A Fool’s Dream

I’m not a baker, and is extremely anxious about my relationship with the oven, flour, baking powder…

But!

I decided that I am going to make home baked christmas goodies for my fiance’s family.  My own family doesn’t care much about Christmas, and we certainly are not big into gifts.  So it is a bit of headache when I have to prepare Christmas gifts!  In the past years, I either was not here (out traveling) or I have said “No Gift Thanks!”.  I am afraid of people giving me stuff that I don’t need/want, so I prefer not to get them so I don’t feel like I have to do the same in return.  It didn’t work too much, I still received a lot of gifts I guess just out of habit.  I do however bring small gifts even when I said “No Gift” for being polite when visiting their house during the holidays, but it never was something big.  This year, I decided to challenge making my own goodies, just because I want to become acquainted with baking.  I am not going to challenge something really crazy to make, but I do want it to be shelf-stable and easy to munch on, and of course, yummy.

These are the ideas I have so far:

- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (who doesn’t love them?)

- Almond Crisps (the receipe can’t be simpler!)

- Bread Pudding (ok, this may be a dish on the dining table, but again looks simple)

I have bought some tins and is ready to get to work!