Baking Extravaganza!

I certainly hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend.

I spent mine with my sister, her family, Papa, and a lot of his brothers and sisters.  I adore my aunts and uncles.  

As I'm sure you noticed, I took a break from blogging, but I'm back and you're welcome! So, let's get to it!

Recently, Sis and Ashley came over for a baking extravaganza!

There's no other way to phrase it.  We baked for 6 hours and boy was it a fun time!

We divided up all the goods and this was just my share.  

That's a whole lot of goodies, am I right?

I'd share the cookies with you, but they were reserved for the family for Thanksgiving's big feast.
To make it up to you, we want to share the recipes with you.
It's the least we could do.
So, according to the numbered pictures above, here are the links or recipes.

1) Cookie Dough Bites

2)  Oreo Cookie Balls
You put one package of Oreos through the food processor to make them into crumbs.  Then blend the crumbs with one 8oz block of cream cheese, form them into 1 inch balls and dip them in melted chocolate.  It's that easy.

3)  Ginger Snap Cookie Balls
Same premise as the Oreo Cookie Balls.  You make a box of ginger snaps into crumbs, blend with one 8oz brick of cream cheese and we dipped these in white chocolate.

4)  Nutter Butter Cookie Balls
These are the same as the other two types.  You've got the idea by now...1 package Nutter Butters, 1 block cream cheese, form into balls and dip in chocolate.  These were my absolute favorite! Yummy!

5) Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats

6) Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats
These are just normal Rice Krispies but substitute regular marshmallows with the strawberry flavored ones. Super easy.  We topped them with red sprinkles to give them a little shimmer.

7) No Bake Cookie and Cream Bars

8) Shortbread Bites
Bethany dipped some of them half way in chocolate. Delicious!

9) Candy Cane Sugar Cookies
We used premade Pillbury candy cane cookie dough and topped them with Wilson candy cane flavored candy pieces in the last minute of baking.

What special treats do you whip up during the holiday season?

These recipes are being shard on the following link-ups so join in the fun: Craft O Maniac, Skip to my Lou, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, C.R.A.F.T., Brassy Apple, The Dedicated House, Sarah Dawn Designs, This Gal Cooks, Alderberry Hill, The Gunny Sack, Mad in Crafts, I Should be Mopping the Floor, Sew Can Do, Keeping it Simple Crafts, Sarah Dawn Designs, 33 Shades of Green, Blessed by Grace, Crazy for Crust, Cowgirl Up!, Not Just a Housewife, Diamond in the Stuff, Homework, Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Home Stories A2Z, Blackberry Vine, Bru Crew Life, Lil Luna, The Winthrop Chronicals, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, DIY Dreamer, Someday Crafts, Savvy Southern Style, My Girlish Whims, Free Pretty Things, Printabelle, Ginger Snap Crafts, Southern Lovely, DIY by Design, Uncommon, Creations by Kara, Sugar and Dots, 733, White Lights on Wednesdays, Happy Hour Projects