A wonderful brain child stemming from asking friends for ideas to keep things fresh. And they surely did! They came back with cookies, cakes, and beef wellingtons, and I figured, why not combine it all into a nifty personal challenge? As someone who loves to mentally tick away Advent and Christmas, I had to check myself and say 12 bakes is more achievable given my track record rather than 26 bakes for Advent this year. The real challenge is balancing out the house since a dozen types of sweets would be too much!
So what’s the list so far? Hopefully to be updated (note this has indeed been updated as of 01.05.2021!) as I flesh it out more since it’s not currently at twelve bakes but it is currently set to be (in no particular order):
- Beef Wellington
- Miso Brown Butter Cookies
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Sesame “Crunchems” Cookies (inspired by Little Fat Boy’s recipe!)
- Patterned Shortbreads
- Picadillo Empanadas
- Naan, the flattest of breads
- Guava Thumbprints
- Lemon Guava Thumbprint Cookies
- Brazo de Mercedes (meringue cake with custard filling)
- Cardamom Cake
- Pizza Dough
- Biscuits
And then I’m out of ideas! So if anyone does read this…now is the time to throw down suggestions! As you can tell there’s plenty of sweets but also still down to change up the sweets, add more if they’re different from the current line up (I love me some international or regional bakes), have sour, savory–even spicy?
Recipes slash stories on how these go will start on Christmas Day and continue every day of Christmas (there are twelve days of Christmas culminating with Three Kings Day which is what the Twelve Days of Christmas song eludes to)!
Let me know & stay hungry!
XOXO
Mish