First baking thing:

Yule log cookies!

I think next time (next year) I want to try adding more spices - I added a wider variety this time, but only upped the total amount by a little bit. It's still mostly a shortbread flavor, with only slight spice to it. The frosting is really tasty, though, haha.

I do wish they weren't such a pain! Shaping the little branches and frosting them takes so damn long. Half the dough is in the fridge for a future date, because I am TIRED. (Why, oh why, did I decide doubling the recipe was a good idea? I should have remembered how unnecessary that was from last year!)

Making kolaches tomorrow is probably also going to be be A Struggle, because the dough has to chill for two hours. Sobcry, too many late nights, lol.