I don't actually BAKE a lot during the holidays, but I usually made fudge, pumpkin bread, & hand-dipped pretzels in almond bark topped with red or green sprinkles. I also do take the little square pretzels, put a Hershey kiss on each one, bake on low for 5-10 min. & then put an M&M on each one as soon as they come out of the oven. Easy peasy--the hardest part is unwrapping all those kisses!

Oh yes, me too!

  I make those too.  My husband's co-worker gave him some, along with the recipe and she called them Belly-Buttons.  They have been added to my annual list of MUST bake cookies along with the Reverse Oreos.  Other than cookies I don't bake much else, but we do have some things that I make to have in the house during the week between Christmas and New Years.  We don't eat "normal" meals that week.  I bake a turkey and ham and also do meatballs and wings, and we eat a lot of dips (the round bread bowl w/dill dip), crackers and cheese, crab dip, homemade macaroni & cheese, a veggie tray - those kinds of things.  (Some of those things I save for New Year's Eve and we also steam some shrimp).  This year I will cut back and try to "make over" the recipes to make them healthier.  My son has lost a lot of weight (50 pounds) and I want to keep it that way - I'm very proud of him.  I certainly don't need to be eating a lot of it either.  It's that constant battle that I go through every year - I can't imagine Christmas without homemade cookies and other treats I only make during the holidays, and of course my family is insisting that I bake cookies this year.  I just hope I'm not paying the price in January.   

I like to bake batches and batches of cookies and treats, but I'm just not sure if I will be able to do that this year. I hope so. Last year I have my husband take a basket of them to our pastors (work, friends and actual pastor). I loved when my dad would get tasty treats from parishioners. He didn't always share them, though!