In the Kitchen: Christmas Volume 3
There's 6 days until Christmas (yikes) which means I will be spending more time in my kitchen than normal. I'm a stress baker (everyone knows this) but I'm also a big Christmas baker. That's not really a thing, but around Christmas I bake way more than usual. It's cold and there's nothing more comforting than warm chocolate chip cookies. I'm also on a constant yearly mission to create the most beautiful (and perfect) cut out sugar cookie ever created by an untrained home baker. Last year I came pretty close, but I think this year I found a tool to make flooding royal icing much easier.
Hey, there's a reason everyone is comparing me to Reese Witherspoon in those Crate & Barrel holiday commercials. Although even I think owning 37 ramekins might be TOO many ramekins. But I digress, cookies and other yummy baked goods make really good gifts. I bring them to parties and give them to neighbors. They are great to have on hand if people pop by or to undo the awkwardness of surprise gift givers. Why am I making excuses for baking? Baking is delicious, fun, and everyone wins.
There's one thing that's very important to me when it comes to cooking & baking: music. I always have it playing. It's really helpful for tuning out distractions and keeping me focused. What makes this playlist different from a regular Christmas playlist is the types of songs. For baking or cooking I like playing more jazz or standards that don't really distract and just fill the room with sound (and set the mood). It's a win-win because if there are guests around, they will be content and happy. So it basically fits both baking and entertaining. I've made a few of these over the years. I think 2012's was the most popular of the bunch, but it was also the first.
So like the Christmas megamix I've combined the existing ITK: Christmas playlists into one large, long mix and left this one separate. There's really something to meet any holiday need. With plenty of baking days ahead of me I'm positive these playlists will be on a steady rotation.
Listen on Spotify | In the Kitchen: Christmas megamix