We have to start planning the Christmas Holiday Season at our bakery, Country Cupboard Cookies in August every year. To be honest, I start thinking about the next year's Holiday season during December while we are still baking and packing for that year. I know that sounds confusing, but the Christmas Season is our bread and butter for the whole year. I wish it weren't, I wish we could bake more consistently throughout the year, but the reality is that is that those 3 weeks of December is when we ship 30% of our gifts for the entire year! If we didn't have the holiday gift season each year, we wouldn't be in business.
BUT.....I love Thanksgiving and I don't want to miss a chance to bake with all the wonderful flavors of fall. Oatmeal Walnut Raisin cookies, Toffee chip cookies, deep dish fudge brownies, Snickerdoodles rolled in cinnamon and sugar, and Cranberry Orange Pecan cookies all make our bakery smell so fantastic this time of year. We 're hoping that we can send out lots of thank you cookie gifts this Thanksgiving! Take some time to bake something this fall, it's one of the best times of the year to enjoy fresh baked goods.