12 Days of Festive Treats

In my first year of blogging here on Home Baked (2008) I featured 12 days of festive treats including childhood favourites and new seasonal things to try.
This project was a labour of love and I baked the recipes in real time so each day I was chasing the last bit of day light to complete (and failing on most of them!).

The pictures are not the greatest - I was photographing in bad winter lighting in a kitchen that had fluorescent lights and with my mobile phone - however the recipes are pretty fabulous so don't be put off! 
The ones marked with a * are our special family favourites.
I hope you enjoy them!
  1. Chocolate Star Biscuits*
  2. Candy Cane Cookies
  3. Orange Cinnamon Sables*
  4. Santa Lucia Buns
  5. 'S' shaped almond cookies*
  6. Sugar Cookies*
  7. Chocolate Pepper Cookies
  8. Applique Cookies
  9. Cheesy Poppy Seed Bites
  10. My mince pie pastry recipe
  11. Grantham Gingerbreads*
  12. Peanut Butter Cookies