So...this is what was in my cookie baskets, I'll post a pic of them when i find it.

Chocolate biscotti with choc chips
Cranberry Almond biscotti (made with all brown sugar and TONS of almonds, truly delish)
Cardamom, nutmeg, vanilla biscotti
Brownsugar,choc chip, pecan biscotti
Chocolate crinkles dusted with candy cane dust
peanut butter fudge with choc on top (not great, didn't cook long enough)

Also this weekend, I made dinner for my inlaws and parents consisting of roasted chicken, mashed taters, squash, rolls and punkin pie

Oh you might like my punkin pie recipe. Everyone seems to enjoy it

Take one can of punkin filling
and one can sweetened condensed milk
add a couple of tablespoons molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg and cloves
2 eggs? I'll have to double check that. Mix all together and bake at 425 for 15 minutes then 350 for 40 minutes, voila!

OK for xmas morning I made FANTASTIC cinnamon rolls. I've never had them come out so well before. They are from Joy of Cooking

Combine
1 tsp yeast
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp warm water

Permit theset ingredients to stand until dissolved, about 10 minutes.

Scald
1 cup milk (I use whole)
Add and stir until melted
7 tbsp lard (I used 1/2 shortening and 1/2 butter)

Allow milk to cool. Combine and beat well
7 tbsp sugar
3 beat4en eggs
1 tsp salt

Stir into the cooled milk mixture and allow to cool to 85. Stir into the yeast mixture and add
4 1/2 cups all purpose flour

Beat the dough about 5 minutes. Place in a covered bowl in the fridge overnight (or allow to double at room temperature)

Divide dough into 3 parts. Roll each into a rectangle 1/4 inch thick and generously brush with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Roll up rectangle and slice into 1 1/5 inch thick rolls

Bakes in greased baking pan. The recipe says 425 for 18 minutes, but if you have them packed together this doesn't seem to work very well. So if they are all packed into a pan you might want to try 375 for 25-30 minutes.

Good luck

Oh, if you want to glaze them.....

Combine 2 tbsp REAL butter with 1 cup conf sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla. Mix as much as possible then add cream or whole milk a couple of drops at a time until you have the consistency you desire.

Serve these to your mother in law. She'll be really impressed.