Christmas baking round-up: cookies & bark

Well hello there!  Who else is baking up a storm and simultaneously stuffing their faces with baking all day every day?  I thought so.

Now here's a round-up of my family's tried and true recipes that make up our Christmas baking plates that we gift to friends and family during this time of year.  Usually we'll try one or two new recipes each year, but these classics have stuck around for awhile now. 

This is my first Christmas living on my own, and I definitely didn't do as much baking as other years.  Now, I don't live far from my family (and I WORK on the farm), so I often stumbled upon my mom or sister baking one of these recipes, and it made me feel so nostalgic. Ha!   There's a lot of memories behind each of these recipes, and I hope you enjoy them if you give them a go!

ALSO: Feel free to LAUGH REALLY HARD at some of the photos from several years ago.  Seriously....YIKES!  *I'm looking at you toffee pretzel bark. Ha!!!

Merry baking!

-Kelsey