights in a row. That is a lot of baking!
However, I kept it simple and used only recipes from one book - "Christmas Cookies from the Whimsical Bakehouse" Everything I used from the book (Creamy Butter Cookies, Chocolate Krinkle Cookies, Pecan Snowballs, Lemon Crumble Bars) turned out delicious!
The recipes I found on internet (Coffee Brownies and Oatmeal Cookies were good but average). However, I did find a simple and easy to make Lemon Buttercream Frosting I found on a website for my Lemon Cake (not pictured, waiting to be decorated). It's very "lemony" but it's soooooo good!
I'm sorry, I surfed way too many websites to remember where I found it but here it is the Lemon Buttercream Frosting:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, very soft
6-8 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
