oh the cookies

I had my mind made up in October.  My cookie plan was set during this post on October 19th.  This weekend was my time to bake, and everything went as planned except in two instances:

1.  I decided to swap out the Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Chips for Buckeye Bark.  Click here for the recipe.  I think it was a good decision.  The bark looks pretty darn yummy and instead of having three cookies and one candy-like treat, I will have two candy-like treats and two one cookie.

2.  Those spiral cookies did not come out like the millions of photos posted on the blog I found them on.  It was a disaster.  There was no spiral, the dough stuck to the paper, and there didn't seem to be enough to make the amount of cookies it said it would.  I was apprehensive about making these cookies in the first place and triple checked my ingredients - I had a feeling something was going to go wrong.  It did.  Big time.  Those cookies will not be a part of my holiday cookie boxes.

Now what should I do?  Find a substitute?  Those were going to bring so much happiness, color, and joy to my box of cookies.  Maybe I will try the classic sugar cookie and make stars.  That sounds like a plan.  Let the baking continue...