My 2024 cookie box

Peppermint macarons - I use TheScranLine's Italian method for the shells and added a little peppermint extract to some buttercream

Linzer Tart cookies- I made the King Arthur Flour recipe, and switched up the traditional jam for Guava preserves and Boysenberry jam

Tri-layer Italian cookies- I followed the NYT Recipe but accidentally used half the butter the recipe called for, and it still turned out great

Gingerbread sandwich cookies- I used ChelSweet's recipe, and they were so easy to make and most people's favorite

Orange & Pistachio Viennese Whirls- From Mart Adlard's cookbook, "Bake it Better", these were my personal favorite

Cranberry, Walnut & Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies - I followed Joconde Baking's recipe, her recipes are up on YouTube

Chai Snickerdoodles - I found this recipe from a Reddit recommendation, the blog is HostTheToast

Cookie Butter biscotti - I used a recipe from Frosting and Fettuccine, I found this to be the easiest recipe to make

Stacked Sprinkle sugar cookies- I saw these on instagram and knew I had to make them, I used a recipe from Eats Delightful, but they can be made with any soft sugar cookie recipe

Hot chocolate truffles - I used a recipe from the blog Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking, but it's a pretty standard recipe. It's the only one I didn't love, I think I should have done chocolate covered pretzels instead

I had the idea to make these Thanksgiving day, and spent almost every night baking and assembling after my son went to bed to be able to finish them in time for my staff party the second week of December. 4 dozen eggs, 32 sticks of butter, a costco sized bag of sugar and probably close to 20 lbs of flour went into making 20 of these boxes, and I messed up the macarons twice, even though they were the only ones I'd made before. I had a ton of fun though!