# Holiday Baking- Are You Doing It? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632 "2014-12-19T02:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632/41 "2014-12-20T22:51:37Z")
I’m making and selling gingerbread (well, actually molasses) cookies. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632/42 "2014-12-21T00:25:01Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I’ve got to get those cookie cutters! I have a nephew who loves Star Wars. Never even thought of this. Thanks! Nifty, aren’t they? I made another batch to take to work on Xmas eve. For Christmas Day dinner it looks like I’ll be baking a caramel cake. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632/43 "2014-12-21T07:04:05Z")
I’m making bourbon balls tomorrow. I only get to do this when we’re going to be able to share them with the large crowd at Mom’s house. Merry Christmas to all! ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632/44 "2014-12-23T17:14:35Z")
I’m making a chocolate star bread this year along with my normal bread baking. Use a babka dough from here: [http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Babka-236707](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Babka-236707) (The dough will be VERY soft and sticky. Flour surfaces/rolling pin well. Cook on parchment or a well greased sheet.) And the technique here: [http://www.prakticideas.com/easy-baked-nutella-braided-bread/](http://www.prakticideas.com/easy-baked-nutella-braided-bread/) (I can’t speak for their recipe, but the pictures are what you want from this one). ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632/45 "2014-12-23T18:11:43Z")
Yes, mostly muffins for gifts, but also cupcakes and sugar cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632/46 "2014-12-23T19:38:43Z")
I made that Pistachi Cherry Bark last night. Sinfully delicious. Thanks again, **Alice**. I also baked four pecan pies. Four variants: \> standard recipe \> std recipe + 33% more nuts ( **Mrs. Bullitt** likes “less goo”) \> std recipe + 1T lemon juice \> std recipe + 2T lemon juice **Mrs. Bullitt** baked up a storm, too. Oatmeal cherry bars, pumpkin pie, and chocolate silk pie. We drive out today to the Sierra Nevada foothills for that family reunion. The turkey fryer is in the car! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-baking-are-you-doing-it/707632.md?page=2)